Engineering Design Vocabulary

What uses science and math to solve problems and improve the world around us?

• engineering

• contriving

• surveying

• managing

What is another name for the art of creating something that does not exist

• design

• constraint

• innovation

• prototype

What is an iterative (repeated) process that is used to develop products

• engineering design process

• developmental process

• development and design process

This is a limit to a design process; like appearance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities.

• Constraint

• Constant

• Limiting Factor

• Terminal Design

These are the products and processes that are designed to serve our needs or make our lives easier.

• Technology

• Adaptive Designs

• Prototypes

• Models

This is a significant improvement of an existing product, system or service.

• Innovation

• Technology

• Prototype

• Constraint

This is a working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.

• Prototype

• Active model

• Innovation

• Design

This is the activity of looking for malfunctions or problems in a technological system.

• Troubleshooting

• Active shooting

• Designing

• Prototyping

Repetitiously solving a problem, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem

• Iterative process

• Engineering design process

• Brainstorming

• Problem solving

Which is the best technical drawing or diagram?

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