Designing Engineers: An Introductory Text [Paperback]

Designing Engineers First Edition?is written in short modules, where each module is built around a specific learning outcome and is cross-referenced to the other modules that should be read as pre-requisites, and could be read in tandem with or following that module. The book begins with a brief orientation to the design process, followed by coverage of the design process in a series of short modules. The rest of the book contains a set of modules organized in several major categories: Communication & Critical Thinking, Teamwork & Project Management, and Design for Specific Factors (e.g. environmental, human factors, intellectual property). A resource section provides brief reference material on economics, failure and risk, probability and statistics, principles & problem solving, and estimation.

Preface v

Part 1 How Engineers Design 0

Introduction 1

Design Process Overview 5

Project Phases 10

Communicating throughout the Process 14

What Engineers Design 18

How Engineering Projects Are Initiated 22

Navigating the Engineering Design Process 27

Engineering School Projects 32

Part 2 Design Process 34

Requirements

Introduction to Requirements 35

Functions 43

Objectives 50

Constraints 56

Documenting the Context 61

Describing Stakeholders 69

Describing Users, Operators, and Clients 76

Characteristics of Good Requirements 83

Summary: Putting It All Together 92

Functional Basis 96

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