Practical Engineering Design

Informationen zum Autor Maja Bystrom, Bruce Eisenstein Klappentext For engineering students and those about to take on their first job, the design project can be a harrowing and daunting prospect. This timely text, the culmination of the editors' years of experience teaching the capstone Engineering Design course, breaks down the design project into manageable pieces and takes the intimidation out of the process. It sets forth valuable guidelines and answers to the most pressing and often-repeated questions. The editors cover where to start, how to consider the impact of the project on society, project scheduling, management, and budgeting, guidelines for written and oral presentations, and how to protect intellectual property and possibly turn the project into a business. Zusammenfassung Presents an overview of the design project and beyond for various engineering disciplines, including sections on how to protect intellectual property rights and suggestions for turning the project into a business. This work shows the questions with a set of guidelines for the process. It also presents two sample project reports and presentations. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Design Process. Ethics and the Social Impacts of Design Projects. Project Management. Teamwork. Are We in Business Yet? Documenting Your Design Project. Presenting Your Design Project. Intellectual Property. Planning Your Business. Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Maja Bystrom, Maja (Boston University Bystrom
• Assisted by: Maja Bystrom (Editor), Bystrom Maja (Editor), Bruce Eisenstein (Editor), Eisenstein Bruce (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2005
• EAN: 9780824723217
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-2321-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical, computer science, COMPUTERS / Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information technology: general issues, Information technology: general topics