Design Engineering

Introduction

• The pages below provide brief commentaries on the different aspects of the theory material.
• They are not designed to be a substitute for your own notes, but to provide prompts that you may find useful.

Past Papers

• Practice Papers
• OCR Past Exam papers

Theory Topics

• 1.1 - 1.3b: Identifying Requirements
• 2.1 - 2.4iii: Learning from existing products and practice
• 3.1 - 3.6b: Implications of wider issues
• 4.1 - 4.3b: Design thinking and communication
• 5.1 - 5.3b: Materials and component considerations
• 6.1 - 6.3a(v): Technical understanding part 1
• 6.4a - 6.4b(viii): Technical understanding part 2
• 6.4c - 6.5b(v): Technical understanding part 3
• 7.1 - 7.4b(iv): Manufacturing processes and techniques
• 8.1: Viability of Design solution
• 8.2 Assessing whether a design solution meets the criteria of technical specifications
• 8.3 Determining the viability of Design Solutions
• 9.1 - 9.2b: Health and Safety
• Mathematics requirements
• Science requirements

Additional Material

• OCR A-Level Specification
• Extended reading - SMES considerations
• Extended reading - General Materials Investigation
• Extended reading - Advanced Electronics