What does it mean to be ethical in your work?
How do ethics impact the manufacturing of products?
How do design criteria and constraints limit material choices for a design?
What are the benefits of human-centered design?
Why is it important to have clear, accurate, and detailed communication among all involved in the design, manufacturing and distribution process?
Why is it important to study a product’s life cycle?
What are team norms and why do they matter?
What questions should you ask yourself before beginning a project?
Understand the limitations placed upon them before beginning a design project.
Adhere to ethical practices and create responsible products.
Keep the product lifecycle in mind when creating products to include end-of-life so it can be disposed of properly, and recycled/reused if possible.
Be able to develop and follow team norms to help ensure that their design team functions effectively.
Research
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Problem Solving
This course uses a variety of STEM standards such as: Algorithms and Programming (AAP), Engineering Tools and Technology (ETT), Communication (COM), Collaboration (COL), Ethical Reasoning and Mindset (ERM), Critical and Creative Problem-Solving (CCP), Modeling (MOD), and Career Readiness (CAR).
CAR-A.Demonstrate awareness of the education and skills required for professional practice in an engineering field.
CAR-B.Analyze the role of engineering professionals in society.
COM-A.Communicate effectively with an audience based on audience characteristics.
COL-A.Facilitate an effective team environment to promote successful goal attainment.
COL-B.Contribute individually to overall collaborative efforts.
ERM-A.Apply personal and professional ethical standards as they relate to the habits and characteristics of an engineering professional
ERM-B.Consider the impact of potential engineering solutions on future generations to inform the development of sustainable solutions.
CCP-A.Demonstrate independent thinking and self-direction in pursuit of accomplishing a goal.
CCP-B.Demonstrate curiosity, creativity, flexibility, and adaptability to change.
CCP-C.Persevere to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
CCP-D.Make judgments and decisions based on evidence.
CCP-E.Apply an iterative design process to creatively address a need or solve a problem.
CCP-F.Design and perform an experimental protocol to investigate a phenomenon and/or gain knowledge.
CCP-G.Use appropriate statistical methods and visualization techniques to justify claims based on evidence.
CCP-H.Apply project management tools when designing and developing a solution to successfully deliver a product using available resources.
CCP-I.Apply systems thinking to consider how an engineering problem and its solution may be thought of as containing subsystems and as being a sub-system of a larger system.
CCP-J.Assess the sustainability of an engineering solution based on the impacts (within the system or interrelated systems) that result from implementation of the solution.
CCP-K.Analyze and evaluate the work of others to provide helpful feedback.
CCP-L.Analyze a consumer product using reverse engineering techniques to document visual, functional, and structural aspects of the design.
CCP-M.Optimize performance of a mechanical part or assembly.
AAP-A.Apply problem decomposition skills to break down data, problems, and processes into manageable parts.
AAP-B.Use algorithms to create a solution with or without the use of a computer program.
AAP-D.Collect, organize, and analyze data to help define and/or solve a problem.
AAP-E.Apply abstraction to generalize problems and solutions.
ETT-A.Using a variety of measuring devices, measure and report quantities accurately and to a precision appropriate for the purpose.
ETT-C.Apply basic materials science concepts to inform a design process.
MOD-A.Develop models and simulations to represent information, processes, and/or objects to an appropriate level of abstraction for the intended purpose.
MOD-B.Apply mathematical (including graphical) models and interpret the output of models to test ideas or make predictions.
MOD-E.Create and interpret a computer model or simulation of simple objects, assemblies, or systems to inform engineering decisions and solve problems.
MOD-F.Create technical drawings using 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software to document a design according to standard engineering practices.
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