Days 1 & 2
Engineers design physical objects and processes that try to solve
What is real-world problems?
are evaluated based on how they address the criteria.
What are Results?
may make it difficult or impossible to meet all the criteria for a design project.
Wager up to 1000!
What are Trade-offs?
this type of engineers design structures and systems to help minimize the impact of natural hazards.
What are Geohazards?
Define a new engineering problem related to limiting the effects of.
What are natural disasters?
define the engineering problem.
What is Criteria?
can describe consequences of actions but is not responsible for society’s decisions.
What is Science knowledge?
are made to a design based on evaluated results. Designs are modified in order to be tested again. This is called an iteration.
What are Modifications?
Solutions to a problem will differ based on the defined
What is criteria?
Engineers improve the use of evidence in and the professionalism of their writing when they do this to their written proposals.
What is revise?
research is necessary when solving an engineering problem.
What is background?
this warning systems rely on data from different types of sensors to generate accurate and timely warnings.
What is Tsunami?
The results of each design test are evaluated based on how the design addresses the .
What is criteria?
Engineers take this into consideration during the iterative process (modifying the design at each iteration)
What is feedback?
proposals are written for a professional audience and use topic-specific vocabulary words.
What are Strong?
is a type of large, destructive ocean wave caused by a sudden shift in the seafloor.
What is a tsunami?
Plate motion that results in a very strong earthquake and causes this type of motion of the seafloor can cause tsunamis.
What is vertical?
Earthquakes must be above this magnitude to generate a tsunami.
What is 7.0?
For this type of designs, engineers complete several iterations, often combining the best parts of previous designs.
What is optimal?
An engineer's this type of proposal explains to others how and why a design solution works.
What is written?
caused by earthquakes under the water.
What are Tsunamis?
Earthquakes are due to movement along the three types of plate boundaries
What are convergent, divergent, and transform?
where one plate subducts under the other, are the main source of earthquakes that cause tsunamis because these plate boundaries are more likely to involve vertical plate movement that can cause tsunamis.
What are Convergent boundaries?
Engineers consider this by weighing the impact of each criterion against the others.
What are trade-offs?
Strong engineering proposals use this to describe why the design is optimal, including a discussion of trade-offs and comparisons to earlier iterations.
What is evidence?