Engineering Design & Problem Solving
Engineering is a process, it's progressive…FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN
Engineering is a process, it's progressive…FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN
Engineering Design and Problem Solving is a one-year high school engineering course developed by the Cockrell School of Engineering at University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the National Science Foundation and NASA. This hands-on, project-based course emphasizes the historic achievements and contemporary challenges of engineers, the engineering design process, and the skills and habits of mind that engineers find most essential in their work.
Engineering Design and Problem Solving is a one-year high school engineering course developed by the Cockrell School of Engineering at University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the National Science Foundation and NASA. This hands-on, project-based course emphasizes the historic achievements and contemporary challenges of engineers, the engineering design process, and the skills and habits of mind that engineers find most essential in their work.
Semester 1
Unit 1: Soft Skills
Unit 2: Pinhole Cameras (Discovering Design)
Unit 3: Designing Coffee (Understanding Data)
Unit 4: Earthquake Simulator (Designing with Data)
Semester 2
Unit 5: Flashlights (Reverse Engineering & Redesign)
Unit 6: Programming Electronic Music (Microprocessors)
Unit 7: Aerial Imaging (Systems)
Unit 8: Next Steps