Engineering Test

Eng. Field: Mechanical, mechatronic, & manufacturing

Field Design: Machines, automation, cars, robots (Transport & manufacture)

Eng. Field: Civil & Structural

Field Design: Roads, buildings, dams (every-day infrastructure)

Eng. Field: Electrical, electronic

Field Design: Systems, software (communication & digital tech)

Eng. Field: Biomedical

Field Design: Prosthetics, equipment, implant (advanced healthcare tech)

Eng. Field: Materials

Field Design: Polymers, composites, coatings (Better ??? —> better products)

Eng. Field: Aeronautical & space

Field Design: Aircraft, satellite navigation (Connects the world)

Eng. Field: Chemical

Field Design: Industrial, pharmaceutical, food & energy (medicines, fuels, ???)

Eng. Field: Industrial systems

Field Design: Quality, logistics, supply chains (Efficiency, quality, & sustainability)

How is engineering in transportation?

Autonomous cars, airbags, GPS tracking

How is engineering in healthcare?

Diagnostic equipment, implants & prosthetics

How is engineering in industry & manufacturing?

Industrial robots, automated assembly lines

What are Engineering Ethics?

Making decisions that protect people, society, and the environment; Designing products that are safe, reliable, and fit for purpose while acting honestly, and considering the long term effects.

What are the main Engineering Ethics?

Safety, reliability, and fitness towards a purpose.

What is the end of life design?

Materials and components that can be easily recovered, repaired, reused, manufactured, and/or recycled when the product is at the end of its useful life.

What is the circular economy?

An approach to design, manufacturing, and resource use to keep products and use for as long as possible.

A product in the circular economy must be…

With minimal waste, maximised useful life, and more value from existing resources.

What is the traditional linear economy?

Raw materials are extracted, products are manufactured, and waste is discarded (Single-use)

What does sustainability mean?

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Engineer: Thomas Edinson

Impact: Invented the 1st practical electric light bulb. Founded the 1st industrial research lab. Made changes to modern industrial research.

Engineer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Impact: Designed railways, bridges, tunnels, docks, and steamships, including the Great Western Railways and the SS Great Britain. Transformed civil engineering.

Engineer: Alexander Graham Bell

Impact: Invented the telescope. Laid the foundation to modern telecommunication networks.

Engineer: Henry Ford

Impact: developed mass production using the moving assembly line. Allowed for affordable manufactured goods.

Engineer: John Dunlop

Impact: Invented the pneumatic tyre. Transformed land transport.

Engineer: Alan Turing

Impact: Developed foundational ideas in computing, algorithms, and codebreaking. Modern computers and AI.

Engineer: W. Edwards Deming

Impact: Statistical quality control, PDCA cycle, and management philosophy. Revolutionised quality management and manufacturing.

Engineer: Steve Wozniak

Impact: Design the Apple I and Apple II computers. Allowed for persinal computers.

What are the design principles?

Function, safety, manufacture, assembly, ergonomics, human design, universal design, sustainability.

Products should..

Fulfil their intended purpose.

What does safety in a design do?

Eliminate hazards, add fail-safes, limit energy, and choose safe materials.

What is DFM (Design For Manufacture)

Simplifies and optimizes ____ by selecting suitable materials, processes, and component designs. Reduces ____ time and cost, minimizes waste and improves product quality.

What is DFA (Design For Assembly)

Focuses on making products simpler to ____, maintain, and repair. Products with fewer parts, standard fasteners, and accessible fixing.

What are the 6 steps of designing for sustainability?

Raw materials, manufacture, use, repair, reuse, recycle.

What is the engineering design process?

A structured set of stages used to move from an initial design brief to a workable, tested solution.

What are the steps for the engineering design process?

Analyze and plan, investigate possible solutions, detail design, manufacture, test and evaluate.

What should the analyze and plan step say in the engineering design process?

What the product must do, who will use it, available resources, applicable constraints, and how is success measured.