Design Concepts for Engineers

by Horenstein, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780130813695
• ISBN10: 0130813699
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

ESource Prentice Hall' s Engineering Source provides a comprehensive, customizable introductory engineering and computing library. Featuring over 25 modules and growing, ESource allows professors to fully customize their textbooks through the ESource website. Professors are not only able to pick and choose complete modules, but also custom-build a freshman engineering text that matches their content needs and course organization exactly!

Table of Contents

About ESource	v
About the Authors	ix
What Is Engineering?	1	(19)
The Many Fields of Engineering	2	(7)
Engineering Professional Organizations	9	(4)
The Engineer: Central to Project Management	13	(3)
Engineering: A Set of Skills	16	(4)
What Is Design?	20	(31)
Use of the Word Design	21	(1)
The Difference Between Analysis, Reproduction, and Design	21	(2)
Good Design Versus Bad Design	23	(4)
The Design Cycle	27	(4)
A Design Example	31	(20)
Engineering Design Tools	51	(41)
Teamwork as a Design Tool	51	(3)
Brainstorming	54	(11)
Documentation: The Importance of Keeping Careful Records	65	(8)
Estimation as an Engineering Design Tool	73	(10)
Prototyping and Breadboarding: Project Management	83	(9)
The Computer as Part of the Design Solution	92	(29)
When Are Computers Really Necessary?	93	(1)
The Computer as an Analysis Tool	93	(8)
Spreadsheets and Data Bases	101	(4)
Graphical Programming	105	(1)
The World Wide Web	106	(2)
Real-Time Computer Control	108	(1)
Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion	109	(12)
The Human--Machine Interface	121	(19)
How People Interact with Machines	122	(1)
Ergonomics	122	(1)
Cognition	123	(1)
Examples of Good and Bad Human--Machine Interfaces	124	(16)
The Role of Failure in Engineering Design	140	(14)
How Engineers Learn from Mistakes	140	(2)
Classic Design Failures: Case Studies	142	(12)
Effective Communication	154	(31)
The Importance of Good Oral and Written Communication	155	(1)
Preparing for Informal Meetings and Conferences	155	(2)
Preparing for a Formal Presentation	157	(5)
Writing Electronic Mail, Letters, and Memoranda	162	(8)
Writing Technical Reports, Proposals, and Journal Articles	170	(1)
Preparing an Instruction Manual	171	(6)
Strategy for Producing Good Technical Documents	177	(8)
Epilogue: The Day of the Peak Performance Design Competition	185	(5)
Index	190