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APSC 100 Study Guide Introduction to Engineering Design Engineering Design: The process through which engineering knowledge and skills are applied to solve real-world problems that are meaningful to society and/or the planet o Engineering problems are often open-ended and have multiple possible solutions o Trial and error is not a good approach to the engineering design process o Advantages: Engineering Design Approach Ø Provides guiding framework Ø Improves chance of great solution Generate potential solutions Identify most promising solution 2 3 Ø Reduces risk of wasting time and resources Study and clarify problem Develop and test solution 1 4 o Early stages are lower cost than late ones, but have the most costs committed for later 0 Iteration 5 Problem Review and revise solution Implement solution o Most important step is iteration, allowing you to revisit previous stages of the design process at any time as new information becomes available to review and revise your design Iteration: GOALS · Revisit previous stages to discover best possible solution · Review and revise solution CHALLENGES Iteration: to continuously revisit previous stages in the design process as solution develops and more is learned about the problem o Iteration can be performed at any point in the process, revisiting any step in order to adjust for new information o If at any point the design process seems to have failed, iteration can be performed Ø MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN DESIGN PROCESS: increases chances of creating best possible solution This document is available free of charge on StuDocu.com Downloaded by Andrew Wang (maomaotop01@gmail.com)
Stage 1: Study and Clarify Problem GOALS · Define the problem · Identify the stakeholders and their influence · Determine stakeholder needs CHALLENGES · Ensuring all stakeholders are identified · Deciding which stakeholders are most influential · Accounting for all needs Stakeholder: Anyone who is influenced by or has influence over a particular engineering project, including ... Designers Builders Government Neighbours Users Municipalities Society Investors Suppliers o It is important to understand and take into account the issues and perspectives of all the stakeholders to prevent issues later on Needs: stakeholder wants and expectations of what the final design should be of do Needs are qualitative descriptions of the end result Different stakeholders may have different or even contradictory needs o Research is vital for understanding all stakeholders and their needs cas Research includes asking and interviewing stakeholders, but also inferring potentially 'obvious' needs that were not explicitly mentioned Scales: differing physical and temporal contexts in which the problem can be viewed o As scales are changed, stakeholders and subsequently needs change as interactions and ramifications are zoomed in or out o A problem must be analyzed from all scales in order to create a comprehensive list of stakeholders and needs, and to understand all contexts of the design o It