Engineering by Design - Softcover

Voland, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131409190 ISBN 13: 9780131409194

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For courses in Engineering Design.

Engineering By Design introduces students to a broad range of important design topics. The engineering design process provides the skeletal structure for the text, around which is wrapped numerous cases that illustrate both successes and failures in engineering design. The text provides a balance of qualitative presentation of engineering practices that can be understood by students with little technical knowledge and a more quantitative approach in which substantive analytical techniques are used to develop and evaluate proposed engineering solutions.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This text follows the proven engineering design process of needs assessment, problem formulation, abstraction, synthesis, analysis, and implementation. Combining classical design principles with historical and modern examples of engineering design, this text offers a well-rounded introduction to the subject. The design process provides the skeletal structure for the text, around which are wrapped numerous cases and examples from a variety of engineering disciplines that illustrate both successes and failures in design.

Engineering by Design provides class-tested resources and a framework for students to:

• formulate problems correctly
• work successfully in interdisciplinary teams
• develop their creativity, imagination, and analytical skills
• make informed ethical decisions
• hone their written and oral communication skills

Written for introductory engineering courses, this text is also suitable for a number of other design courses. Instructor materials and a website support those who may be new to teaching a design course.

About the Author

Gerard Voland has taught design for 20 years and pioneered an innovative, nationally recognized freshman design course at Northeastern University. In 1994 he was named the George A. Snell Professor of Engineering in appreciation for his work with this freshman design course and with engineering curriculum reform at Northeastern. He is also the author of textbooks on engineering graphics and control systems modeling. He lives in in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, with his wife, Margaret Voland, a mathematician who researched and developed the case problems in this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131409190
• ISBN 13: 9780131409194
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 648