Engineering Design Process

What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process

• Testing Solutions

• Designing Solutions

• Identifying the Problem

• Planning Solutions

When generating a solution, a designer creates either a model or a ________________.

• drawing
• report
• design brief
• prototype

What is the main goal of the design process?

• To write reports
• To make things
• To make charts and graphs
• To find solutions to problems

What order do the steps of the Design Process go in?

• Identify Problem, Plan Solutions, Create Model, Test Model, Reflect and Redesign

• Imagine, Ask, Plan, Improve, Create, Communicate

• Ask, Plan, Create, Imagine, Improve, Communicate

• Ask, Improve, Communicate, Brainstorm, Create, Plan

You begin to create a prototype of your design only to find that your solution isn't working at all. What should you do?

• Add more tape

• Go back to an earlier stage and choose another solution

• Blame your partner

• Keep going and hope it will be ok

Which step includes brainstorming?

• Improve

• Imagine

• Plan

• Create

Which step would you Sketch and Draw out your idea

• Improve

• Imagine

• Plan

• Create

All ideas should be written down.

• brainstorm

• communicate results

• plan/create

• evaluate

• state the problem/challenge

Checking to see if the prototype meets your expectations.

• brainstorm

• communicate results

• plan/create

• evaluate

• state the problem/challenge

Share with others.

• brainstorm

• communicate results

• plan/create

• evaluate

• state the problem/challenge