1. Engineering Design Process Applied Technology Engineering Design Process © 2011 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, STEM  Center for Teaching and Learning™ Foundations of Technology

2. What Is Design?

3. Who Designs?  You are a designer whether you know it or not! Selecting the clothes you wear Drawing on your notebook Arranging your room Styling your hair Cooking

4. Design  Design is many things: Your whole day involves design Design is the best use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to create a solution to a problem Relates man to his/her environment

5. What is not designed?

6. Problem solving  A good design is finding the best solution to a problem following the given criteria and constraints Criteria = Guidelines Constraints = Limitations

7. Engineering Design Process

8. Document the Process

9.  What is the real problem that requires a solution?  Who or what does the problem effect?  What are the goals and objectives in solving the problem?  Identify shortcomings in current solutions

10.  Research the problem  Search for prior solutions  Look at current technologies that could be used  What are potential impacts of the solution  Look at factors that could limit your design.

11.  Formulate a plan  Define your constraints and requirements for the solution  Brainstorm many solutions for the problem  Analyze many possible solutions  Select and design the best solution

12.  “bring the solution to life”  Synthesize your design into a tangible, working product  Models  Prototypes Generate a solution

13.  Put your solution to the test  Does it work?  Does it solve the problem?  What went right?  What went wrong?  What could be done better?  Does it cause another problem?  Could another solution work better?  Can the solution have another use? Test and Evaluate

14.  After a solution has been tested and evaluated the process can be repeated to solve unintended problems to enhance the created solution Define the problem

15. Document the Process