Solving
This begins with a problem, a need, or desire
What is the Engineering process?
For an engineering solution to be useful, it must be defined this way.
What is precisely?
This will help you identify how a problem was adressed in the past
What is research?
What are strong winds?
Indoor open fires release soot and this colorless, harmful gas into the air
What is carbon monoxide?
What are criteria?
A race downhill race with sleek, motorless cars
What are soapbox car or gravity races?
This is a renewable energy source
What is wind?
About 40% of the world's population cook and heat their homes using these
I’m What are open fires and simple stoves?
These are the limits on the design of a solution (examples time, cost and environment)
What are constraints?
This may be needed when there is a change in the criteria or constraints of a problem
What is reframing?
This constraint makes it so large turbines cannot be used in urban ares
What is space?
This is a more specific need or desire of a stated problem
What is a Precisely stated problem?
This engineering solution was designed to keep you dry in the rain
What is an umbrella?
These are examples of things an engineer should research
What are production costs, schedules, market pressures, new scientific discoveries, and customer likes/dislikes (need to say 2 of them)?
These use wind to produce electrical energy
What are wind turbines?
Stroke, pneumonia, heart disease, COPD, and lung cancer are illnesses are related to this
What is indoor air pollution?
Today's streetlights and traffic signals often use these, which save energy and last much longer than incandescent bulbs
What are LEDs?
Incandescent bulbs were not used in streetlights right away because cities lacked a reliable source of this.
What is electricity?
This is an urban alternative for harnessing wind energy.
What is a Wind Tree?