Engineering Design Process Summary Worksheet

Identify the underlying need fully and abstractly (without implying a solution).

Problem Statement: >

1. Needs
Analysis:
Background Search for information to understand deeply the problem.
information: >

Define different users and Identify their requirements (needs). Avoid technical words.

Requirements: >

Identify properties the design solution must have a minimum or maximum level of.

Constraints: >

Define the design objectives and draw the weighted tree structure

Objectives: >

Identify risks posed to human health and/or the environment by exposure to hazards.

Environmental Risks: >

Identify the criteria on which potential design solutions will be ranked.

Ranking Criteria: (1)> , (2)> , (3)> , (4)>

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Think up ideas for design solutions (“ concepts ”), even silly ones. Consider many viewpoints.

Brainstorm Concepts: (a) > (b) >

2. Conceptual
(c) > (d) >
Design:
Grade each concept by each criterion. Compute weighted average grades for each concept .

Rank Concepts: Criteria: (1) (2) (3) (4) Grad

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Concepts:
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Select from amongst the highest graded concepts .

Select Concept(s): >

Revisit Needs Analysis ( and other phases ) based on new information about Requirements, etc.

Revisit Needs >

 Layout: Describe your design, write functional description , and draw draft layout
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3. Preliminary Identify the combination of components (configuration) needed for the design.
Design: >
Select Components:

Estimate component sizes.

Simplified Sizing: >

Estimate forces and examine responses to verify suitability. Specify potential materials.

Simplified Analysis: >

Reduce impacts on the environment resulting from human activities in the design.

Environmental >
Impact:
Revisit Needs Analysis ( and other phases ) based on new information about Requirements, etc.

Revisit Needs >

Drawings: Develop the detailed drawings with complete details

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4. Detailed
Specify materials and how components will be assembled.
Design:
Materials & >
Assembly:
Specify (and optimize) precise sizing of components and their interfaces (within the
Constraints).
Detailed Sizing:
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Simulate forces acting on detailed model of system and examine responses. Adjust sizing.

Detailed Analysis: >

State the design solution completely and concisely so that someone could implement it.

Solution Statement: >

Revisit Needs Analysis ( and other phases ) based on new information about Requirements, etc.

Revisit Needs >

 Remainder of Product Life Cycle:
5. Specify considerations for the manufacture and distribution of the product.
Implementation: Manufacturing & >
Distribution:

6. Operation: Specify considerations for the actual use and maintenance of the product.

Actual Use & >

Maintenance:

Reduce undesirable impacts on the environment (on-going).

Environmental >
Mitigation:

Reduce injuries and illnesses (on-going).

Health & Safety: >

7. Retirement: Specify considerations for the deactivation of the product and its disposal.

Deactivation & >

Disposal: