Engineering & Design Review

What do engineers do?

• Engineers design rockets, medical devices, and headphones

• Engineers help improve the quality of life for people

• Engineers help solve problems.

• All of the above

What is the engineering design process?

• A quick way for engineers to check their calculati
• How things are made
• A set of steps engineers use to solve a problem
• The best way to do computer design

Which is NOT a reason why it is important to follow the engineering design process?

• It helps define a problem so you can test and evaluate the solution

• It is a way to skip testing to engineers can start making products sooner

• It is a way to evaluate your prototype to see if you need to make any changes

• It helps document the plan

What are the steps of the engineering design process in order?

• create

• imagine

• improve

• ask

• plan

What are design constraints?

• Constraints tell us how much weight a design can hold

• Constraints are how small the prototype is

• Constraints are limits, such as time, materials, or cost

• Constraints are one of the steps of the engineering design process

If you test your prototype and it fails, what should you do to improve your design?  Answer in a complete sentence:

A group of students are designing a water purification system. As part of the design process, the students must test a prototype to see if it is able to remove bacteria during the filtration process. What should the students do just before they refine the design?

• Identify the best characteristics of each prototype in order to retest and refine the design.

• Test and evaluate the prototype.

• Plan and make a prototype.

Which of the following is NOT a step of the engineering design process?

• Make a test model

• Find a store to sell the product

• Find the limits to the design

• Discuss ideas

In which step of the Design Process would you give an oral presentation with visual aids such as a slideshow, model, prototype etc..

• Brainstorming

• Testing

• Building

• Communication

If an engineer finds a flaw or problem with a design, what step should the engineer take next?

• Create another prototype

• Get more money to support continued research

• Modify the design and retest it

• Scrap the project and start again