ENGINEERING DESIGN

AND
ITS PROCESS
PRESENTED BY
SHRINIDHI N.P
MEGHA NEELGAR
GANGA GUNDA
 INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS MEANT BY ENGINEERING DESIGN?

ENGINEERING DESIGN IS THE METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION AND SOLVING
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. ENGINEERING DESIGN CAN HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS,
BUT THEY ALL INCLUDE A COMMON ATTRIBUTE: ANY TYPE OF ENGINEERING
DESIGN IS A PROCESS.
ENGINEERING DESIGN
PROCESS
IDENTIFY THE NEED
• IN THIS PROCESS, WE WILL TRY TO GET AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. THIS INFORMATION
WILL HELP US DEFINE AND UNDERSTAND THE
PROBLEM WE ARE DEALING WITH.
 RESEARCH THE PROBLEM

• HERE IS WHERE WE WILL IDENTIFY THE EXTENT

OF OUR PROBLEM. GAINING INSIGHT INTO
WHO OR WHAT THE PROBLEM AFFECTS
DIRECTLY WILL HELP US FIND A SOLUTION.
 DEVELOP POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

• ENGINEERS USE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN

PROCESS WHEN BRAINSTORMING
SOLUTIONS TO REAL PROBLEM ONCE THE
NEED IS UNDERSTOOD AND IT IS DEFINED, THE
NEXT STEP IS TO DEVELOP SEVERAL SOLUTIONS.
THIS STEP IS CALLED SYNTHESIS.
 SPECIFICATION
• SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDE THE INPUT AND
OUTPUT QUANTITIES, DIMENSIONS OF PRODUCT,
LIMITATIONS, INCLUDINGCOST, NUMBER TO BE
MANUFACTURED, EXPECTED LIFE, RANGE,
OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND RELIABILITY.
 DESIGN AND EVALUATE
• THIS IS WHERE OUR IDEAS ARE MATERIALIZED.
TAKING ALL THE INFORMATION AND INSIGHT WE
GAINED DURING THE PREVIOUS STAGES OF OUR
DESIGN WILL TRANSLATE INTO AN ACTUAL MACHINE
OR SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SOLVE OUR
PROBLEM.
 TEST AND REDESIGN
• WE ARE NOW READY TO TEST ITS PERFORMANCE IN REAL
CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE RESULTS THAT CAN
COME FROM TESTING OUR PROTOTYPE, WHETHER IT WORKS OR
NOT. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE TESTS, WE WILL DETERMINE
WHAT WE NEED TO REDESIGN AND CHANGE.
 ITERATE
• AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS IS
ITERATIVE IN ESSENCE.
• ACHIEVING THE BEST END RESULTS AND ULTIMATELY SOLVING A
PROBLEM ARE THE MAIN GOALS. REVISION AND REDESIGN OF
CONCEPTS AND PROTOTYPES WILL HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT.
 CONCLUSION
• WE JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WHAT ENGINEERS DO EVERY DAY –
CREATE USEFUL SOLUTIONS TO A PROBLEM, BASED ON A REAL-WORLD CHALLENGE
FOR A TARGET POPULATION, WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS.

•
THE NEXT TIME YOU GET READY TO DESIGN OR REDESIGN SOMETHING, DON'T
FORGET TO FIRST CREATE A RESEARCH PLAN, THEN FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE
ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS. NOW WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY!