دانلود کتاب Practical Engineering Design

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Content: Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
1 The Design Process
1.1 What Is a Design Project?
1.2 The Steps to a Successful Project
1.2.1 Choosing Your Team and Advisor
The Team
The Advisor
Co-Advisors
1.2.2 Identifying an Opportunity or a Problem
1.2.3 Selecting and Evaluating Your Project Topic
Selecting a Topic
Evaluating Your Topic
1.2.4 Generating and Evaluating Design Alternatives
Project Management and Scheduling
Developing Design Specifications
Evaluating Design Alternatives
Defining the Criteria for Success
Developing Decision Matrices. 1.2.5 Simulation and Modeling1.2.6 Implementing Your Design
1.2.7 Testing and Verifying the Design
Test Plans and Procedures
1.2.8 Documenting and Presenting Your Work
Documenting
Presenting
1.3 Conclusions
Further Reading
2 Ethics and the Social Impacts of Design Projects
2.1 Why Ethics?
2.1.1 The Blood-Carrying Pipe
2.1.2 The Plagiarism Detector
2.1.3 Fighting Crime in Cyberspace
2.2 Social Implications
2.3 Questions and Tests
2.3.1 Ask Yourself: Who Is Affected?
2.3.2 Ask Yourself: What Is the Effect of the Project on Natural Resources? 2.3.3 Ask Yourself: Is Development of the Product Safe?2.3.4 Ask Yourself: Is the Development of the Product Ethical?
2.3.5 Ask Yourself: What Is the Effect of the Project on Human Welfare and on Human Rights?
2.3.6 Ask Yourself: What Could Go Wrong?
2.3.7 Ask Yourself: Can This Product Be Used Unlawfully or Unethically?
2.3.8 Ask Yourself Questions about Risk and Liability
2.4 Acting Ethically
2.4.1 Understand Your Relationship with the Sponsor
2.4.2 Keep Records
2.4.3 Finally, Speak Up
References
Further Reading
3 Project Management
3.1 Introduction. 3.1.1 What It Is and Why You Want It3.1.2 You Do It Already
3.1.3 Formal Project Management
Goals
Time Frame
Resources
3.2 Scheduling: The Key Support Tool
3.2.1 Scheduling for the Working Professional
3.2.2 Scheduling for the Student or Early Professional
3.3 The Basics of Scheduling
3.3.1 Deadlines
3.3.2 Tasks
3.3.3 Logic: The Network
3.3.4 Effort: Time to Complete Tasks
Sample Scheduling Logic Network
Duration vs. Working Hours Effort
Common Time Estimation Errors
3.3.5 Resources
3.3.6 Costs
3.4 How to Schedule
3.4.1 Levels of Scheduling. Simplest Schedule: An Organized ListMedium Level Schedule: A Gannt Chart
Complex Schedule: A Scheduling Program
Using a Complex Program for Your Design Project
3.5 Tools for Scheduling
3.5.1 Calendar: Paper or Computer
3.5.2 Paper and Pencil
3.5.3 Electronic Tools
eProject.com: An Example of a Web-Based Project Tool
Spreadsheets
3.6 A Senior Design Schedule Example
3.6.1 Overview of Scheduling Tasks
Entering the Data
Project Summary Gannt
Network Detail
Network Complex
Resources Table
Resource: Individual Hours
Resource Graph
Resource Usage Hours
Resource Costs for Project.