The engineering design challenge : a creative process /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[San Rafael, Calif.] :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2013]
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| Series: | Synthesis lectures on engineering ;
#21. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The world of engineering design
- 1.1 Design recognition
- 1.2 What is engineering design
- 1.3 Why teaching design is difficult
- 1.4 The engineering design challenge
- References
- 2. Introduction to engineering
- 2.1 ES 1000 introduction to engineering
- 2.1.1 Introduction to university life
- 2.1.2 Intellectual community
- 2.1.3 Information literacy
- 2.2 Role of H. T. Person Chair
- 2.3 Closing comments on ES 1000
- 2.3.1 Student engagement
- 2.3.2 The course structure
- 2.4 Assessment
- References
- 3. First-year design challenge development
- 3.1 Overall challenge philosophy
- 3.2 Safety
- 3.3 Cost and time constraints
- 3.4 Awards and prizes
- 3.5 Assessment
- 4. The first-year design challenges
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Fleet efficiency and the auto design dilemma
- 4.3 Dunebuggy dash
- 4.4 First flight: fly a foam airplane 100 yards
- 4.5 Hackysack flip
- 4.6 Mousetrap powered car slalom
- 4.7 The great wall of carpet
- 4.8 Underwater recovery vehicle
- 4.9 Wind turbines and wind power generation
- 5. Interdisciplinary design
- 5.1 Objectives
- 5.2 Administrative issues
- 5.3 Projects
- 5.3.1 NASA zero gravity projects
- 5.3.2 Automated transit system for campus
- 5.3.3 Disappearing roads and gas extraction
- 5.3.4 University energy plant conversion
- 5.3.5 Medieval construction
- 5.4 Student recruitment
- 5.5 Project organization
- 5.6 Assessment
- 6. Interdisciplinary projects
- 6.1 Interdisciplinary design projects
- 6.2 NASA zero gravity I: construction in space
- 6.3 NASA zero gravity II: exercise machine
- 6.4 Design of an automated transit system
- 6.5 Disappearing roads
- 6.6 Beetle kill and biomass energy
- 6.7 Gothic cathedrals
- References
- 7. Getting started
- 7.1 H. T. Person design challenge for primary and secondary schools in Wyoming
- 7.1.1 Engineering background and history
- 7.1.2 What an equation tells you about design
- 7.2 Meteor collision problem
- 7.3 Tire particle problem
- 7.4 What happened?
- 7.4.1 Windmill collapse
- 7.4.2 Bridge accident
- 7.4.3 Development of stress and strain curves
- 7.5 Notes for chapter
- 7.5.1 Paper column experiment
- 7.5.2 Meteor collision problem
- 7.5.3 Tire particle problem
- 7.5.4 What happened
- 7.5.5 Stress-strain curves
- A. H.T. Person lectures
- B. Sample course syllabus and policy
- C. Information literacy paper
- D. Sample oral presentation evaluation sheets
- Author's biography.