Title: Use the engineering design process to complete the practicum project.
Course: Engineering Practicum IV (21047-36) > Section: Designing a Practicum Project

Use should include completing the following steps:

- Identify the requirements/criteria of a design problem.
- Research potential solutions for a design problem.
- Generate new (i.e., original) solutions for the design problem.
- Evaluate potential solutions.
- Sketch/diagram solutions for a design problem.
- Identify potential risks involved with the solution(s).
- Choose the optimal solution to a design problem based on the requirements/criteria and the original identified solutions.
- Implement the solution to the design problem.
- Test the solution.
- Evaluate test results.
- Improve the solution.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a design brief?
- What are the most important elements of a design brief?
- Why is it important to have a clear definition of the problem before attempting to solve it?
- What is the difference between a specification and a criterion?
- How does one identify quality sources?
- Why is it important to use multiple sources?
- What are the benefits of generating multiple solutions?
- How does the feasibility study affect the decision-making process for producing the solution?
- What are trade-offs?
- How do trade-offs affect the decision-making process?
- What is the definition of optimal solution?
- Why is a decision matrix important during the decision-making process?
- What is the definition of prototype?
- What are the different methods of modeling?
- How do the model’s results compare to real-world results?
- What types of errors could results produce?
- What factors contribute to errors in modeling?
- Why is it important to consider the ethics of the potential solution?
- Why is it important to identify unintentional impacts of a potential solution?