EDP: A closer look!

Engineering Design Process

By: Professor KJ Easley, M.Div., PMP

Engineering design process

Virtual to physical loop

​Marshmallow Challenge

Multiple Choice

You are going to design an indestructible kite. After doing research, you design several solutions and select the one you want to use. What are the next two steps you should do in the design process?

• build a prototype and test it

• build and finish full-sized kites

• patent the design and sell it

• evaluate your solutions and communicate results

• build a prototype and so more research

Multiple Choice

The art of creating something that does not exist.

• design

• engineering

• engineering design process

• technology

Multiple Choice

A series of steps used to guide people as they develop new solutions, products, or processes.

• design

• engineering

• engineering design process

• technology

Multiple Choice

To see if it works like they want it to, engineers need to _____

• do their research
• design their solution
• define their problem
• test their solution

Multiple Choice

A simple model that lets you test out your design is called _____

• protoplasm
• an archetype
• a prototype
• a proton

Multiple Choice

After your research is done, this is where you _____

• define the problem
• develop a possible solution
• build a prototype
• test your solution

Multiple Choice

The chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel invented _____

• TNT
• dynamite
• ANFO
• plastic explosives

Multiple Choice

Once you've figured out what problem you want to tackle, you need to _____

• do your research
• design your solution
• build a prototype
• test your solution

Multiple Choice

In the 1800s, an engineer named Alexander Graham Bell invented _____

• the telegraph
• the telephone
• the television
• the telescope

Multiple Choice

Before you can solve a problem, the first thing you have to do is _____

• define the problem
• design your solution
• build a protoype
• test your solution

Multiple Choice

When solving problems, the series of steps that engineers follow is called _____

• the engineering method
• the engineering process
• the engineering problem
• the scientific method

Multiple Choice

Engineers are people who design and build things to solve _____

• riddles
• puzzles
• crosswords
• problems

Multiple Select

What steps means to Share your results with a wider audience?

• Do Your Research

• Communicate Your Design

• Define the Problem

• Develop Possible Solution

• Build a Prototype

Multiple Choice

Which step in the engineering design process is the final one?

• Defining a problem

• Developing possible solutions

• Communicating results with a wider audience

• Research existing solutions

Multiple Choice

What is a good reason for having an engineering

design process?

• To be able to develop the most successful engineering product

• To complete a scientific experiment

• It’s the law of engineering

• The products will sell for more money

Multiple Choice

Is the diagram showing the correct order of the Engineering process?

• YES

• NO

• I don't know

Poll

Why is it important to discuss bad ideas during a brainstorming session? Select all that apply

• Bad ideas could turn into good ideas

• You don’t limit yourself to one type of idea

• Bad ideas are not helpful during a brainstorming session

• Allows to identify who doesn't know anything

Multiple Choice

Why is it important that multiple people be included in the

brainstorming process?

• More ideas are uncovered

• Different backgrounds will allow for different ideas to take shape

• It creates ownership of all members on a team

• All of the above

Poll

Which is a reason for brainstorming prior to creating a new product? Select all that apply

• You can uncover bad ideas early on

• It allows for critical thinking

• Input will come from multiple sources

• It always ends up with fights

Poll

What do you have to do before building "a prototype"? Select all that apply

• Define the problem

• Do a research

• Communicate results

• Specify requirements

• Brainstorm, Evaluate & choose