Weekly Reports

Weekly Reports:

Week 1

Went over the course syllabus.
Learned about the expectations of this class.

Week 2

Learned about the definitions of engineering and its design process.
Learned about the importance of teamwork and perseverance when working on a design.

Week 3

Learned to establish need because engineering designs are made to satisfy human needs.
Learned about the types of problems: prediction, explanation, and invention.

Week 4

Learned incorrect formulation of a problem may result in a final design that is of little value or that may even be hazardous.
Learned how the Duncker Diagram helps develop solutions at different levels.
Learned Kepner-Tregoe analysis techniques.

Week 5

Learned to formulate the desired characteristics or design goals, recognize constraints within which any solution must lie, and eliminate those paths that will not satisfy these goals and constraints.
General goals sought in most engineering design solutions include safety, reliability, performance, ease of operation, minimum cost, etc.

Week 6

Intellectual property can be protected by trade secret, trademarks, copyrights, or patents.
Engineers and inventors should maintain careful records in anticipation of patent applications.

Week 7

Models help organize thoughts, data, and knowledge.
Engineers must be cognizant of all assumptions made in developing the model.
System models can be deterministic or stochastic.
Process models can be prescriptive or descriptive.

Week 8

One must be prepared to transform accidents into design solutions.
Use a morphological chart to perform synthesis by joining preliminary ideas or sub-solutions together to form total design concepts.

Week 9

Design engineers must be familiar with product liability law to understand the legal boundaries for socially acceptable products.
One must design against foreseeable uses and misuses of a product.

Week 10

Commercial products should be evaluated for hazards such as entrapment, contact / tactile, impact, ejection, entanglement, and noise and vibration.
RCA, FTA, and FMEA can be used to enhance the quality and safety of engineering designs.

Week 11

Learned how to take advantage of the Kepner-Tregoe analysis method to prioritize design goals and determine the best solution to the problem.
Kepner-Tregoe potential problem analysis compares and contrasts specific risks associated with each proposed solution.

Week 12

Determine the processes, materials, and equipment that will be used in fabrication, assembly, and other manufacturing operations when developing the design concept itself.
Consider important aspects of packaging.

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