The Engineering Design Process

Which step includes learning more details about a problem and about previous attempts to address it?

• Identifying a Need

• Brainstorming and Selecting Solutions

• Building a Prototype

• Conducting Research

Like scientists, engineers must communicate with each other, before, during and after the design process.

• True

• False

In some remote locations, cell phone service is not available. What part of the engineering design process would take place here?

• Brainstorming and Selecting Solutions

• Identifying a Need

• Testing, Evaluating and Redesigning a Prototype

• Communicating Results

Which step is a creative process in which many potential solutions are considered?

• Step 1

• Step 2

• Step 3

• Step 4

• Step 5

Step 5 involves...

• Considering constraints and limitations to the problem.

• Teams working together to generate and evaluate a list of ideas.

• Finding out what works and what doesn't work and checking things for efficiency and the overall ability of the prototype to address the problem.

• Scientists publishing details about the design process in academic journals so their peers can build on their work.

A test model of a product is built on...

• Step 1

• Step 2

• Step 3

• Step 4

• Step 5

The use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to meet human needs.

• Technology

• Engineering

• Prototype

• Science

• Brainstorming

Engineers are people who design and build things to solve _____

• riddles
• puzzles
• crosswords
• problems

Share with others.

• brainstorm

• communicate results

• plan/create

• evaluate

• state the problem/challenge

1. When solving problems, the series of steps that engineers follow is called _______.

• the engineering method

• the engineering problem

• the engineering design process

• the scientific method