Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).

1. The design journey -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 What is design? -- 1.3 What is engineering/product design? -- 1.4 Design examples -- 1.5 What are characteristics of a good design? -- 1.6 Engineering designs and failures -- 1.7 The design process journey -- 1.8 What is design thinking? -- 1.9 What are product design paradigms? -- 1.10 Multidisciplinary approach to design -- 1.11 Multidisciplinary design teams -- 1.12 Engineering profession -- 1.13 Attributes of a design engineer attractive to industry -- 1.14 Exercises --

2. Solving design problems -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Design vs. analysis -- 2.3 Types of design problems -- 2.4 Solving design problems: strategies -- 2.5 Robust design -- 2.6 Sustainability design -- 2.7 Nature-inspired design -- 2.8 Integration of arts, nature, and design for innovation -- 2.9 Exercises --

3. Reverse engineering -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Reverse engineering -- 3.3 Reasons for dissection -- 3.4 Product dissection -- 3.5 Product dissection: examples -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Exercises --

4. Design requirements -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Design journey process -- 4.3 Design journey steps -- 4.4 Design review -- 4.5 Exercises --

5. Design concepts -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 Design concepts: generation -- 5.3 Design concepts: evaluation -- 5.4 Design review -- 5.5 Exercises --

6. Detail design -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Detail design -- 6.3 Design drawings -- 6.4 Bill of materials -- 6.5 Design analysis tools -- 6.6 Final design and evaluation -- 6.7 Design review -- 6.8 Exercises --

7. Design communication -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Design reviews -- 7.3 Design communication and documentation -- 7.4 Design report and presentation -- 7.5 Exercises --

8. Design realization -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Design realization process -- 8.3 Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) -- 8.4 Prototyping and testing -- 8.5 Product data management -- 8.6 Business plan -- 8.7 Virtual engineering -- 8.8 Exercises --

9. Sample design projects -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 Benefits of participating in the design competitions -- 9.3 Sample design project #1: design of an automatic music book page turner -- 9.4 Sample design project #2: design of an oblique flying wing -- 9.5 Sample design project #3: NASA moonbuggy design -- 9.6 Sample design project #4: design of a low-cost ambulance -- 9.7 Example projects/design problems -- 9.8 Possible design projects --

Bibliography -- Author's biography.

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This book provides an introductory treatment of the design methodology for undergraduate students in multiple disciplines. It introduces the principles of design, and discusses design tools and techniques from traditional and multidisciplinary perspectives and comprehensively explores the design engineering process. Innovation, creativity, design thinking, collaboration, communication, problem solving, and technical skills are increasingly being identified as key skills for practicing engineers in tackling today's complex design problems. Design Engineering Journey addresses the need for a design textbook that teaches these skills. It presents a broad multidisciplinary perspective to design that encourages students to be innovative and open to new ideas and concepts while also drawing on traditional design methods and strategies. For example, students are provided with design solutions inspired by nature as well as the arts to nurture their creative problem solving skills. This book provides an overview from establishing need to ideation of concepts and realization techniques and prototyping, presented in an engaging and visually appealing manner, incorporating multidisciplinary examples that aim to reinforce the student's evolving design knowledge. The technical level of this book is kept at an introductory level so that freshman and sophomore students should be able to understand and solve a variety of design problems and come up with innovative concepts, and realize them through prototype and testing. This book also can serve as a reference text for senior capstone design projects, and the readers will find that the examples and scenarios presented are representative of problems faced by professional designers in engineering.

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