Types of Engineers
Robots, Machines, Cars
Mechanical Engineer
This step includes assessing the criteria and constraints
Identify the Problem
This step requires that you document both successes and failures
Test the solution
Straight board at an angle
Speaking up in a group setting would be an example of what type of work place skill?
Soft Skill
Prosthetics, artificial organs, joint replacements
Biomedical Engineer
Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of an idea falls under this step
Brainstorming
What do you compare the test results to during the Test the Solution step?
Criteria and Constraints
This simple machine rotates around a center point.
Wheel and Axle
Knowing how to take a part and put back together an engine would be considered what type of work place skill?
Hard Skill
This engineer could help a community get clean drinking water.
Civil Engineer
This type of drawing includes 3 views of a design
Orthographic
This process is compared to what shape?
Circle
The end of a light bulb is an example of this simple machine.
Screw
If you needed to calculate voltage or wattage what physical law would you use?
Ohm's Law or Watt's Law
This engineer would help design the process for a manufactured good.
Manufacturing Engineer or Industrial Engineer
This type of drawing means equal parts
Isometric
What step do you consider discarded ideas?
Redesign/Optimize/Reflect
Fulcrum, Effort and Load
Lever
If you needed to explain about pressure with a gas or liquid what physical law would you use?
Pascal's Law
This engineer could help create a more environmentally friendly make up product.
Chemical Engineer or Environmental Engineer
This is a working model
Prototype
What step should you consider things such as cost, ergonomics, aesthetics and the environment?
Identify the Problem
Grooved Wheel and Axle
Pulley
Bernoulli's Principle