OCG - Introduction to Engineering Design

UNIT A: DESIGN PROCESS

1. Identify and apply a design process.
2. Perform structural and functional analysis.
3. Apply effective leadership and teamwork methodologies.

UNIT B: PROBLEM-SOLVING

1. Utilize problem-solving methods to solve real-world problems.
2. Evaluate design solutions based on implications to society and the environment.

UNIT C: ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION

1. Employ standard engineering documentation protocol such as engineering notebooks

and/or portfolios.

2. Generate technical reports utilizing APA format.
3. Create presentations to communicate design solutions.

UNIT D: SKETCHING AND DRAWING

1. Prepare technical drawings using ANSI and/or ISO standards.
2. Apply scale, dimensioning, and tolerance standards to drawings.

UNIT E: ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES

1. Explore and differentiate among the various engineering disciplines.

*throughout the curriculum

December 2013

UNIT F: DESIGN AND MODELING

2. Create and edit an engineering model using 3D CAD software.
3. Produce acceptable deliverables.
4. Extract and interpret physical properties of a solid model from CAD software.

UNIT G: ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS

1. Demonstrate proper use of engineering measurement tools with precision.
2. Convert between US Customary and SI units.
3. Calculate physical properties of geometric shapes and solids.
4. Calculate central tendencies and descriptive statistics including standard deviation

and empirical rule.

Other Standards:  (List national or local standards students are expected to master in this course)

• Standards for Technological Literacy
• Inventions and innovations are the results of the specific, goal-directed research. (1.9 12.L)
• Requirements are the parameters placed on the development of a product or system. (2.6-8.R)
• Selecting resources involves trade-offs between competing values, such as availability, cost, desirability, and waste. (2.9-12.Z)
• Requirements involve the identification of the criteria and constraints of a product or system and the determination of how they affect the final design and development. (2.9-12.AA)
• Optimization is an ongoing process or methodology of designing or making a product and is dependent on criteria and constraints. (2.9-12.BB)
• Economic, political, and cultural issues are influenced by the development and use of technology. (4.6-8.G)
• Making decisions about the use of technology involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive and negative effects. (4.9-12.I)
• Ethical considerations are important in the development, selection, and use of technologies.(4.9-12.J)
• Decisions regarding the implementation of technologies involve the weighing of trade-offs between predicted positive and negative effects on the environment. (5.9-12.L)
• Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.
• The design process includes defining a problem, brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, identifying criteria and specifying constraints, exploring possibilities, selecting an approach, developing a design proposal, making a model or prototype. (8.9-12.H)
• The design needs to be continually checked and critiqued, and the ideas of the design must be redefined and improved. (8.9-12.J)
• Established design principles are used to evaluate existing designs, to collect data, and to guide the design process. (9.9-12.I)
• Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly. (9.9-12.J)
• The process of engineering design takes into account a number of factors. (9.9-12.L)
• Technological problems must be researched before they can be solved. (10.9-12.J)
• Technological knowledge and processes are communicated using symbols, measurement, conventions, icons, graphic images, and languages that incorporate a variety of visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. (17.9-12.Q)
• There are many ways to communicate information, such as graphic and electronic means. (17.9-12.P)
• Technological knowledge and processes are communicated using symbols, measurement, conventions, icons, graphic images, and languages that incorporate a variety of visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. (17.9-12.Q)
• Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology.
• Quality control is a planned process to ensure that a product, service, or system meets established criteria. (2.9-12.DD)
• Requirements for design are made up of criteria and constraints. (8.6-8.G)
• The design process includes defining a problem, brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, identifying criteria and specifying constraints, exploring possibilities, selecting an approach, developing a design proposal, making a model or prototype. (8.9-12.H)
• Established design principles are used to evaluate existing designs, to collect data, and to guide the design process. (9.9-12.I)
• Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly. (9.9-12.J)
• Identify criteria and constraints and determine how these will affect the design process. (11.9-12.N)
• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of the final product. (11.9-12.O)
• Requirements involve the identification of the criteria and constraints of a product or system and the determination of how they affect the final design and development. (2.9-12.AA)
• Optimization is an ongoing process or methodology of designing or making a product and is dependent on criteria and constraints. (2.9-12.BB)
• The design process includes defining a problem, brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, identifying criteria and specifying constraints, exploring possibilities, selecting an approach, developing a design proposal, making a model or prototype. (8.9-12.H)
• Established design principles are used to evaluate existing designs, to collect data, and to guide the design process. (9.9-12.I)
• Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly. (9.9-12.J)
• Identify criteria and constraints and determine how these will affect the design process. (11.9-12.N)
• Evaluate the design solution using conceptual, physical, and mathematical models at various intervals of the design process in order to check for proper design and to note areas where improvements are needed. (11.9-12.P)
• Technological knowledge and processes are communicated using symbols, measurement, conventions, icons, graphic images, and languages that incorporate a variety of visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. (17.9-12.Q)
• Research and development is a specific problem-solving approach that is used intensively in business and industry to prepare devices and systems for the marketplace. (10.9-12.I)
• Document processes and procedures and communicate them to different audiences using appropriate oral and written techniques. (12.9-12.L)
• Requirements involve the identification of the criteria and constraints of a product or system and the determination of how they affect the final design and development. (2.9-12.AA)
• Requirements of a design, such as criteria, constraints, and efficiency, sometimes compete with each other. (8.9-12.K)
• Identify the design problem to solve and decide whether or not to address it. (11.9-12.M)
• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of the final product. (11.9-12.O)
• Evaluate the design solution using conceptual, physical, and mathematical models at various intervals of the design process in order to check for proper design and to note areas where improvements are needed. (11.9-12.P)
• Develop and produce a product or system using a design process. (11.9-12.Q)
• Evaluate final solutions and communicate observation, processes, and results of the entire design process, using verbal, graphic, quantitative, virtual, and written means, in addition to three-dimensional models. (11.9-12.R)
• Technological knowledge and processes are communicated using symbols, measurement, conventions, icons, graphic images, and languages that incorporate a variety of visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. (17.9-12.Q)
• The design process includes defining a problem, brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, identifying criteria and specifying constraints, exploring possibilities, selecting an approach, developing a design proposal, making a model or prototype. (8.9-12.H)
• Design problems are seldom presented in a clearly defined form. (8.9-12.I)
• A prototype is a working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments. (9.9-12.K)
• Make a product or system and document the solution. (11.6-8.L)
• Identify criteria and constraints and determine how these will affect the design process. (11.9-12.N)
• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of the final product. (11.9-12.O)
• Selecting resources involves trade-offs between competing values, such as availability, cost, desirability, and waste. (2.9-12.Z)
• Changes caused by the use of technology can range from gradual to rapid and from subtle to obvious. (4.9-12.H)
• Making decisions about the use of technology involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive and negative effects. (4.9-12.I)
• Ethical considerations are important in the development, selection, and use of technologies. (4.9-12.J)
• Design problems are seldom presented in a clearly defined form. (8.9-12.I)
• The design needs to be continually checked and critiqued, and the ideas of the design must be redefined and improved. (8.9-12.J)
• Requirements of a design, such as criteria, constraints, and efficiency, sometimes compete with each other. (8.9-12.K)
• Established design principles are used to evaluate existing designs, to collect data, and to guide the design process. (9.9-12.I)
• Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly. (9.9-12.J)
• A prototype is a working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments. (9.9-12.K)
• Develop and produce a product or system using a design process. (11.9-12.Q)
• Evaluate final solutions and communicate observation, processes, and results of the entire design process, using verbal, graphic, quantitative, virtual, and written means, in addition to three-dimensional models. (11.9-12.R)
• Selecting resources involves trade-offs between competing values, such as availability, cost, desirability, and waste. (2.9-12.Z)
• Requirements involve the identification of the criteria and constraints of a product or system and the determination of how they affect the final design and development. (2.9-12.AA)
• Identify criteria and constraints and determine how these will affect the design process. (11.9-12.N)
• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of the final product. (11.9-12.O)
• Evaluate the design solution using conceptual, physical, and mathematical models at various intervals of the design process in order to check for proper design and to note areas where improvements are needed. (11.9-12.P)
• Develop and produce a product or system using a design process. (11.9-12.Q)

R. Evaluate final solutions and communicate observation, processes, and results of the entire design process, using verbal, graphic, quantitative, virtual, and written means, in addition to three-dimensional models. (11.9-12.R)

Required Instructional Materials and Resources: (List required materials including SDOC provided textbooks, including any fees that apply, etc.)

• Class Computers
• Software – InventorPro2015
• Calipers
• Wood Blocks 3/4”

Optional Materials and Resources:

• Wood Working Shop with equipment