Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach 5e

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1 Engineering Essentials
	Engineering Is an . . . Itch!
Chapter 1 Everyday Engineering
	1.1 Choosing a Career
	1.2 Choosing Engineering as a Career
	1.3 NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering
	1.4 Choosing a Specific Engineering Field
	1.5 Engineering Technology—a Related Field
	1.6 Gathering Information
	1.7 Pursuing Student Opportunities
		Review Questions
Chapter 2 Ethics
	2.1 Ethical Decision Making
	2.2 Plagiarism
	2.3 Engineering Creed
	2.4 Social Responsibility
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 3 Design, Teamwork, and Project Management
	3.1 Design Processes
	3.2 Defining the Problem or Need
	3.3 Criteria: Defining What Is Important
	3.4 Generating Ideas
	3.5 Comparing Designs and Making Decisions
	3.6 Prototyping and Testing
	3.7 Sustainability—a Special Design Criterion
	3.8 Working in Teams
	3.9 Experimental Design: Period Analysis
	3.10 Project Timeline
	3.11 Modern Project Management
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
		Mini Design Projects
Chapter 4 Engineering Communication
	4.1 Basic Presentation Skills
	4.2 Sample Presentations
	4.3 Basic Technical Writing Skills
	4.4 Common Technical Communication Formats
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 5 Estimation
	5.1 General Hints for Estimation
	5.2 Estimation by Analogy
	5.3 Estimation by Aggregation
	5.4 Estimation by Upper and Lower Bounds
	5.5 Estimation Using Modeling
	5.6 Significant Figures
	5.7 Reasonableness
	5.8 Notation
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 6 Solving Problems
	6.1 Problem Types
	6.2 SOLVEM—One Approach to Solving Problems
	6.3 Representing Final Results
	6.4 Avoiding Common Mistakes
	6.5 Examples of Solvem
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Part 2 Ubiquitous Units
	Lessons of the Mars Climate Orbiter
Chapter 7 Fundamental Dimensions and Base Units
	7.1 The Metric System
	7.2 Other Unit Systems
	7.3 Conversion Procedure for Units
	7.4 Conversions Involving Multiple Steps
	7.5 Conversions Involving “new” Units
	7.6 Derived Dimensions and Units
	7.7 Equation Laws
	7.8 Conversion Involving Equations
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 8 Universal Units
	8.1 Force
	8.2 Weight
	8.3 Density
	8.4 Amount
	8.5 Temperature
	8.6 Pressure
	8.7 Gas Pressure
	8.8 Energy
	8.9 Power
	8.10 Efficiency
	8.11 Electrical Concepts
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 9 Dimensionless Numbers
	9.1 Constants with Units
	9.2 Common Dimensionless Numbers
	9.3 Dimensional Analysis
	9.4 Rayleigh’s Method
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Part 3 Spectacular Spreadsheets
Chapter 10 Excel Workbooks
	10.1 Cell References
	10.2 Functions in Excel
	10.3 Logic and Conditionals
	10.4 Lookup and Data Validation
	10.5 Conditional Formatting
	10.6 Sorting and Filters
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 11 Graphical Solutions
	11.1 Graphing Terminology
	11.2 Proper Plots
	11.3 Available Graph Types in Excel
	11.4 Graph Interpretation
	11.5 Meaning of Line Shapes
	11.6 Graphical Solutions
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 12 Models and Systems
	12.1 Proper Plot Rules for Trendlines
	12.2 Linear Functions
	12.3 Linear Relationships
	12.4 Combinations of Linear Relationships
	12.5 Power Functions
	12.6 Exponential Functions
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 13 Mathematical Models
	13.1 Selecting a Trendline Type
	13.2 Interpreting Logarithmic Graphs
	13.3 Proper Plot Rules for Log Plots
	13.4 Converting Scales to Log in Excel
	13.5 Dealing with Limitations of Excel
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 14 Statistics
	14.1 Histograms
	14.2 Statistical Behavior
	14.3 Distributions
	14.4 Cumulative Distribution Functions
	14.5 Statistical Process Control (SPC)
	14.6 Statistics in Excel
	14.7 Statistics in MATLAB
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Part 4 Programming Prowess
	Some Advantages of Computers
Chapter 15 MATLAB Basics
	The Basic Matlab Interface
	Matlab Variables and Data Types
	15.1 Variable Basics
	15.2 Numeric Types and Scalars
	15.3 Vectors
	15.4 Matrices
	15.5 Character Arrays
	15.6 String Arrays
	15.7 Cell Arrays
	15.8 Structure Arrays
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 16 Algorithms, Programs, and Functions
	16.1 Algorithms
	16.2 Programs
	16.3 Functions
	16.4 Deriving Mathematical Models
	16.5 Debugging Matlab Code
	16.6 Live Scripts
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 17 Input/output in MATLAB
	17.1 Input
	17.2 Output
	17.3 Plotting
	17.4 Trendlines
	17.5 Microsoft Excel I/O
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 18 Logic and Conditionals
	18.1 Algorithms Revisited—representing Decisions
	18.2 Relational and Logical Operators
	18.3 Logical Variables
	18.4 Conditional Statements in Matlab
	18.5 Application: Classification Diagrams
	18.6 switch Statements
	18.7 Errors and Warnings
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Chapter 19 Looping Structures
	19.1 Algorithms Revisited—Loops
	19.2 while Loops
	19.3 for Loops
		In-class Activities
		Review Questions
Comprehension Check Answers
Index
MATLAB Graphing Properties