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Engineering Design
2.1 Engineering Design toward a Product, System, or Service
Engineering design is pervasive around us. There is hardly anything we see
or interact with in real life that is not the result of an engineering endeavor
requiring conscious effort. From the design of a simple stapler to the design
of a wide-body aircraft, all are results of engineering design. Engineering
design has a broader scope than just solving the technical problem of meet-
ing design requirements specied by the customer. It must consider all the
extraneous factors: the motivation behind a design, expected deliverables
from the design and nal attributes ...