Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, 3rd edition
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Design General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Associate Editor's Choice |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Textbook |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): |
Clive Dym
Organization: Harvey Mudd Department: Engineering |
| Description: | Dym and Little's successful client-driven, team-based approach to engineering design gets students actively involved with conceptual design methods and project management tools. The new 3rd edition of Engineering Design maintains the focus of the prior editions while adding new content to keep the text current and relevant for today's students. Chapters are: 1 Engineering Design 2 The Design Process 3 Defining the Client's Design Problem 4 Functions and Requirements 5 Generating and Evaluating Design Alternatives 6 Design Modeling, Analysis and Optimization 7 Communicating the Design Outcome (I): Building Models and Prototypes 8 Communicating the Design Outcome (II): Engineering Drawings 9 Communicating the Design Outcome (III): Oral and Written Reports 10 Leading and Managing the Design Process 11 Designing for . . . 12 Ethics in Design. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Creative Thinking (c) Design a system, component, or process (d) Work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams (e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) Understand professional and ethical responsibility (g) Communicate effectively (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context Design Skills |
| Use of Resource: | Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction by Clive Dym and Patrick Little, published by John Wiley & Sons. New to this edition: * Emphasizes ethics as an ?every day? issue ? and not just one of dealing with ethical crises. * New Chapter 6 introduces elements of basic engineering sciences into design, including: dimensions and units; dimensional analysis; estimates and approximations; various mechanical and electrical elements; some elementary detail design problems; and some brief notes on materials selection. * New Chapter 7 includes new material on geometric dimensioning and tolerances; and discussion of prototyping and modeling. |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd... |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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