General Engineering Introduction/Design/quiz

{What is not part of the definition of engineering design? |type="()"} - art + technology - science - business {Which below is not a "made object?" |type="()"} - computer mouse - chess piece - node + tree {Which below is not an engineering "artifact?" |type="()"} - Unit Operation - Free Body Diagram - Control Volume + Ancient Indian arrow head {Engineering Design starts with: |type="()"} - Learning an acronynm such as Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate (CDIO) + Identifying common design concepts/artifacts within a variety of problems and/or unique objects. - Taking Art Classes to identify patterns. - Chopping unique made objects into pieces. {Which artifact deals with piston design? |type="()"} - free body diagram + control volume - unit operation - nodes - clouds {Which artifact deals with the forces causing a car to move: |type="()"} + free body diagram - control volume - unit operation - nodes - clouds {Which artifact deals with powertrain control module (PCM) |type="()"} - free body diagram - control volume - unit operation - nodes + clouds {Which artifact deals with wiring harnesses? |type="()"} - free body diagram - control volume - unit operation + nodes - clouds {Complexity Intimidation is best dealt with by: |type="()"} + forward engineering ... starting over and creating your own design then comparing with other engineers' work - giving up listening and reading the text book instead - acknowledging how brilliant others are and trying to climb into their heads - reverse engineering .. starting at the answer and working backwards {The best way to create artifacts is to: |type="()"} + focus on a small piece of the problem - focus on a small piece of the made, unique object - describe what where when and how - concentrate on the overwhelmed feeling for inspiration {Hiding complexity works when: |type="()"} - Inside the circle is something simple - Outside the circle is something simple + Something simple crosses the circle boundary - Everything can be circled {Unique items are: |type="()"} + Always engineered - Emerge only after the idea has been identified - Sold at Walmart - Science concepts like temperature {The slogan "Engineers work themselves out of a job" means: |type="()"} - Engineers change jobs frequently + Engineers change projects frequently - Successful engineers become technologists - Nothing because most engineers don't find ideals {What is wrong with "Form follows function?" |type="()"} + There are unlimited number of forms/artifacts - Engineers start with a problem ... which is a desired function. - Function can be deduced from form (reverse engineering). - Greek civilization doesn't have a world-wide influence. {What is useful to engineers in the Jungian Archetype? |type="()"} - Dreams that rehash the day help engineering. - The collective fears/opinion/preferences should guide all engineers. - Day time logic is usually flawed. + Forms without function emerge in certain types of dreams. {Emergence is interesting to an engineer because: |type="()"} - It is a religious philosophy - It describes artifact origins + It is another source of artifact inspiration - It explains why engineers have jobs {Why is drawing by hand still important? |type="()"} - The software concepts and physical hand drawing concepts and language are still the same. + Drawings, even poor stick figures still inspire, still start conversations. - Charts and communicating detail is still important. - All engineers need to learn a CAD program. {What is the life cycle of expertise? |type="()"} + An engineer is a temporary expert because of doing it first and perhaps growing it, but Technologists are the permanent experts. - Scientists create the expertise and grow it. - Engineers create the expertise and grow it. - Technologists grow the expertise. {The phrase "Engineering Art and Practice" refers to: |type="()"} - The "Craft" and "Guild" origins of engineering in England. - Where in the continuum between science and technology engineering resides. + How much hands on experience a beginning engineer needs before transitioning to design. - The way engineering was taught before the 1950s, before WWII, before "science engineering" was emphasized. {The phrase "Engineering Art and Practice" has negative connotations associated with it because: |type="()"} - Most "Art and Practice" engineers were expert technologists, not innovators. - During WWII the military preferred to work with scientists, not "Art and Practice" engineers to get things done. - The military never knew whether to expect leadership, innovation, or predictable technology implementation from an engineer. + Engineers did not want to continuously improve a made object. They were rigid rule followers. {CDIO (conceive, design, implement and manage) is: |type="()"} - A formal, sequential process that can be summarized in a block diagram. + Is a cabinet of ingredients that can be mixed together to create a design process for a unique project. - Specifies when engineers hand off ownership in the form of drawings, software, data to another engineer without words. - Becoming part of the management training of all engineers. {Which majors are easy to switch from into engineering? |type="()"} + Applied physics, applied math - Premed - Prelaw - Science and Math {How can a technologist become and engineer? |type="()"} - They can't. - They don't need to, they are already an engineer. + Go to grad school and get an engineering masters degree. - Take some calculus classes. {Which majors can an engineer switch to? |type="()"} + All majors - Science - Math - Lawyer