The Engineering Design Process

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Chapter 1

• The Engineering Design Process

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Technology in Our Everyday World

• Items that exist in our designed world

Home Personal Use Play Entertainment Exercise Tran
sportation
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Skills Required in the Design World

• The designed world requires many different skill
  sets as shown on a design continuum.

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Graphic/Fashion/Stage

• Concerned with aesthetic principles

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Industrial Designers

• Improve the function, value, and appearance of
  the product

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The construction and function of a device can be
learned from its disassembly, examination, and
reassembly in a process known as mechanical
dissection.
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Engineering Designers

• Use detailed knowledge of physical principles to
  design and produce new products, systems, and
  environments

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Solid modeling allows engineers to easily
visualize a proposed part in a variety of
orientations.
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Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th
Century

• What are the greatest engineering achievements of
  the 20th century?

1. Electrification 2. Automobile 3.
Airplane 4. Water Supply and Distribution
5. Electronics 6. Radio and Television 7.
Agricultural Mechanization 8. Computers 9.
Telephone 10. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
11. Highways 12. Spacecraft 13. Internet 14.
Imaging 15. Household Appliances 16. Health
Technologies 17. Petroleum and Petrochemical
Technologies 18. Laser and Fiber Optics 19.
Nuclear Technologies 20. High-performance
Materials
How have these achievements affected our everyday
lives?
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Electrification
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Automobile
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Airplane
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Water Supply and Distribution
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Electronics
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Salter. Used with permission of the College of
New Jersey
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Radio and Television
The Eiffel Tower was used as a radio tower at one
time.
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Agricultural Mechanization
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Computers
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Telephone
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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
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Highways
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Spacecraft
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Imaging
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Household Appliances