Engineering Design Process Flashcard

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What do engineers do?

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Engineers solve problems, help improve the quality of life for people, and design rockets, medical devices, cars, buildings, bridges, headphones, and much more.

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What is the engineering design process?

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The EDP is a set of steps engineers use to solve a problem.

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Which is NOT a reason why it is important to follow the EDP? Options:

The EDP helps document the plan.

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The EDP is a way to skip testing so engineers can start manufacturing products sooner.

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The EDP helps define a problem so you can test and evaluate the solution.

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The EDP is a way to save cost.

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The EDP is a way to skip testing so engineers can start manufacturing products sooner.

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What are the steps of the EDP in order? Options: Ask, Create, Plan, Test, Improve; Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve (repeating the last three steps as needed); Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Explain; Ask, Imagine, Create, Improve, Test

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Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve (repeating the last three steps as needed).

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Design constraints

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Constraints are limits, such as time, materials, or cost.

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What is design criteria?

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Requirements for what the solution needs to accomplish

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CRITERIA - What the solution needs to accomplish and how it will be tested.

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In this step, the problem that you are trying to solve is defined.

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ASK

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ASK - Define the problem that needs to be solved. Identify materials, cost limits and how it willbe tested.

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In this step, engineers think of all of the possible ideas for how to solve the problem. They usually bounce their ideas off of other people.

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IMAGINE

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IMAGINE - Think of any possible idea that might solve the problem

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In this step, dimensions, materials, notes, and ideas are documented to form a plan.

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PLAN

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PLAN - Document detailed plans with dimensions, materials, and notes.

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In this step, the prototype is built and tested and then evaluated to see how well it solves the problem.

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CREATE

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CREATE - Build, test, and evaluate a prototype