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Section 1—Technology and Engineering
1 Technology: A Dynamic, Human-Created System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2 Connecting Technology and Engineering through Mathematics and Science . .18
3 Engineering Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Section 2—Engineering Design and Development
4 Engineering Design Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
5 Developing Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
6 Making Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
7 Evaluating Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
8 Communicating Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Section 3—Technological Systems
9 Technology as a System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
10 Inputs to Technological Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
11 Technological Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
12 Outputs, Feedback, and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Section 4—The Designed World
13 Designing the World through Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
14 Processing Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
15 Producing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
16 Meeting Needs through Materials Science and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . .296
17 Constructing Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
18 Meeting Needs through Architecture and Civil Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . .342
19 Harnessing and Using Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
20 Meeting Needs through Mechanical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
21 Communicating Information and Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
22 Meeting Needs through Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering . .450
23 Transporting People and Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
24 Meeting Needs through Aerospace Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
25 Medical and Health Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530
26 Meeting Needs through Biomedical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
27 Agricultural and Related Biotechnologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
28 Meeting Needs through Chemical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
Section 5—Technology and Society
29 Technology and Engineering: A Societal View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .636
30 Technology and Engineering: A Personal View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652
31 Managing and Organizing a Technological Enterprise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
32 Operating a Technological Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .684
33 Understanding and Assessing the Impact of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706
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