Engineering Design Process

The study of the natural word from observation and experimentation

• science

• engineering

• art

• music

The development of solutions based on what we know from science

• engineering

• science

• music

• dinosaurs

A process that is not linear and often cycles through steps many times is called a(n) ___________________ process.

• iterative

• linear

• science

• engineering

Which of these are considered steps of the iterative engineering process? (Select all that apply).

• defining the engineering problem

• developing possible solutions

• optimizing the design solution

• eating a sandwich

Collecting as many ideas as you can, however good you think they are.

• tradeoff

• brainstorming

• criteria

• contraint

The desirable features of a solution (guidelines such as function or style)

• criteria

• brainstorming

• deforestration

• tradeoff

A real world limit on the solution you are designing, for example, safety, time, money, or materials.

• tradeoff

• constraint

• brainstorming

• criteria

Which of these can be a model engineers use to try and test possible solutions? (Select all that apply)

• mathematical formulas

• small scale 3D structures

• computer simulations

• none of these

Engineers use ____________ to test and improve their ideas before production.

• models/prototypes

• criteria/constraints

• problems/solutions

• none of these

Engineers go through a process usually over and over until they get their solution exactly as they want it.

• True

• False