Engineering Design Process

What do engineers do?

• Conduct experiments

• Design and build things to solve problems

• Draw pictures

What is the first step in the engineering design process?

• Build a prototype or model

• Hypothesize

• Define the problem

What do you do after you have researched the problem?

• define the problem

• brainstorm and develop solutions

• test and redesign

What is a prototype?

• A model that helps you test your design- it could be full size or smaller.

• A computer simulation used to help choose colors and materials

• The first few items that you make to sell to see if customers like them.

After you have built your model

• You need to evaluate your design and possibly rebuild it

• You are finished and your design wins you a Nobel Prize

You should only need to complete the engineer process steps ONCE when working on a project

• True

• False

In engineering, failing

• is a good thing because you learn from your mistakes

• means you design idea and project should be trashed

Which of the following are included in the engineering design process? Check all that apply.

• define the problem

• do your research

• develop a possible solution

• build a prototype

• give up after the first test fails