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.