Engineering Basics
A systematic application of mathematical, scientific, and technical principles is:
What is Engineering design?
If an engineer were designing a house what material would be appropriate to use for a wall?
Copper
Plastic
Wood
Rubber
What is wood?
Force is a _________ or ____________ upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object.
What is push or pull>
The surface on which 3D prints are built is called the:
What is build plate?
Draw a free-body diagram for a box being pushed forward by a person. (Hint: there should be at least four forces)
What is looking at in a picture?
The Design Process is ___________ in nature (hint: think about how we solved tax evasion)
True or False: It does not matter what material you build things out of, they are all the same.
In Einstein's famous equation F = MA, what do the letters M and A stand for?
What is mass and acceleration?
True or False: It does not matter what orientation is used for 3D printing.
What is false?
What are the units for velocity, which is defined as: the amount of displacement of an object in a specific direction over a specific amount of time
What is meters per second?
An innovation is something that does what?
What is solves a problem (Often by improving something that already exists)?
The materials we use in engineering are incredibly important. Engineers have to know and understand the characteristics of different materials to determine the best ones to use. This is called __________ ________.
What is materials science?
This force, demonstrated by a twisting stop sign, is when two forces of similar value are applied in opposite directions, causing torque. What is the name of this force?
What is torsion?
The 3D printing technology used in this camp to create designs for Makerbot, the 3D printer, is called:
What is Tinkercad?
Gravity causes objects in free fall to accelerate back to the ground with an acceleration of approximately ____ m/s^2
What is 9.8?
In science, you form a hypothesis, in engineering or product design, you
Brainstorm
Define a problem
Identify criteria
Build a prototype
What is define a problem?
This phrase describes what potential characteristic of a material: "the ability of a material to resist forces when in use"?
What is strength?
What is centripetal force?
The act of turning a digital 3D model into thin layers used for 3D printing is known as:
What is splicing?
Given Newton’s law of F=mg where g = 10 m/s^2, what force would an object that weighs 5 kilograms have when dropped?
What is 50 Newtons?
List the four types/fields of engineering
What is (many possibilities but here are a few): chemical, electrical, civil, biomedical, chemical, material?
List five potential characteristics for materials.
What is (there are many possibilities but a couple include): strength, brittleness, melting point, color, transparency, elasticity, malleability, hardness, stiffness, ductility, density, etc...
List at least three forces that engineers overlooked when they designed the Tacoma bridge, which we watched collapse in class.
What is (there are many answer choices but a few include): torsion, shear, push, pull, gravity, compression, and elastic
What is the name of the computer software Mr. Joey said that Formula Racing at Hope College uses to design their cars and make their parts?
Solid Edge
MechDesigner
Matlab
Tinkercad
What is solid edge?
Explain the difference between velocity and acceleration.
What is (answers may very but should include): velocity can be constant while acceleration must be an increase in motion.