Foot Orthosis and Engineering Design Process

A brace that corrects alignment or provides support to correct a disorder of the limbs or spine.

• Orthosis

• Spastic hemiplegia

• Generate Concepts

• Present Solution

A neuromuscular condition in which muscles on one side of the body are in a constant state of contraction.

• Cerebral palsy

• Orthosis

• Spastic hemiplegia

• Orthotist

Usually caused by brain injury or brain malformation that occurs before, during, or immediately after birth when an infant’s brain is still developing.

• Decision matrix

• Present Solution

• Cerebral palsy

• Evaluate a Solution

can be visual, physical, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the development of scientific theories or the engineering of artifacts.

• Design process

• Model

• Define a Problem

• Generate Concepts

A systematic problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.

• Model

• Generate Concepts

• Define a Problem

• Design process

What do you call the Engineering Design Process step that define a problem or opportunity?

• Generate Concepts

• Build and Test Solution

• Evaluate a Solution

• Define a Problem

Designers research past solutions, brainstorm new ideas, then compare solutions and narrow to one solution and record all brainstorm ideas in an engineering notebook.

• Generate Concepts

• Design a Solution

• Define a Problem

• Orthotist

The designers create a detailed design using technical drawings and models. The drawings and models provide the technical information necessary to produce a solution.

• Build and Test Solution

• Design a Solution

• Iteration

• Evaluate a Solution

This step is where the designers build and test their solution. Designers test its performance, usability, and durability, and collect and analyze the test data.

• Design a Solution

• Generate Concepts

• Build and Test Solution

• Design artifacts

This step designers test the solution’s effectiveness, reflect in their design, and recommend any potential improvement.

• Evaluate a Solution

• Present Solution

• Build and Test Solution

• Define a Problem