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Section 1
Technology and Engineering
Chapter 1
Technology: A Dynamic, Human-Created System . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Technology Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Technology as a Dynamic Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Positive and Negative Aspects of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Evolution of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Types of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2
Connecting Technology and Engineering through Mathematics
and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Technology’s Relationship to Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engineering and Technology Outcomes: Inventions and Innovations . . 28
Chapter 3
Engineering Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Engineering in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Engineering Profession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engineering Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Engineering Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Engineering Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 2
Engineering Design and Development
Chapter 4
Engineering Design Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Problem Solving and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
System and Product Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Problem Solving and Design in Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Steps in the Engineering Design Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 5
Developing Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
The Design Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Identify the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Develop Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Develop a Production Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 6
Making Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Physically Modeling Design Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Physical Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Production of Physical Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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