Practical Engineering Design

Published:
May 12, 2005 by CRC Press - 296 Pages
Editor(s):
Maja Bystrom, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA; Bruce Eisenstein
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Features

  • Guides engineers and students through their first design project, beginning with an overview of the entire process
  • Provides guidelines and answers to the most important and often-recurring questions regarding the design project
  • Outlines the entire design process, from where to start to leveraging the project into a business
  • Discusses timely and important topics such as ethics, intellectual property, and entrepreneurship
  • Assists in the design of oral and written presentations to make them more appealing to a variety of audiences
  • Presents individual chapters on project scheduling, management, and budgeting (both time and money)

    • Summary

    Every engineer must eventually face their first daunting design project. Scheduling, organization, budgeting, prototyping: all can be overwhelming in the short time given to complete the project. While there are resources available on project management and the design process, many are focused too narrowly on specific topics or areas of engineering. Practical Engineering Design presents a complete overview of the design project and beyond for any engineering discipline, including sections on how to protect intellectual property rights and suggestions for turning the project into a business.

    An outgrowth of the editors' broad experience teaching the capstone Engineering Design course, Practical Engineering Design reflects the most pressing and often-repeated questions with a set of guidelines for the entire process. The editors present two sample project reports and presentations in the appendix and refer to them throughout the book, using examples and critiques to demonstrate specific suggestions for improving the quality of writing and presentation. Real-world examples demonstrate how to formulate schedules and budgets, and generous references in each chapter offer direction to more in-depth information.

    Whether for a co-op assignment or your first project on the job, this is the most comprehensive guide available for deciding where to begin, organizing the team, budgeting time and resources, and, most importantly, completing the project successfully.

    Table of Contents

    THE DESIGN PROCESS
    B. Eisenstein, S.D. Personick, J.E. Mitchell, and M. Bystrom
    What Is a Design Project?
    The Steps to a Successful Project
    Conclusions
    Further Reading
    ETHICS AND THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF DESIGN PROJECTS
    M. Kam
    Why Ethics?
    Social Implications
    Questions and Tests
    Acting Ethically
    References
    Further Reading
    PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    J.E. Mitchell
    Introduction
    Scheduling: The Key Support Tool
    The Basics of Scheduling
    How to Schedule
    Tools for Scheduling
    A Senior Design Schedule Example
    Summary
    References
    Further Reading
    TEAMWORK
    J.E. Mitchell
    Teamwork and Team Roles
    Assigning and Rotating Teamwork Roles
    Clarify Task Responsibilities and Schedule
    Team Dynamics: The Phases of Development
    Conflict Resolution
    What to Do When You Fall Behind
    Communications
    Summary
    References
    Further Reading
    ARE WE IN BUSINESS YET?
    S.D. Personick
    Introduction
    Types of Budgets
    Project Expenses
    Economic Viability Analysis
    Are We in Business?
    Contingency Plans
    Summary
    Further Reading
    DOCUMENTING YOUR DESIGN PROJECT
    M. Bystrom
    Documenting a Design Project
    Seven Steps to a Successful Document
    Documents and Their Components
    References
    Further Reading
    PRESENTING YOUR DESIGN PROJECT
    V.M. Arms
    Introduction
    Planning
    Creating a Presentation
    Practicing
    Presenting
    References
    Further Reading
    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    K.S. Chotkowski
    Introduction
    Trade Secrets
    Patents
    Copyrights
    Trademarks and Service Marks
    Intellectual Property Licensing
    References
    Further Reading
    PLANNING YOUR BUSINESS
    R.J. Loring
    Introduction
    Am I an Entrepreneur?
    Planning an Entrepreneurial Business
    Summary
    References
    Further Reading
    APPENDIX
    The Talking Book: A Final Report
    Coreware IPv4 to IPv6 Bridge: Final Report
    Coreware IPv4 to IPv6 Bridge: Final Presentation

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