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Engineering the Future: Chapter 2

Engineering the Future: Chapter 2. Birth of a new technology. Vocabulary Review. Entrepreneurs – Creative people willing to try new business opportunities. Prototype – A full-scale working model that tests whether the technology meets the requirements. The Engineering Design Process.

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Engineering the Future: Chapter 2

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  1. Engineering the Future:Chapter 2 Birth of a new technology.

  2. Vocabulary Review • Entrepreneurs – Creative people willing to try new business opportunities. • Prototype – A full-scale working model that tests whether the technology meets the requirements.

  3. The Engineering Design Process • Define the Problem – What is the problem? Do you understand the problem in detail? What are the criteria? Are there any constraints? • Research the Problem – Get the 411 on your 911. Ask questions. Read a book. Get online. See if any other similar problems have occurred, and check out their solutions.

  4. The Engineering Design Process • Develop Possible Solutions – The most creative part of engineering. Multiple solutions for a problem. Brainstorm with others. Make a list. • Choose the Best Solution – Which is the best, easiest, quickest, simplest. Talk it out, flip a coin, throw a dart if it’s a tie!

  5. The Engineering Design Process • Create a Prototype – Develop a prototype before committing to one particular solution. Build it, see if it works. (They rarely work as expected or as well as planned) Use local or available materials. • Test and Evaluate the Solution – Turn it on, fire it up, drop it, throw it, use it…Does it work? Does it meet ALL criteria and constraints?

  6. The Engineering Design Process • Communicate the Solution – Tell the world…or at least the people for whom the technology was made. An unused technology is as useful as an unavailable technology. • Redesign – Get some feedback. Can it be faster, safer, more profitable. Do certain parts wear faster than planned. Can it be used by anyone or is special training necessary. WE CAN REBUILD IT, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!

  7. A sad story There is a farmer who lives in a very poor part of a country. This farmer has very little money but has inherited a lot of land. He works very hard every year to sow and harvest his crop despite a very big problem. He has only one source of water for irrigation. A small creek stretches onto his property for a short distance and is ten feet down in a ravine. The farmer uses buckets and backbreaking work to water his crop. He isn’t able to use the majority of his land for crop growing because he can only get enough water to irrigate a small portion. He is not the only one to deal with this problem. All the farmers in this part of the country have similar issues. Because of this, the people of this country are very poor , and the economic status of this country is constantly in decline. The local government has sought out help solving this problem and the engineers have been chosen… WILL YOU HELP THEM WITH THEIR PROBLEM?

  8. It’s One Big Cycle! Chart from Page 17 in book

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