Engineering Terms

A plan for how to build a solution to a problem.

• Design
• Model
• Problem
• Test

A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of materials, tools, mathematics, and science to design things that solve problems.

• Engineering Design Process
• Engineer
• Teamwork
• Technology

The five steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem, to: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve.

• Engineer
• Problem
• Engineering Design Process
• Test

Someone concerned with solving problems with air, water, soil, and the natural environment.

• Environmental engineer
• Engineering Design Process
• Problem
• Redesign

The ideal solution for which people aim when designing a technology.

• goal
• teamwork
• test
• model

The substances from which an object is or can be made.

• solution
• model
• material
• technology

A representation of an object, system, or phenomena.

• model
• redesign
• test
• goal

In engineering, a need or desire that motivates the creation of technology.

• material
• goal
• solution
• problem

To change or improve one or more aspects of a technology, such as its cost, efficiency, looks, or parts.

• redesign
• solution
• teamwork
• technology

An answer, design, or technology that solves a problem.

• solution
• problem
• technology
• test