Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, Fourth Edition

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN What does it mean to design something? Is engineering design different from other kinds of design?

1.1 Where and when do engineers design?

1.2 A basic vocabulary for engineering design

1.2.1 Defining engineering design

1.2.2 Assumptions underlying our definition of engineering design

1.2.3 Measuring the success of an engineered design

1.2.4 Form and function

1.2.5 Design and systems

1.2.6 Communication and design

1.3 Learning and doing engineering design

1.3.1 Engineering design problems are challenging

1.3.2 Learning design by doing

1.4 Managing engineering design projects

1.5 Notes

CHAPTER 2 DEFINING A DESIGN PROCESS AND A CASE STUDY How do I do engineering design? Can you show me an example?

2.1 The design process as a process of questioning

2.2 Describing and prescribing a design process

2.3 Informing a design process

2.3.1 Informing a design process by thinking strategically

2.3.2 Informing a design process with formal design methods

2.3.3 Acquiring design knowledge to inform a design process

2.3.4 Informing a design process with analysis and testing

2.3.5 Getting feedback to inform a design process

2.4 Case study: Design of a stabilizer for microlaryngeal surgery

2.5 Illustrative design examples

2.6 Notes

PART II THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DESIGN TOOLS

CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM DEFINITION: DETAILING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS What does the client require of this design?

3.1 Clarifying the initial ...