Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Madara Ogot And Gul Okudan-Kremer

 
9781412038508: Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction: A Practical Guide

Synopsis

This text provides an introduction to the design tools used in engineering design. It focuses on the first two steps of the design process: determination of need/problem clarification and conceptualization.

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About the Author

DR. MADARA OGOT is currently an Associate Professor in Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. After having completed his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University in 1987, and his Ph.D. from Penn. State in 1991, he joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Rutgers University in 1991, where he remained until moving to Penn State in 2003.

GUL E. OKUDAN-KREMER is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at Penn State. She has a doctorate in Engineering Management (UM-Rolla). Her research interests include manufacturing strategy modeling and measurement, design cognition, and product design teams. She is a member of ASEE. She is a NRC- US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002 and 2003.

Synopsis

Successful engineering design requires a strong understanding of fundamental concepts in the basic sciences and engineering combined with mathematics. This text provides an introduction to the design tools used in engineering design. It focuses on the first two steps of the design process: determination of need/problem clarification and conceptualization. In addition, an overview of materials and manufacturing methods is presented. The use of Excel has been incorporated throughout the text for performing routine calculations, leaving more time for the creative aspects of the design process. Finally, the text contains an extensive discussion of systematic concept generation suing the theory of inventive problem solving, TRIZ.

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