Engineering Design: A Day in the Life of Four Engineers

This text presents the story of four engineers hired out of the college as part of a team designing a prototype for a mass-produced electric automobile. Within that story, it describes the problems they encounter and the tools they use to solve those problems while working on an interdisciplinary design project. It also provides an overview of basic design principles, from defining objectives to selecting a design strategy and creating simulations of testing and evaluation. It introduces both technical and nontechnical factors that must be considered in the practice business of engineering design.