Engineering Design

Question 1

Client

Answer 1

A person, group or company requiring a solution of design

Question 2

Designer

Answer 2

Engineer, engineering team or firm that creates a solution to problem/ brief

Question 3

User

Answer 3

Those who actually use the product

Question 4

Stakeholder

Answer 4

Other groups with interest in the project such as general public, governments and industries

Question 5

Engineering Design

Answer 5

A systematic, intelligent process in which designers create, evaluate and specify designs for devices, systems or processes whose form(s) and function(s) achieve client’s objectives and user’s needs while satisfying a specific set of constraints.

Question 6

Factors that makes engineering design difficult

Answer 6

Open ended problems with no unique solution
Ill defined problems with information missing
Time pressure
Poor communication

Question 7

Problem definition

Answer 7

Steps:
Clarify design and establish metrics with stakeholders
Identify constraints
Revise problem statement

Output:
Product design specifications

Question 8

Conceptual Design

Answer 8

Steps:
Establish design functions
Generate concepts
Refine and apply metrics to design
Chose a design

Output:
Chosen design and design function requirements

Question 9

Detailed design & Verification

Answer 9

Steps:
Model and analyse design
Refine and optimise
Build and test
Assign and fix design details

Output:
Proposed final design

Question 10

Final Design Communication

Answer 10

Steps:
Document the design process, analyses and final design

Output:
Report
Drawings for manufacture

Question 11

Design process

Answer 11

It is iterative

Problem statement

• > problem definition
• > conceptual design
• > detailed design & verification
• > final design communication
• > completed design