1.3 Learning and doing engineering design Flashcards
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What causes Engineering Design problems to be so challenging and ill-structured?
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Design problems are challenging and ill-structured, because:
- Their solutions cannot normally be found by applying mathematical formulas or algorithms in a routine or structured way.
- It is not possible to apply formulas to engineering design problems that are well-bounded or even defined.
- Design problems are open-ended because they typically have several acceptable solutions.
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What makes design problems open-ended?
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Design problems are open-ended because they typically have several acceptable solutions.
3
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How is engineering design typically learned?
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- Teaching someone how to do design is not that simple.
- There is an element of learning by doing, which we call a studio aspect, in trying to teach any of these activities.
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What is the studio aspect of learning engineering design?
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The studio aspect of learning engineering design is the element of learning by doing.