The engineer design process

- Creative process
- Problem solving - the big picture
- No single "correct" solution
- Technical aspects only small part

Elements of Design the process

- Problem Identification
- Research Phase
- Requirements Specification
- Concept Generation
- Design Phase
- Prototyping phase
- System Intergration
- Maintenance Phase

Needs Identification

- What is the problem?
1. Collect Information
2. Interpret information
3. Organize needs hierarchy
4. Determine relative importance of needs
5. Review outcomes and process

Problem Statement

Example 2.1

- Need: Drivers have difficulty seeing obstructions in all directions.
- Objective: design system to avoid accidents

Concept Generation and Evaluation

- Explore many solutions
. Brainstrom

- Select the best solution
. Based on needs and constraints

- Creativity
. Development of new ideas

- Innovation
. Bringing creative ideas to reality

Concept Generation
- Substitue
- Combine
- Adapt
- Modify
- Put to other use
-Elimate
- Rearrange or reverse

Design Group (Team)
- Engineering projects require diverse skills
- This creates a need for group (team) work

- Select members based on skills
1. Technical
2. problem- solving
3. Interpersonal

Project Management

- Define for each activity
1. Work to be done
2. Timeframe
3. Resoures
4. Responsible persons
5. Previous depenedent activities
6. Checkpoints/ deliverables for monitoring progress