University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  1 ECE 396 – Senior Design I Spring 2005 Semester Lecture #2

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  2 Please have one person in your group step forward and submit the “Design Team Declaration Form.” “Design Team Declaration Form.”

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  3 If you have not yet joined a group then submit your “Student Seeking Design Team” form now.

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  4 I assume that everyone is planning to enroll in ECE 397 during the Fall 2005 Semester. If not, please tell me now!

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  5 Engineering: “Engineering involves the knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences (biological and physical) gained by study, experience, and practice that are applied with judgment and creativity to develop ways to utilize the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind”.  Massachusetts Department of Education (

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  6 Engineering: “… the systematic analysis and development of measurable physical data, using applied mathematical, scientific, and technical principles, to yield tangible end products which can be made, produced, and constructed.”  Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning ( (

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  7 Engineering: “… ….” “… the goal of engineering is to improve the quality of life of individuals … through the principled application of science and mathematics in solving the problems of society.”  University of Manitoba ( (

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  8 Summary: Engineering involves the knowledge of science, technology, past experience applied with judgment and creativity of design to solving society’s problems.

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  9 Design: “conceive or fashion in the mind; invent.” ( “An iterative decision-making process … by which resources are converted into products or systems” ( “The process of conceiving, inventing, or contriving a scheme for turning a specification (into a product)” (

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  10 Engineering Design involves creativity methodically applied to obtain a product / process meeting certain specifications.

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  11 Engineering Design: Science or Art?

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  12 Salt and Rothery wrote our text for ECE senior design students for ECE senior design students with the attitude that engineering design may be “prescribed and taught” with the attitude that engineering design may be “prescribed and taught” to bridge the gap between the academic and real worlds to bridge the gap between the academic and real worlds to be used later as a reference to be used later as a reference

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  13 GoodFastCheap

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  14 GoodFastCheap (pick any two)

University of Illinois at Chicago ECE 396  Senior Design I Lecture #2  15 Answer these questions by reading Ch.1:  Where, when, and for why was the first engineering school founded?  Where does the term “civil” engineer come from?  Who are the three major design “stake- holders” in an engineering design project?