Week 1 Flashcards
Teamwork
Specialized roles, interdisciplinary members, different perspectives, no engineer can work alone.
Lab Safety
- No outside tools permitted
- Tools must be used with training, permission, and/or supervision of technical staff
- Incident - notify the instructor immediately
- Wear eye protection
What is an Engineer?
A person who puts science, mathematics, and technology to practical use, for the common good.
Engineers are:
- Provide wats to meet the need and wants of society
- Invent, design or imporve new products and processes
- Work in teams throughout the design process
Is engineering a regulated profession?
Yes, you cannot graduate and say you are an engineer, you have to be approved and registered by APEGA
Engineers MUST be involved when there is an impact on the public. True or False:
TRUE
What is design?
- Process in which solutions to the needs of humankind are obtained and communicated
- Designers generate, evaluate, and specify devices, systems, or processes whose form and function achieve objectives while satisfying constraints.
- Structured problem-solving activity
- Essence of engineering
Steps of Engineering Design Process
- Define the problem
- Formulate Solutions
- Develop and test models and prototypes
- Impement and present the design
The design process involves Design Factors such as (3):
- Objective
- Limitations and Constraints
- Assumptions
Iterative work is
A process where a product is designed through repeated cycles of creating, testing, and refining
Design factors are basic specifications for the design and describe:
“WHAT” a design will do and NOT “how” it will do it.
Any Design has a form and a function, what are these?
Form: how something looks
Function: How something WORKS
Eng design emphasized product FUNCTION over its form.
Phase 1 of the Design Process is:
Define the Problem.
- Who, what where, when, why, identify constraints. NOT HOW
- Identify the design goal: READ the project description doc very carefully
In phase 1 (defining the problem), stating constraints and limitations is:
- Explaining what the challenge is
- What is allowed for the design?
- What is a limitation?
Phase 2 is?
Formulating Solutions
What things does Phase 2 (formulating solutions encounter)?
- Brainstorm multiple solutions and seek the best one.
- Evaluate and analyze alternatives
- Select the best solution
When I say there are:
- Good design practice to introduce multiple designs to evaluate
- Importance of finding the optimal solution
- Multiple design alternatives
I talked about…
Alternative solutions
How do I evaluate and analyze alternatives?
- Based on pros and cons
- BEST TO USE A MATRIXXXX
Phase 3 is
Develop and test models and prototypes
- Test design to ensure it satisfies its requirements.
- Select a modeling process
- Test the design
- Analyze the test results and reiterate or refine as needed
Phase 4 is
Implement and Present the design
- Present it with the goal to show that the design meets the specified requirements it was created for.
Is a rubric a checklist?
NO, it grades the quality of work
Rubric Example (for a perfect score):
- Clear and well-documented description of the design process
- At least two alternative solutions
- Designs and sketches
- Designs were tested and results are WELL DOCUMENTED
- Reflections and further improvements
- Well presented.
Creativity is
The ability to create novel ideas, concepts, or solutions that are original, unique, and valuable
Smart materials
Eg, Smart Concrete is:
has the ability to adapt and respond to environmental changes, making structures more resilient and efficient.
Energy harvesting features contribute to sustainability
Three aspects that creativity can be measured:
- Originality: how unique
- Feasibility: How practical or possible an idea is to implement
- EffictivnessL how well an idea achieves its intended purpose.
Problem —- Create Choices is:
Divergent Thinking
Divergent thinking is:
- Generating multiple ideas or solutions without judging
- Open-ended, brainstorming, and lateral thinking
generating solutions for urban traffic congestion is and example of (diver or conv thinking)
DIVERGENT THINKING (multiple possibilities)
Making (narrow) choices is
convergent thinking
Characteristics of convergent thinking
Focused and evaluative
It relies on critical thinking and feasibility analysis
Choosing the most sustainable and cost-effective traffic solution
Convergent thinking
- Broad exploration
- Generate many possibilities
- Creative brainstorming
- Open, expansive
- Horizontal, outward
is:
Divergent thinking
- Narrow and focused
- generate the best solution
- logical, step-by-step
- analytical, evaluative
-vertical inward
Convergent thinking
Ex: Fusion 360 in product design
Finalizing a manufacturable CAD model using Fusion 360’s tools____
Exploring multiple design concepts for a consumer product is____
Convergent
Divergent
