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Steam 6
Design Process
Term | Definition |
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Inventor | Someone who develops a new product, one that has never been invented. |
Technology | The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs. |
Engineering | Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve real world problems. |
Innovation | An improvement made to a product that already exists. |
Constraint | A limit to the design process. May be things like funding space or materials. |
Prototype | A full scale working model. |
Design Matrix | A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria. |
Manufacturing | The process of making a raw material into a finished product. |
Artifact | A human made object |
Math | The science of patterns and the study of measurement, properties and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols. |
Engineer Notebook | Used to record original ideas and to document the design process. |
Isometric | This type of drawing shows height, width and depth. |
Standard | The U.S. system of measurement. |
Precision | Accurate and precise measuring is needed for engineering parts. |
Dimensions | applied to drawings to communicate size information. |
Design Process | Engineers use these steps to solve problems. |
Sketching | Used to think through a design idea. |
Science | The study of our natural world through observation, experimentation, and investigation. |
Coordinate System | A system used in math to map points on an X, Y, axis. |