Engineering Design

Biodome Engineering Project Video — This video gives a step-by-step process for building a biodome.

Career Pathways engineering lesson plan — This is a lesson plan designed to help students understand what the six Career Pathways are and to begin to be able to answer the question, “Is this career path right for me?” Six different Career Pathways and corresponding occupations are examined – Arts and Communication, Business, Management, Marketing & Technology, Engineering/Manufacturing & Industrial Technology, Health Sciences, Human Services, Natural Resources and Agriscience. These groupings provide a manageable way for students to become aware of the thousands of occupations available to them to pursue. In this lessson, students use technology to explore different careers and use technology to share and communicate information in an organized fashion.

Engineering Design — This site gives a detailed explanation of the engineering design process.

Engineering sound — This is a free, online wikibook "Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. Sound is defined as a small mechanical disturbance that may propagate at a speed characteristic of the medium, provided the medium is of great extent compared to a typical size of the disturbance. Sound may exist in gases, liquids or solids. The applications of acoustics can be broken down into four main categories: Earth Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, and the Arts. Within Earth Sciences, acoustics is used in such applications as the development and refinement of underwater detection devices, the measurement of seismic waves and sound levels in the atmosphere. Engineering applications of acoustics include Noise Control, Electro-Acoustics, Sonic and Ultrasonic Engineering systems, non-destructive material testing, shock and vibrations of mechanical systems, and sound quality design of products. Life Sciences use Acoustics in hearing, speech production, bioacoustics, and psychoacoustics. In the Arts, Acoustics is involved in musical instruments, room acoustics, and communications."

History of Rockets — This NASA produced site gives a comprehensible history of rockets.

MIT online course Game Theory with Engineering Applications — This online course is an introduction to the fundamentals of game theory and mechanism design. Motivations are drawn from engineered/networked systems (including distributed control of wireline and wireless communication networks, incentive-compatible/dynamic resource allocation, multi-agent systems, pricing and investment decisions in the Internet), and social models (including social and economic networks). The course emphasizes theoretical foundations, mathematical tools, modeling, and equilibrium notions in different environments.

Online Book Digital Systems Design (must register) — This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon. 'Digital technology has become so widespread that it encompasses nearly all aspects of our everyday lives and we can see its use in handheld gadgets, computers, robotics etc. This free book provides readers with a fundamental understanding of digital system concepts such as logic gates for combinatorial logic circuit design and higher level logic elements such as counters and multiplexers. Undergraduates taking a course in computer science, engineering or information technology will find it useful. Students enrolled in foundation year or pre-university courses will also benefit from the text.'

Online Course:Industrial Design Intelligence: A Cognitive Approach to Engineering — This online MIT class investigates cognitive science and technology as it is applied to the industrial design process. The class introduces prototyping techniques and approaches for objective evaluation as part of the design process. Students practice evaluating products with mechanical and electronic aspects. Evaluation processes are applied to creating functioning smart product prototypes. This is a project oriented subject that draws upon engineering, aesthetic, and creative skills. It is geared toward students interested in creating physical products which encompass electronics and computers, aimed at including them in smart scenarios. Students in the class will present readings, learn prototyping skills, create a product prototype, and complete a publication style paper.

Online Course User Interface Design and Implementation — This online course examines human-computer interaction in the context of graphical user interfaces. The course covers human capabilities, design principles, prototyping techniques, evaluation techniques, and the implementation of graphical user interfaces. Deliverables include short programming assignments and a semester-long group project. Students taking the graduate version also have readings from current literature and additional assignments.

Toxic Popcorn Challenge — This engineering project details an activity for students called the Toxic Popcorn Challenge. It introduces students to steps in the engineering design process.