Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Norman, Applied Research Associates, Inc

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Manufacturing

developing new research, development, and applications programs supporting government and private industry in product / process design improvements based on new rapid applications software, enhanced constitutive models using multi-scale concepts, and software verification and validation based on real world applications. 2003-2007: Director, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Extension, Mississippi State University Developed and implemented strategic plan and operational concept for technology transfer of R&D products developed at Mississippi State University to Nissan, Tier-1 suppliers, and small to medium size industries in Mississippi. 2001-2003: R

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

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Manufacturing

withtheir water turbines using a set Figure 1: The ME403 machine shopamount of water.The ProblemOriginally, the machining portion of the course was five one-hour sessions rather than the two-hour blocks described above. Due to this extremely limited time available to teach machining Page 15.954.4and the fact that the students have only a small amount of time to work in the machine shopoutside of class, it was extremely important to be able to maximize the use of the students’ timein class. Having students waiting to use a machine wastes the precious time they have availableand therefore, the original solution to this problem was to have

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

industry professionals to activelyparticipate as content providers. Finally, influences to adopt social media technologiesfurther drove development of more features that promote collaborative relationshipsbetween students, teachers, and industry. Examples of how social media concepts plan tobe used used in the careerME.org website called my.careerme, are also explored.1. Introduction – How to Address a NeedWhen the project conceptualization process started in early summer 2008 for the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers (SME) – Education Foundation1, the idea was to create aweb portal to show high school and college students, primarily between grades 11-14,that there are and will continue to be lucrative, high paying jobs in manufacturing;despite

Conference Session

Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Robert Mott, University of Dayton; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University

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Manufacturing

points of the project, soif the report was evaluated at 60 and the students’ performance was evaluated at 90, the studentwould receive a 54 for that portion of the project grade. Most students were evaluated at 100,but a few had evaluations lower signifying that they had not fully participated in the project.Assessment Surveys and Results The results of the surveys were handled differently than the previous surveys. Previouslyall surveys were done by individuals, but this time only the first survey was individual based.The second and third surveys were completed by the team rather than separately by theindividual team members. The survey form for the first questionnaire is in Table 1 with averageresponses to the numerical questions. The

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

times to complete the laboratory tasks, they seemed to beenthusiastic about it and enjoy the challenges. Further effectiveness of this hands-oncurriculum is demonstrated in terms of student feedback, student performance in thecourse, and ABET outcomes assessment.2. Laboratory EquipmentThe course had 2.5 hours laboratory component to go along with two 50 min. theoryclasses. The students were given laboratory tasks during these lab sessions where theymanufactured different objects using a variety of equipment shown in Figures 1 – 12.Brief information about these equipment and the objects students made using them isgiven as follows.Figure 1 is a picture of stereo lithography (STL) equipment that uses a photosensitiveresin exposed to a computer

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla, Central Connecticut State University; Mahdy Alam, UTC; Yepery Soro, Central Connecticut State University

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Manufacturing

) Gadalla, M. A., Alam, M., *Watkins , P., Soro, Y. Central Connecticut State University *Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractLean manufacturing transformation has been adopted by many industries in the northernhemisphere including small businesses as a survival method against tough competition from low-cost labor markets. The lean manufacturing system is the final result of lean transformation. Alean manufacturing system is a manufacturing system that is characterized by low (Work InProcess Inventory) WIP, material pull instead of push, and the use of kanban cards.The heart of a lean manufacturing system is the cellular manufacturing [1]. Although cellularmanufacturing has a proven track of success

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Manufacturing

) helps us accomplish this objective≠ Quality Function Deployment:Quality Function Deployment (QFD) uses a matrix that converts customer requirements intoproduct design features. This matrix is referred to as the house of qualityFigure 1 illustrates the structure of a typical house of quality. Page 15.333.3 Customer Requirements Technical Design Requirements Details Importance Customer Ratings Ranking Central Relationship Matrix Technical Ranking Technical Rating

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Manufacturing

. Page 15.377.9 1. Quality and Efficiency 8Annual assessment reviews of each program are conducted by each department inaccordance with IPFW requirements. These assessments include measurements ofsuccess for the goals for each program and include pertinent data such as enrollmentfigures, retention rates, and student academic progress. Measures used for assessmentinclude student course evaluations, student success in completion of selected courses,evaluation of student projects by faculty, and annual surveys of alumni and employers ofalumni. A continuous improvement component is contained in each program assessment.National TAC/ABET accreditation will

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

successful careers in manufacturing engineering and allied professions.The curriculum consists of 63 credit hours of engineering fundamental and manufacturing core,33 credit hours of mathematics and science and 31 credit hours of general education courses toprepare students for engineering practice as required by ABET 1 (Criterion 4) and to meet theUniversity’s general educational requirements as well.The process of fourteen outcomes developed for the MANE program at Virginia State Universityalong with the methodology of assessment was described 2. The program provides students withextensive experience in basic science and mathematics, engineering science, laboratories,computers, design, communication and teamwork, along with humanities and social

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Albert Sun, St. Mary's University

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Manufacturing

networking, blogs, wikis, web conferencing, and shared applications) suggeststhat these technologies are now mature and well-established enough to become a regular part ofengineering education.This paper describes developments in an ongoing NSF project that aims to combine instructionalmaterials for system integration problem-solving with Web 2.0 tools to create collaborativelearning environments that allow teams to work and learn together in solving system integrationproblems. The first stage in this project involves the following steps: 1) identify what modes ofcommunication are currently being used to facilitate collaboration within the system integrationindustry; 2) determine how this communication culture be translated into a virtual

Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

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Manufacturing

interests are manufacturing processes and enterprise engineering. Page 24.936.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NKU/Mazak Corp. Joint Senior Project ProgramAbstractMazak in cooperation with NKU Engineering Technology is carrying an innovative trainingprogram aimed to provide students with ‘hands-on’ industrial experience, as part of graduationrequirements. This innovative learning experience incorporates many elements of the casemethod in experiential learning. The advantages for this university-industry joint effort are:1. The resources available to students and the hand

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University; Esther Rodriguez-Silva PhD, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

prepared (upon graduation) to take on challenges of the real world.Unlike in traditional learning method, in experiential learning students are involved in hands onreal world problem solving environment. Thus, in experiential learning student learning takesplace based on the experience of the project they work on. Capstone or senior design projects aregreat examples of experiential learning environment. By realizing the need of project-basedlearning, the US government has been encouraging the academic institutions to create suchlearning environment in the STEM disciplines through its funding agencies like National ScienceFoundation (NSF) [1]. This has generated huge interest among the engineering educators onhands-on freshmen engineering programs

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bharadwaj Ramesh, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

broadspectrum of manufacturing, from development of green technology products, implementation ofadvanced manufacturing and production technologies, and introduction of energy efficient andenvironmentally friendly manufacturing processes and systems, from the plant floor to theenterprise level, and the whole supply chain. Here, we interpret green energy manufacturing asfollows: 1. Manufacturing of green technology products, in particular, those used in renewableenergy systems and clean technology equipment; 2. Manufacturing process and system control toaddress energy and environmental concerns, such as reducing pollution and waste, reducingemissions, minimizing natural resource and energy usage, recycling and reusing what wasconsidered as waste before

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

100 80 points for leader week and Mandatory Week/ 15 for other weeks 20 points for othersCase Studies (2) 200 100 points each -Group Project 200 -Simulation Game 200Total 1000 1000Table 1: Changes in Assessment of Learning from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 1. Assignments:In Fall 2012, the students worked on 2 qualitative assignments each worth 40points. The students had to write 2 pages-reports on a topic provided for eachassignment. In Fall 2013, a major revision was made to

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel F. Jennings PE, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

EXI’s start-up, six-years ago, Kennethand Ronald agreed that (1) Ronald would manage EXI on a day -to-day basis and that Kennethwould be involved in “strategic decisions” (2) after achieving a series of mutually agreed uponmilestones, Ronald would receive a percentage ownership of EXI up to 49% and (3) once Ronaldachieved a 49% ownership of EXI, Kenneth would sell his 51% percent ownership portion of EXIto Ronald. However, at the time the ownership agreement was developed between Ronald andKenneth, nothing was specified on how much Ronald would pay Kenneth for Kenneth’s portionof the company, nor was any methodology agreed upon on how the value of Kenneth’sownership would be determined.EXI has a Board of Directors composed of five individuals

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

. This traditional approach employs laboratory instructors withspecific expertise to manage each type of machines, requires a large floor space for multiplemachines, and is lack of interaction among students.The traditional laboratory approach provides hard-skills to students, while group-cell laboratoryapproach provides both hard-skills and soft-skills to the graduates. Group cell requires uniquemachines to fabricate similar products. Although it is more cost effective, group cell approachrequires lots of preparation and effective communication. The following table compares the twoapproaches.Table 1: Comparing laboratory approachesCriteria Traditional Laboratory Group-Cell LaboratoryEquipment Multiple numbers

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Nicole Otte, Central Nine Career Center

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Manufacturing

details of the class and the successes of this partnership.IntroductionIn southeastern Indiana, manufacturing is one of the dominant economic activities. About 30percent of the overall workforce works directly for a manufacturing company.1 According to theEconomic Opportunities through Education by 2015 (EcO15), this workforce is not sufficientlytrained to meet the needs of the manufacturers.1 To meet these needs, community educationleaders, industry, and academia have partnered together in order to assist the workforce and thefuture workforce meet these needs. Part of this partnership has been to assist all of the secondaryschools within the southeastern region of Indiana offer Project Lead the Way (PLTW) courses.These classes are being used to

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nourredine Boubekri, University of North Texas; Vasim Shaikh, University of North Texas

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Manufacturing

: Microlubrication, Minimum Quantity Lubrication, Milling, Tool wear, Steel, Design of experiments.1. IntroductionMetal working fluids (MWFs) are used to cool and lubricate the tool/workpieceinterface during machining. The MWFs perform several important functionsincluding reducing the friction-heat generation and dissipating generated heat attool-workpiece interface which results in the reduction of tool wear. MWFs flushthe chips away from the tool and clean the workpiece causing less built-up edge(BUE). Therefore, MWFs cannot be completely avoided; however, their exposureto machine operators is a cause of growing occupational health hazards. U.S.National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends thatoccupational permissible

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

that students enjoyed theprogram and learned from the research experience. Eleven out of 16 students who havegraduated are currently attending graduate school, and eight papers have been published.MotivationNational surveys in 2011 and 2012 showed a continuous decline in the number of U.S. studentswho move on to attend graduate school [1]. In addition, there is a shortage of highly educatedskilled workers in the manufacturing sector [2]. With increased pressure for accountability inundergraduate education from stakeholders such as parents and state legislators, higher educationinstitutions are investigating avenues to improve the quality of education. Prior studies byBrownell and Lynn [3], Crowe and Brakke [4], Laursen [5], Lopatto[6], Taraban

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University; Robert L. Mott P.E., University of Dayton; Carl R Williams, University of Memphis; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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Manufacturing

technology programs. Academic programs can benefit byassessing their effectiveness to fulfill the needs and expectations of manufacturing industries,gaining insights for appropriate curriculum revisions to enhance the job-readiness of students toserve these ‘customers’ of our academic services. Page 23.1120.2The paper ends with a summary of observations, conclusions, and recommendations for use ofthe results. Among others, some significant outcomes are: 1. The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge model is a useful tool for informing a wide set of populations, both industry professionals and educators, about the breadth

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

thinking heuristics, post-modern systems thinking, and total systems intervention, will broaden the education ofengineers.An example of system thinking being taught in a course, but not using the direct tools of theSystems Engineering community, is reported by Aung at Lamar University in a Capstonecourse.1 They describe the process of integrating system thinking, reasoning, and decision-making skills into a Capstone-type course.Systems Thinking for Operations ProfessionalsManufacturing operations are systems that are emphatically interdisciplinary. Manufacturingoperations bring together a wide variety of people, equipment, and processes that must worktogether to build products. They are highly complex adaptive systems that can change quickly.The

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P Hung, Texas A&M University; Wm Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

traditional laboratory approach provides hard-skills to students, while group-cell laboratoryapproach provides both hard-skills and soft-skills to graduates. Group cell requires uniquemachines to fabricate similar products. Although it is more cost effective, group cell approachrequires lots of preparation and effective communication. The following table compares the twoapproaches.Table 1: Comparing laboratory approachesCriteria Traditional Laboratory Group-Cell LaboratoryEquipment Multiple numbers of identical Duplicate cells, each with unique machines. machines.Tooling More (due to number of machines) LessLab floor space More

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Manufacturing

manufacturing processes course. This exercisedemonstrates that the four pillars model can be successfully applied in settings outside ofmanufacturing programs to better prepare students for manufacturing-related engineeringcareers.IntroductionThe “four pillars of manufacturing” model for manufacturing engineering education was broughtto this author’s attention at the 2012 ASEE conference.1 As the faculty member with primaryresponsibility at Calvin College for maintaining and enhancing the manufacturing aspects of themechanical engineering curriculum, the idea that this model could be helpful in guidingcurriculum content in a setting other than a manufacturing engineering program was a veryintriguing one. Further research revealed that the originators

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott P.E., University of Dayton; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

ModelIntroductionThe Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge was created in 2011 by the Society ofManufacturing Engineers through its Center for Education and the SME ManufacturingEducation & Research community. It is designed to illustrate the full breadth of themanufacturing engineering field on one page and to be used as a tool for educators and industryprofessionals to describe the field. (Figure 1 and Reference 1)Figure 1 shows the basic layout of the Four Pillars model using the image of a building structurefor which the top (roof) part represents a product producing enterprise. The lintel below the roofshows themes that pervade the manufacturing engineering field such as customer focus, qualityand continuous improvement, manufacturing processes

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering

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Manufacturing

range of facilities and equipment to presenteven a small portion of the wide spectrum of those techniques. Additionally, new and improvedprocesses with the focus on nanotechnology, green technology, and sustainable manufacturingrequire a whole new set of facilities and approaches. To rectify the situation, a theme-basedapproach has been introduced into an undergraduate manufacturing processes class with threemain goals: 1. To get students involved in literature research around one major theme related to manufacturing; 2. To investigate, in some depth, the pros and cons of different approaches to the theme topic for the process under discussion; 3. Apply the knowledge gained to improve understanding of the

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Manufacturing

CNC machine to execute this program.Through this experience, they are able to get a sense of the benefits of automated machining overperforming manual operations which constitutes the bulk of their laboratory experience in thisclass. Figure 1. Use of CNC in the CAD/CAM CurriculumIntensive instruction for all MET and PET students in manual part programming and theoperation of CNC machines, takes place in ETEC 322. Students are also exposed to CAM usingthe Prismatic Machining workbench in CATIA® and Vericut® for NC verification. The Page 23.1336.5laboratory experience in this class involves setting up and running

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Sung-Hwan Joo, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

design, and exposure to design and build wereachieved. Overall, using the ASME Student Design Competition as a basis for the freshmandesign experience was a success and will be repeated in future years based on the suitability ofthe design problem posed.IntroductionIntroducing a design and build project in the first semester of the engineering curriculum,exposes students to open-ended problem solving. This simulates real world engineering practiceand develops interest in pursuing engineering education. [1] Graduates of project-basedengineering programs, in comparison to traditional programs, are stronger in team skills,communication, ability to carry out total project and generally more adaptable. This leads tothem being more employable upon

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Noah David Anderson

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Manufacturing

well documented in the literatureis the influence that modern ComputerAssisted Technologies (often referred to asCA’X’) have changed how the process isaccomplished by design and manufacturingengineers. One thing is clear,CAD/CAE/CAM systems play a crucial rolein many phases of the process and form thefoundation of integrated product developmentand data management (See Figure 1).Currently, there is a lot of work underway todefine standards and develop tools that willimpact how companies do business and howdigital data will be stored and usedthroughout the process, between departmentsand even with partnering companies.International Standards such as the Standardfor the Exchange of Product Data (STEP areattempting to define exchange formats to

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

(iii) purpose ofmanufacturing (iv) available raw material forms and sizes and (v) other factors like workholding, available capability etc. For students getting ready to graduate, Design forManufacturing is a new experience. This paper argues that Graduation Project provides agood opportunity for students to understand Design for Manufacturing. It considers theGraduation Project, designing and building a surgeon’s operating table, by a group of fourstudents from the UAE university, as a candidate to demonstrate this provision.1 IntroductionEngineering Design is the use of scientific principles, technical information and imaginationin the definition of a mechanical structure, machine or system to perform specified functionswith the maximum