Engineering Mindset
This term describes an engineer's ability to see how different parts of a project interact and influence one another.
What is Systems Thinking?
These are the non-negotiables or desired features that a solution must have.
What are Criteria (or requirements)?
This simple machine is a rigid bar that pivots on a fulcrum.
What is a Lever?
This type of engineer designs infrastructure like bridges, dams, and roads.
What is a Civil Engineer?
This historical era saw the transition from hand tools to steam-powered machinery.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
PPE stands for this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Engineers use this subject to calculate dimensions, volumes, and angles during the modeling phase.
What is Geometry (or Mathematics)?
This is a working model used to test a design concept and gather data for improvement.
What is a Prototype?
Force = mass x acceleration
What is Newton's second law?
This professional role typically focuses more on the hands-on maintenance and implementation of designs rather than the theoretical creation.
What is an Engineering Technician?
This term describes the unintended negative results of a technology, such as pollution from cars.
What are Side Effects (or Negative Impacts)?
This federal agency sets and enforces safety standards for the American workplace.
What is OSHA?
This mindset trait involves staying positive and continuing to work on a solution even after a prototype fails.
What is Optimism (or Persistence)?
During this step, team members generate as many ideas as possible without criticizing any of them.
What is Brainstorming?
This defines the relationship between voltage, current and resistance
What is Ohm's Law?
This engineering discipline focuses on the design of machines, engines, and thermal systems.
What is Mechanical Engineering?
This invention by James Watt provided a reliable, portable power source for factories.
What is the Steam Engine?
You should flush your eyes for at least this many minutes if a chemical splashes into them.
What is 15 minutes?
While scientists seek to understand the natural world, engineers focus on creating these to fulfill human needs.
What is the difference between engineers and scientists?
(What are technological solutions?)
If a project must be completed within a budget of $5,000, the budget is considered this.
What is a Constraint?
This principle explains how a hydraulic lift can multiply force using an incompressible fluid.
What is Pascal’s Principle?
This is the name of the license an engineer must obtain to legally sign off on public projects.
What is a Professional Engineer (PE) license?
This modern practice involves designing products that meet current needs without hurting the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
What is Sustainable Engineering?
This type of fire extinguisher is required for electrical fires (Class C).
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) or Dry Chemical?
This type of reasoning ensures that an engineer considers the safety, health, and welfare of the public above all else.
What is Ethical Reasoning?
This word describes the repetitive nature of the design process, where steps are circled back to for refinement.
What is Iterative?
This principle explains why an airplane wing generates lift due to differences in air pressure.
What is Bernoulli’s Principle?
This type of engineer focuses on optimizing complex processes, like factory assembly lines, to reduce waste.
What is an Industrial Engineer?
The transition from vacuum tubes to transistors marked the beginning of this current era.
What is the Information (or Digital) Age?
This document, found in labs, provides detailed safety information about specific chemicals.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?