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Design Process

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Step 1 - Define Problem
Design Brief - A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. The brief is used to encourage thinking through all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution. See Writing a Design Brief for more information.
Step 2 - Generate Concepts
Decision Matrix - A tool used to compare design solutions against one another, using specific criteria. See Decision Matrix for more information.
Step 3 - Develop a Solution
Technical Drawings - Drawings that provide technical information necessary to produce a product. They include information, such as material, size, shape, and assembly, if necessary. There are many different types of technical drawings.
Step 4 - Construct and Test Protoype
Test Report - A report that includes the data and analysis of the prototype testing.
Step 5 - Evaluate Solution
Project Recommendations - A list of recommendations to optimize or redesign the solution.
Step 6 - Present Solution
Project Portfolio - See Project Portfolio for more information. Formal Presentation
Step 1
Define the Problem
Step 2
Brainstorming
Step 3
Research & Generate Ideas
Step 4
Identify Criteria & Constraints
Step 5
Explore Possibilities
Step 6
Select an Approach
Step 7
Develop & Design a Proposal
Step 8
Model or Prototype
Step 9
Test & Evaluate
Step 10
Refine
Step 11
Create or Make
Step 12
Communicate Results
piling on
In a brainstorm when a member's idea produces a similar idea or an enhanced idea.
Forced Association
Ideas created by mentally forcing the association of two seemingly unrelated items.
Mind Mapping
A graphical representation that can be used to generate, visualize, and organize ideas to solve a problem. The ideas are arranged in a branching fashion according to relative importance, with the major ideas branching directly from the center main idea.
Energy
A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work.
Nonrenewable Energy
A resource that cannot be replaced once used.
Renewable Energy
A resource that can be replaced when needed.
Inexhaustible Energy
An energy source that will never run out.
Electrical Energy
Energy caused by the movement of charged particles.
Geothermal Energy
The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans.
Current
The net transfer of electric charge (electron movement along a path) per unit of time.
Voltage
The potential difference measured in volts. The amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit.
Resistance
The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current.
Series Circuit
A circuit in which all parts are connected end to end to provide a single path of current.
Parallel Circuit
A closed electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths and then returns via a common path to complete the circuit.
Energy Conversion
Changing one form of energy to another.
Resistance
he opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current.
Electromagnetic Induction
The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets.
Energy Conversion
Changing one form of energy to another.
Resistance
The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current.
Friction
The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
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