Principles of Engineering

Unit 1: Product Design and Development

• Lesson 1.1 - Engineering Design Process

  • Activity 1.1.1 - Newspaper Shoes

  • Activity 1.1.2 - What's the Problem?

  • Activity 1.1.3 - Choosing the Best Solution

  • Activity 1.1.4 - Construct, Test and Evaluate

  • Project 1.1.5 - Present and Reflect

• Lesson 1.2 - Collaborative Modeling and Modern Product Design

  • Activity 1.2.1 - Technical Drawings

  • Activity 1.2.2 - Parametric Modeling

  • Activity 1.2.3 - How Was It Made?

  • Activity 1.2.4 - Tolerance Analysis

  • Project 1.2.5 - Footprint Design

• Lesson 1.3 - Material Choice and Testing

  • Activity 1.3.1 - Material Analysis

  • Activity 1.3.2 - Nothing Lasts Forever

  • Project 1.3.3 - Selecting a Material

• Lesson 1.4 - Designing a Shoe for You

  • Problem 1.4.1 - Design a Shoe

Unit 2:  Designing Sustainable Systems

• Lesson 2.1 - Statics

  • Activity 2.1.1 - Cantilever Design Challenge

  • Activity 2.1.2 - Beam Deflection

  • Activity 2.1.3 - Free Body Diagrams and Force Vectors

  • Activity 2.1.4 - Moments

  • Activity 2.1.5 - Method of Joints

  • Project 2.1.6 - Designing with Trusses

• Lesson 2.2 - Renewable Energy

  • Activity 2.2.1 - Endless Energy

  • Activity 2.2.2 - Waterwheel Design

  • Project 2.2.3 - Life Cycle Assessment

• Lesson 2.3 - Transportation

  • Activity 2.3.1 - Traffic Flow Rate

  • Activity 2.3.2 - What's the Optimal Speed Limit?

  • Activity 2.3.3 - Intersection Design

  • Project 2.3.4 - Lend a Helping Hand

• Lesson 2.4 - Infrastructure Design

  • Activity 2.4.1 - Sustainability, Structures and Transportation

Unit 3: Mechanical Design

• Lesson 3.1 - Simple and Compound Machines

  • Activity 3.1.1 - Over-Easy Engineering

  • Activity 3.1.2 - What's Simple About a Combine?

  • Activity 3.1.3 - Powerful Pulleys

  • Activity 3.1.4 - Top Gear

  • Project 3.1.5 - Tug-of-War

• Lesson 3.2 - Mechanisms

  • Activity 3.2.1 - A-Door-Able Hens

  • Activity 3.2.2 - Converting Types of Motion

  • Project 3.2.3 - Motion Conversion Challenge

• Lesson 3.3 - Agricultural Solutions

  • Project 3.3.1 - Fix Fran's Farm

Unit 4: Application of Robotics

• Lesson 4.1 - Introduction to Robotics

  • Activity 4.1.1 - Silly Walks

  • Activity 4.1.2 - A Robotic Revolution

• Lesson 4.2 - Robotics in Action

  • Activity 4.2.1 - Going the Distance

  • Activity 4.2.2 - Chain Reaction

  • Activity 4.2.3 - Moving with Color

  • Project 4.2.4 - Biomimicry

• Lesson 4.3 - Artificial Intelligence

  • Activity 4.3.1 - AI Robotic Greetings

  • Activity 4.3.2 - Ethics in AI

  • Project 4.3.3 - Robots for Good: Assistive Robots

• Lesson 4.4 - An Electronic Ensemble

  • Problem 4.4.1 - Robotic Symphony