Disciplines
Disciplines
EDP Steps
EDP Deliverables
Wild Card
100

This engineering discipline deals with the study and manipulation of materials to design and enhance their properties.

What is Materials Engineering?
100

This is a versatile branch of engineering that can design automobiles, aircraft, robotics, medical devices, machines, and HVAC systems.

What is Mechanical Engineering?
100

This is the engineering design process step when the Design Brief is written or read.

What is Define the Problem?

100

This is the name of the last section of a Design Brief, which includes a numbered list of measurable qualities such as cost, timeline, or required materials.

What are Criteria/Constraints?

100
This engineering discipline optimizes complex systems and processes in various industries?
What is Industrial Engineering or Systems Engineering?
200

This engineering discipline is a subdiscipline of mechanical engineering and involves the design, development, and maintenance of automobiles.

What is Automotive Engineering?

200
This engineering discipline deals with generating and distributing power and using it to control machines and devices.

What is Electrical Engineering?

200

This step of the engineering design process is when brainstorming occurs.

What is Generate Concepts?

200
This is the deliverable for Step 2 of the engineering design process.

What is Decision Matrix?

200

This engineering discipline focuses on the design, development, and testing of the physical components of a computer.

What is Computer Engineering?

300

This engineering discipline is responsible for designing, maintaining, and updating computer applications.

What is Software Engineering?

300

This engineering discipline focuses on issues related to atmospheric and space travel.

What is Aerospace Engineering?

300

This is the step of the engineering design process when technical drawings or CAD models are created.

What is Develop a Solution?

300

Name one of two of the deliverables for the Present the Solution step of the engineering design process.

What is Formal Presentation OR Project Portfolio?

300

This engineering discipline focuses on the design, aesthetics, collaboration, and function of ALL building systems, including HVAC, civil, electrical, mechanical, etc.

What is Architectural Engineering?

400

This engineering discipline focuses on the infrastructure, buildings, and utilities of our society.

What is Civil Engineering?

400

This broad engineering discipline can include refining petroleum in order to produce fuels, make medicine, or create plastics.

What is Chemical Engineering?

400

This is the last step of the engineering design process.

What is Present the Solution?

400

This is the name of the hand-drawn sketch we will complete in this class for the third step of the engineering design process, which includes details and annotations.

What is a concept sketch?

400

This step of the engineering design process contains project recommendations.

What is Evaluate the Solution?

500

This engineering discipline addresses areas such as farming machinery design, irrigation systems, and crop management.

What is Agricultural Engineering?

500

This engineering discipline improves medical devices, equipment, and healthcare systems.

What is Biomedical Engineering?

500

This is the fourth step of the engineering design process?

What is Construct and Test Prototype?

500

This is the name of the numerical rating used to score designs/ideas against the criteria in a decision matrix.

What is a Scale?

500

The engineering design process is __________. This means we will repeat a series of steps over and over again. (HINT: one word, starts with the letter "i")

What is iterative?