Engineering Disciplines
The study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism
What is electrical engineering?
Looking at systems external to the system of interest to look for solutions and impacts.
What is thinking bigger?
List the key pieces for a patent.
What are:
- who originated the idea
- when the idea was originated
- when idea became working solution
A statement that clearly and concisely describes the issue so that engineers and designers focus their efforts and avoid wasting time working on a design that does not address the issue at hand.
What is the problem statement?
3D printer file type
What is a .stl file?
Deals with infrastructure.
What is civil engineering?
Tangible elements in a flow chart to show relationship within a system.
What are nodes?
The engineering notebook should be written in _________.
What is pen?
Necessary characteristics of a solution
What is criteria? How is this different than constraints?
time piece of work must be finished or something must be achieved
What is a milestone?
Develops hardware and software.
What is computer engineering?
______ show interactions between tangible elements.
What is a link?
True or False - An engineering notebook should be a bound document that is not required to be in chronological order.
What is false?
The design process is a _________ process.
What is iterative?
Explain the main parts of the experimental design.
What is:
- hypothesis
-prediction
- Variables: Independent, dependent & control
-Source of error
Discipline which works with force and movement.
What is mechanical engineering?
See flow chart. How many links and nodes are in the example provided?
5 nodes 4 links
True or False - At the end of the entry you need to cross out and sign any empty space and have you and a witness sign that you have completed the work you said you have.
What is true?
The decision matrix belongs in what part of the design process?
What is develop solution?
A trusted or accurate sources is called ____________.
What is authoritative?
A discipline within civil engineering that focuses on the behavior of natural geological materials in engineered systems.
What is geotechnical engineering?
Exchange of one thing in return for another. Provide an example.
What is a tradeoff? (Example given)
True or False - If you make a mistake in the engineering notebook you cross it out and fix it.
What is false? What else do you need to do?
List the requirements of the evaluate solutions.
What are:
- plus
-delta
-optimization of design
Explain piling on.
Part of brainstorming process. Bonus- list 3 more rules to brainstorming.