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Week 1

Need Assessment -> Problem Formulation -> Abstraction and Synthesis -> Analysis -> Implementation

Generating a Problem Statement based off of the need assessment from last week
Engineers focus on the functionality of their solutions
Revision method overview - Changing the focus from the function of the product to the product or solution itself and rework it

Solution Development- Define tasks in a problem solving effort so that they are more fruitful and provide the most information and guidance
Figure out a search strategy for your solution
Learning to work with restraints (design, physical, monetary,etc.)

Intellectual properties - Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents
Patent Discussion - 20 year duration, $5000 - $15,000 application charge
Copyleft - Free distribution of a software or artistic work that may be used, modified, and freely distributed
Learned about flexible screens on personal devices and how they are improving over time. Found out on my own that some companies are starting to combine plastic and glass crystals to create newer versions of this technology.

First online class due to the COVID-19 outbreak
Modeling solutions and products- System / Process models
Abstraction - To obtain a conceptual perspective of the problem and its possible solutions by using models to represent different possible designs
Models- Help to organize data, structure our thoughts, describe relationships, and analyze proposed designs.
3 types of Models - Iconic (Visually equivalent models) , Analogical (Functionally equivalent models) ,and Symbolic (Abstractions of reality focusing on only the most important aspects of the process or system neglecting all irrelevant details)

Synthesis- Combining ideas into a meaningful and practical form
Creating new solutions to a problem by taking ideas and using them as a base to create a more encompassing well focused idea
Creativity and thinking "outside the box" helps to better merge ideas and give new incites on how to properly find solutions

Ethics and Liability - Being able to identify potential hazards in the design (Both in physical and ethical means)
Properly disposing of items after their useful life is over, predicting misuses of a product, and laying out changes that may occur due to the passage of time to a product
Ethical and Legal ramifications exist in order to keep Engineers liable for the consequences of their work
Safety Codes are in place to make sure that harm is kept to a minimum

Failure Analysis- Evaluation of what lead to the failure of a design in order to improve upon its next iteration
Hazard Analysis- Evaluation before a design fails to help determine potential causes of failure and prevent them from happening
Data Analysis - Diagnosis (Descriptive, Diagnostic), Prognosis (Predictive, Prescriptive)

Hindsight (What Happened) -> Insight (Why) -> Foresight (What can happen) -> Oversight (What needs to happen)

Three levels of failure
- level 1 - Physical Flaws
- level 2 - Errors in process
- level 3 - Errors in perspective or attitude

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