Designing Engineers: An Introductory Text [Loose-leaf]

Designing Engineers 1^st Edition Binder Ready Version?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. This text is an unbound, binder-ready version.

Entering the Design Process

Orientation

1. Introduction

2. Design Process Review

3. Phases of a project

4. Communicating through the process

5. What engineers design

6. How design projects are initiated

Navigation

1. The core process cycle

2. School projects

The Core Engineering Design Process

1. Requirements Generation

2. Multi-use Design Tools

3. Idea Generation

4. Decision Making

5. Iterating

6. Investigating Ideas

7. Post-conceptual Design

Appendices

Appendix A: Communication & Critical Thinking