Engineering Design Process
Engineering Disciplines
Tools & Technology
Engineering Vocabulary
Real-World Engineering
100

First step in the process where you figure out the problem.

What is Ask?

100

________engineers plan, design, and supervise the construction and maintenance of building and infrastructure projects.

What are Civil Engineers?

100

A 3D model built to test a design idea.

What is a Prototype?

100

The main job or role of a design.

What is Function?

100

Engineers designed this structure to cross rivers and valleys.

What is a Bridge?

200

The step where you brainstorm ideas.

What is Imagine?

200

______engineers who design circuits, power systems, and electronics.

What are Electrical Engineers?

200

The power source needed to make machines and systems work.

What is Energy?

200

A choice where improving one thing makes another worse.

What is a Trade-off?

200

AI-powered assistants like Siri and Alexa rely on this engineering field.

What is Computer Engineering?

300

Making a model or early version of your idea.

What is a Prototype?


300

______engineers who design computer hardware and AI systems

What are Computer Engineers?

300

A programming language used to tell robots what to do.

What is Code?

300

Information from testing that shows what works or needs fixing.

What is Feedback?

300

Engineers designed this system to manage clean water in cities.

What is Water Infrastructure or Civil Engineering?

400

Improving a design after testing is called this.

What is Iteration?


400

_______engineers who improve systems, processes, and efficiency.

What are Industrial Engineers?

400

The system of wires and paths that let electricity flow.

What is a Circuit?

400

The process of making a design as effective as possible.

What is Optimization?

400

The type of engineers who designed the first airplane.

Who were the Wright Brothers, Mechanical Engineers?

500

The two parts every design must follow: the goals and the limits.

What are Criteria and Constraints?

500

_____engineers who study biology and medicine to create prosthetics or artificial organs. 

What are Biomedical Engineers?)

500

The machine used to simulate Mars rovers in class activities.

What is a Sphero?

500

The repeated process of testing, improving, and re-testing.

What is Iteration?

500

Self-driving cars rely on these two computer components to process AI.

What are CPUs and GPUs?