Engineering
This type of engineer
may design a GPS for your vehicle.
Electrical Engineer
A systematic, problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.
Design Process
Serves as an agreement between the client and the engineer.
Design Brief
A human-made object.
Artifact
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
Energy based on position
Potential Energy
This type of engineer
may find a cure for disease.
Pharmaceutical/Chemical Engineer
Step 1 of the Design Process
Define the problem
Is usually a person, company, organization, or target consumer group whose problem requires the talents of an engineer or designer to develop a physical solution.
Client
The surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives.
Environment
The ability to do work. Energy can be converted from one form to another.
Energy
Energy in Motion
Kinetic Energy
This type of Engineer
build a computer the size of your watch.
Computer Engineer
Step 2 of the Design Process
Generate Concepts (Brainstorm)
Is the creative problem- solver.
Designer
The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time, energy, or material.
Efficiency
What does PLTW stand for?
Project Lead The Way
Energy produced by mechanical devices, such as gears, pulleys, levers, or internal combustion engines.
Mechanical Energy
This type of engineer:
may create a robot to discover water on a planet.
Mechanical Engineer
Step 3 of the design process
Design a solution
clearly and concisely identifies the problem.
Problem Statement
A natural fuel such as coal or gas formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Fossil Fuels
We take notes, draw sketches, and complete work in this...
PLTW Notebook
Energy visible to the eye.
Radiant (light) energy
This type of engineer
may evaluate the effects of global warming on food production.
Agricultural Engineer
Step 4 of the Design Process
Build and Test
challenges the engineer to take action to address the need and to solve the problem.
Design Statement
A resource that can be replaced when needed.
Renewable Energy
What is the name of our PLTW CLASS
Energy & The Environment
The potential energy locked within a system and released during a chemical reaction.
This type of engineer:
that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
Civil Engineer
Step 5 of the Design Process
Present a Solution
can be thought of as guidelines that must be followed or rules that must not be broken.
Constraints
Capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage.
Sustainable
What is the name of Second Semester Class
Flight & Space
Energy created by friction between vibrating atoms and molecules.
Thermal Energy