The sixth edition of Engineering Design continues its tradition of being more oriented to material selection, design for manufacturing, and design for quality than other broad-based design texts. The text is intended to be used in either a junior or …
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The sixth edition of Engineering Design continues its tradition of being more oriented to material selection, design for manufacturing, and design for quality than other broad-based design texts. The text is intended to be used in either a junior or senior engineering design course with an integrated, hands-on design project. At the University of Maryland, we (the authors) present the design process material, Chapters 1 through 9, to junior students in a course introducing the design process. The whole text is used in the senior capstone design course that includes a complete design project, starting from selecting a market to creating a working prototype. Our intention is that students will consider this book to be a valuable part of their professional library. Toward this end we have continued and expanded the practice of giving key literature references and referrals to useful websites.
There has been a noteworthy reordering of chapters in the sixth edition so to align them more closely to the overall design process utilized by this text. While the size of the printed book has been reduced, the scope of the text remains the same,with a few new and valuable sections.
A significant change in this edition has been to move theoretical and historical content online. This material is tangential to core information and may divert student attention from the application of the design process. Chapters 15-18 have been moved online.
New Topics Information Literacy Introduction to WordTree Biomimicry Design Generation Methods
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