Cornerstone Engineering Designcombines a wide range of topics such as design, engineering design, project management, team dynamics and project-based learning into a single introductory work. The text focuses particularly on conceptual design, providing a brief and yet comprehensive introduction to design methodology and project management tools to students early on in their careers.

Contents
Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments



Part I Introduction

Chapter 1 Engineering Design

What does it mean to design something? Is engineering design different from other kinds of design?

1.1 Where and when do engineers design?

1.2 A basic vocabulary for engineering design

1.3 Learning and doing engineering design

1.4 Managing engineering design projects

1.5 Notes



Chapter 2 Defining A Design Process and A Case Study

How do I do engineering design? Can you show me an example?

2.1 The design process as a process of questioning

2.2 Describing and prescribing a design process

2.3 Informing a design process

2.4 Case study: Design of a stabilizer for micro laryngeal surgery

2.5 Illustrative design examples

2.6 Notes



Part II The Design Process And Design Tools

Chapter 3 Problem Definition: Detailing Customer Requirements

What does the client require of this design?

3.1 Clarifying the initial problem statement

3.2 Framing customer requirements

3.3 Revised problem statements: Public statements of the design project

3.4 Designing an arm support for a CP-afflicted student

3.5 Notes



Chapter 4 Problem Definition: Clarifying The Objectives

What is this design intended to achieve?

4.1 Clarifying a client's objectives

4.2 Measurement issues in ordering and evaluating objectives

4.3 Rank ordering objectives with pairwise comparison charts

4.4 Developing metrics to measure the achievement of objectives

4.5 Objectives and metrics for the Danbury arm support

4.6 Notes



Chapter 5 Problem Definition: Identifying Constraints

What are the limits for this design problem?

5.1 Identifying and setting the client's limits

5.2 Displaying and using constraints

5.3 Constraints for the Danbury arm support

5.4 Notes



Chapter 6 Problem Definition: Establishing Functions

How do I express a design's functions in engineering terms?

6.1 Establishing functions

6.2 Functional analysis: Tools for establishing functions

6.3 Design specifications: Specifying functions, features and behavior

6.4 Functions for the Danbury arm support

6.5 Notes



Chapter 7 Conceptual Design: Generating Design Alternatives

How do I generate or create feasible designs?

7.1 Generating the "design space," a space of engineering designs

7.2 Navigating, expanding, and contracting design spaces

7.3 Generating designs for the Danbury arm support

7.4 Notes



Chapter 8 Conceptual Design: Evaluating Design Alternatives And Choosing A Design

Which design should I choose? Which design is "best"?

8.1 Applying metrics to objectives: Selecting the preferred design

8.2 Evaluating designs for the Danbury arm support

8.3 Notes



Part III Design Communication

Chapter 9 Communicating Designs Graphically

Here's my design; can you make it?

9.1 Engineering sketches and drawings speak to many audiences

9.2 Sketching

9.3 Fabrication specifications: The several forms of engineering drawings

9.4 Fabrication specifications: The devil is in the details

9.5 Final notes on drawings

9.6 Notes



Chapter 10 Prototyping And Proofing The Design

Here's my design; how well does it work?

10.1 Prototypes, models, and proofs of concept

10.2 Building models and prototypes

10.3 Notes



Chapter 11 Communicating Designs Orally and in Writing

How do we let our client know about our solutions?

11.1 General guidelines for technical communication

11.2 Oral presentations: Telling a crowd what's been done

11.3 The project report: Writing for the client, not for history

11.4 Final report elements for the Danbury arm support

11.5 Notes



Part IV Design Modeling, Engineering Economics and Design use

Chapter 12 Mathematical Modeling in Design

Math and physics are very much part of the design process!

12.1 Some mathematical habits of thought for design modeling

12.2 Some mathematical tools for design modeling

12.3 Modeling a battery-powered payload cart

12.4 Design modeling of a ladder rung

12.5 Preliminary design of a ladder rung

12.6 Closing remarks on mathematics, physics and design

12.7 Notes



Chapter 13 Engineering Economics in Design

How much is this going to cost?

13.1 Cost estimation: How much does this particular design cost?

13.2 The time value of money

13.3 Closing considerations on engineering and economics

13.4 Notes



Chapter 14 Design for Production, use and Sustainability

What other factors influence the design process?

14.1 Design for production: Can this design be made?

14.2 Design for use: How long will this design work?

14.3 Design for sustainability: What about the environment?

14.4 Notes



Part V Design Teams, Team Management and Ethics in Design

Chapter 15 Design Team Dynamics

We can do this together, as a team!

15.1 Forming design teams

15.2 Constructive conflict: Enjoying a good fight

15.3 Leading design teams

15.4 Notes



Chapter 16 Managing A Design Project

What do you want? When do you want it? How much are we going to spend?

16.1 Getting started: Establishing the managerial needs of a project

16.2 Tools for managing a project's scope

16.3 The team calendar: A tool for managing a project's schedule

16.4 The budget: A tool for managing a project's spending

16.5 Monitoring and controlling projects: Measuring a project's progress

16.6 Managing the end of a project

16.7 Notes



Chapter 17 Ethics in Design

Design is not just a technical matter

17.1 Ethics: Understanding obligations

17.2 Codes of ethics: What are our professional obligations?

17.3 Obligations may start with the client . . .

17.4 . . . But what about the public and the profession?

17.5 On engineering practice and the welfare of the public

17.6 Ethics: Always a part of engineering practice

17.7 Notes



Appendices

Appendix A Practical Aspects Of Prototyping

Appendix B Practical Aspects Of Engineering Drawing

Appendix C Exercises

References and Bibliography

Index