Engineering Strategies and Practice Required Readings

Read for
lecture on

Name of Module

Sep-11

Project Memo (Client Statement) posted on

N/A
Blackboard
How Engineers Design Introduction
Chapter 1, section 1.1
How Engineers Design Design Process Overview Chapter 1, section 1.2

N/A

How Engineers Design Project Phases

How Engineers Design Communicating
Throughout the Process
How Engineers Design What Engineers Design

Chapter 1, section 1.3

Chapter 1, section 1.4

10-13
14-17

Chapter 1, section 1.5

18-21

How Engineers Design Navigating the

Engineering Design Process
Requirements Introduction to Requirements

Chapter 1, section 1.7

27-31

Chapter 1, section 2.1

35-42

Chapter 12, section 12.1

Chapter 12, section 12.3

293-299
306-312

Sep-18

Critical Thinking - Basic Concepts

Critical Thinking Making and Supporting
Statements Effectively
Communication - Engineering Communication

Chapter 13, section 13.1

318-322

Sep-22

Working in Teams Introduction to Teamwork

Chapter 9, section 9.1

219-224

Sep-22
Sep-22
Sep-22
Sep-22

Working in Teams Organizing

Working in Teams Tools for Organizing
Working in Teams Producing
Decision Making Decision Methods for Teams

Chapter 9, section 9.2

Chapter 9, section 9.3
Chapter 9, section 9.4
Chapter 5, section 5.3

225-229
230-236
237-239
160-162

Sep-24
Sep-24
Sep-24

Working in Teams Managing Teams

Working in Teams Management Strategies
Multi-use Design Tools Information Gathering

Chapter 9, section 9.5

Chapter 9, section 9.6
Chapter 3. section 3.4

240-246
247-252
108-114

Sep-25
Sep-25
Sep-29
Sep-29
Oct-01
Oct-01
Oct-01

Requirements Functions
Requirements Functional Basis
Multi-use Design Tools Black box Method
Multi-use Design Tools Decomposition
Requirements Objectives
Requirements Constraints
Multi-use Design Tools Pairwise Comparison

Chapter 2, section 2.2

Chapter 3, section 3.1
Chapter 3, section 3.2
Chapter 3, section 3.3
Chapter 2, section 2.3
Chapter 2, section 2.4
Chapter 3, section 3.6

43-49
96-100
101-103
104-107
50-55
56-60
122-124

Oct-02

300-305

Oct-02

Critical Thinking - Critical Thinking in Design

Chapter 12, section 12.2
Documents
Communication - Organizing your Communication Chapter 13, section 13.2

Oct-06

Requirements Documenting the Context

61-68

Sep-11
Sep-11
Sep-11
Sep-15
Sep-15
Sep-15
Sep-15

Sep-18
Sep-18

WileyPLUS Learning
Platform

Chapter 2, section 2.5

Pages in
textbook

1-5
5-9

323-329

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Oct-06
Oct-06
Oct-06
Oct-06
Oct-08
Oct-08
Oct-09
Oct-09
Oct-13
Oct-13

Requirements Describing Stakeholders

Requirements Describing Users, Operators and
Clients
Requirements Characteristics of Good
Requirements
Requirements Summary: Putting It All Together

Chapter 2, section 2.6

Chapter 2, section 2.7

69-75
76-82

Chapter 2, section 2.8

83-91

Chapter 2, section 2.9

92-96

Idea Generation Introduction to Idea

Generation
Idea Generation Brainstorming
Communication Diagrammatic Elements
Communication Using Pictures and Photographs

Chapter 4, section 4.1

125-127

Chapter 4, section 4.2

Chapter 13, section 13.4
Chapter 13, section 13.5

128-133
330-338
339-343
134-139
140-143

Oct-15

Idea Generation Creativity Methods

Chapter 4, section 4.3
Idea Generation Morphological Charts, Analogy, Chapter 4, section 4.4
and TRIZ
Decision Making Selecting a Design Solution
Chapter 5, section 2

Oct-15

Decision Making Decision Methods for Teams

160-162

Oct-20

Oct-27
Oct-27

How Engineers Design How Engineering Projects Chapter 1, section 1.6

are Initiated
Principles and Problem Solving Problem
Chapter 22, section 22.1
Spectrum Open, Constrained and Closed
Principles and Problem Solving Solving Closed Chapter 22, section 22.2
Problems
Chapter 2, section 2.4
Constraints
Chapter 2, section 2.5
Summary: Putting it all together

Oct-29

MIDTERM - COVERS ALL READINGS ABOVE

Oct-29

Post-Conceptual Design Post-Final Design

Engineering
Design for X - Design for Durability
Safety - Design for Safety - Introduction
Failure & Risk - Handling Risk
Economics - Introduction to Economics
Economics - Introduction to Economics
Estimation Estimating Cost and Labor
Estimation Estimation Confidence
Economics - Time and Money Calculations

Oct-20
Oct-20

Oct-29
Oct-29
Oct-29
Oct-30
Oct-30
Nov-03
Nov-03
Nov-03
Nov-05
Nov-05
Nov-05

The Environment - Design for the

Environment: Introduction
Safety - Identifying Hazards
Safety - Safety in the Design Process

Chapter 5, section 3

150-159

22-26
Online only
Online only
56-60
92-96

Chapter 8, section 8.3

213-217

Chapter 14, section 14.1

Chapter 20, Section 20.1
Chapter 26, Section 26.1
Chapter 25, section 25.1
Chapter 25, section 25.4
Chapter 23, section 23.3
Chapter 23, section 23.4
Chapter 25, section 25.2
Chapter 15, section 15.1

361-363
475-480
555-562
523-527
540-550
515-517
518-522
528-531
365-368

Chapter 20, Section 20.2

Chapter 20, Section 20.3

481-485
486-494

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Nov-06

The Environment - Life Cycle Assessment

(LCA)
The Environment - LCA Goal Definition and
Scoping
The Environment - LCA Inventory Analysis

Chapter 15, section 15.2

369-374

Chapter 15, section 15.3

375-381

Chapter 15, section 15.4

382-387

Nov-06

The Environment - LCA Impact and

Improvement

Chapter 15, section 15.5

388-395

Nov-12

Communication - Influencers of communication

Chapter 13, section 13.6

344-348

Nov-12
Nov-17

Communication - Organising presentations

Human Factors - Design for Human Factors:
Introduction
Human Factors - Task Analysis
Human Factors - Use Case Method
Human Factors - Concept of Operations

Chapter 13, section 13.7

Chapter 17, section 17.1

349-353
413-419

Chapter 17, section 17.2

Chapter 17, section 17.3
Chapter 17, section 17.4
Chapter 2, Section 2.5
Chapter 2, Section 2.6
Chapter 15, section 15.6
Chapter 5, section 15.1

420-425
426-432
433-437

Chapter 12, section 12.4

313-317

Nov-06
Nov-06

Nov-17
Nov-17
Nov-17

Nov-20
Nov-20
Nov-24
Nov-26
Nov-27

Requirements - Documenting the Context

Requirements - Describing Stakeholders
The Environment - Sustainability
Decision Making - Design Evaluation and
Selection
Critical Thinking - Skeptical Thinking
Final Exam covers all readings

61-68
69-75

396-400
144-149