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Engineering design process / Yousef Haik and Tamer Shahin.

By: Haik, Yousef, 1963- [author.].
Contributor(s): Shahin, T. M. M [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Stamford, CT : Cengage Learning, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Second edition.Description: xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780495668169 (paperback); 0495668168 (paperback.Subject(s): Engineering designDDC classification: 620.0042
Contents:
Introduction -- Essential transferable skills -- Identifying needs and gathering information (market analysis) -- Customer requirements -- Establishing functional structure -- Specifications -- Developing concepts -- Concepts evaluation -- Embodiment design -- Detailed design -- Selection of design projects.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Yousef Haik explains the engineering design process and then applies the theory to an abundance of sample design projects and laboratories.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Essential transferable skills -- Identifying needs and gathering information (market analysis) -- Customer requirements -- Establishing functional structure -- Specifications -- Developing concepts -- Concepts evaluation -- Embodiment design -- Detailed design -- Selection of design projects.

CIT Module MECH 7018 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Definition of Engineering Design
  • Importance and Challenges of Engineering Design
  • Introduction to Systematic Design
  • Design Process
  • Professionalism and Ethics
  • Lab 1 Ethics
  • Problems
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 2 Essential Transferable Skills
  • Objectives
  • Working in Teams
  • Lab 2 Ice-Breaking û Forming Teams
  • Lab 3 Team Dynamics
  • Scheduling
  • Lab 4 Project Management (Microsoft Project)
  • Research Skills
  • Technical Writing and Presentation
  • Presentation Style
  • Lab 5 Presentation Style
  • Problems
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 3 Identifying Needs And Gathering Information (Market Analysis)
  • Objectives
  • Problem Definition: Need Statement
  • Gathering Information: Clarifying the Need
  • How to Conduct a Market Analysis
  • Relevant Information Resources
  • Web Tools
  • Case Study: Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher
  • Problems
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 4 Customer Requirements
  • Objectives
  • Identifying Customer Requirements
  • Prioritizing Customer Requirements
  • Case Study: Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher û Requirements
  • Organizing Customer Requirements û Objective Tree
  • Case Study: Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher û Objective Tree
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 5 Establishing Functional Structure
  • Objectives
  • Functions
  • Function Decomposition and Structure
  • Detailed Procedure to Establish Functional Structures
  • Function Structure Examples
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Reverse Engineering Example û Paper Stapler
  • Lab 6 Reverse Engineering
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 6 Specifications
  • Objectives
  • Performance Specification Method
  • Case Study Specification Table: Automatic Can Crusher
  • Quality Function Deployment Method
  • House of Quality: Automatic Can Crusher
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Individual Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 7 Developing Concepts
  • Objectives
  • Developing Working Structures
  • Steps to Develop Concepts from Functions
  • Brainstorming
  • Creativity
  • Developing Concepts û Samples
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Individual Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 8 Concepts Evaluation
  • Objectives
  • Sketch Assembly of Alternatives
  • Evaluating Conceptual Alternatives
  • Concepts Evaluation: Machine Shop Kit
  • Concepts Evaluation: Automatic Can Crusher
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Individual Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 9 Embodiment Design
  • Objectives
  • Product Drawings
  • Prototype
  • Design for "X"
  • Safety Considerations
  • Human Factors
  • Lab 7 Ergonomics
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Selected Bibliography
  • 10 Detailed Design
  • Objectives
  • Analysis
  • Material Selection
  • Material Selection Theory û An Introduction
  • Bill of Material
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
  • Lab 8 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
  • Lab 9 Use of Pro/MECHANICA" for Structural Analysis
  • Analysis Example: Mechanical Vegetable Harvesting Machine
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs Classifications
  • Cost Estimate Methods
  • Labor Costs
  • Product Pricing
  • Problems
  • Team Activities
  • Individual Activities
  • Selected Bibliography.
  • 11 Sample Design Projects
  • Design Project Rules
  • Aluminum Can Crusher
  • Coin Sorting Contest
  • Model (Toy) Solar Car
  • Workshop Training Kit
  • Shopping Carts
  • Mechanical Vents
  • All Terrain Vehicle
  • Pocket-sized Umbrella
  • Model of Therapeutic Wheelchair
  • Disposable Blood Pump
  • Newspaper Vending Machine
  • Peace Corps Group Projects
  • Index