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Chris's tech vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Data | facts and statistics used for reference or analysis. |
| Designer | a person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work. |
| Engineer | a person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. |
| Ergonomics | the study of work place equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently. |
| Evolution | a gradual development. |
| Mock-up | : also referred to as an appearance model. It is a model or replica of a machine or structure for instructional or experimental purposes. |
| Negotiation | mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement. |
| Product | a tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process. |
| Raw material | any natural resource that is used to make finished products. |
| Standard | something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison. |
| OSHA | organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards |
| Design brief | a written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. The design brief is used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution. |
| Detail Drawing | a dimensioned, working drawing of a single part, also referred to as part drawing. |
| Engineer’s Notebook | also referred to as an engineer’s logbook, a Design notebook, or designer’s notebook 1. A record of design ideas generated in the course of an engineer’s employment that others may not claim as their own. |
| Ethical | conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of contact. |
| Manufacture | to make something, especially on a large scale using machinery. |
| Mode | the value that occurs most frequently in a given data set. |
| Nominal size | the designation of the size established for a commercial product. |
| Profile | an outline of something as seen from one side. |
| Repeatability | the ability to replicate or duplicate a result. |
| Product Lifecycle | stages a product goes through from concept and use. |
| Design process | the systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. |
| Ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
| English system | also referred to as the U.S. customary system. The measuring system based on the foot, second and pound as units of length, time, and weight or mass. |
| Ethics | the moral principles governing or influencing conduct. |
| Marketing | the promotion and selling of products or services. |
| Model | a visual, mathematical, or three-dimensional representation in detail of an object or design, often smaller than the original. |
| Process | transformation of raw material into finished goods through Casting and molding, Shaping and reshaping for forming, shearing, pulverizing, Machining, for material removal , or joining by transformation using heat or chemical reaction to bond materials |
| Normal distribution | : a function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell- shaped graph. |
| Research | a systematic problem- solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and wants and to winnow down the possible solutions to one final choice. |
| Statistics | collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data. |
| Design Statement | a part of the design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client’s target or consumer’s problem, need, or want. |
| Emphasis | special importance, value, or prominence given to something . |
| EPA | is the acronym for the Environmental Protection agency. |
| Evaluate | to form an idea of the amount of; assess. |
| Manufacturing process | human activities used to create, invent, design , transform, produce control, maintain, and use products or systems; a systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output. |
| Market research | the activity of gathering information about consumers’ needs and preferances. |
| Non-Renewable resource | a resource or raw material that cannot be grown or replaced once used. |
| Problem statement | a part of a design brief that challenges the designer, describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed. |
| Residue | a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. |
| Renewable resource | A resource of raw material that can be grown and replaced. |
| NIEE | National institute for engineering ethics National Institute for Engineering Ethics National Institute for Engineering Ethics |
| NSPE | National society of professional engineers National Society of Professional Engineers National Society of Professional Engineers |
| A person is ethical when? | Does what is best for everybody |
| Engineers should follow their professional ethics code because... | It provides a clear defintion of what the public has a right to expect from responsible engineers. |
| The first and foremost obligation of registered professionalis to the... | Public welfare. |
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