Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach, Global Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 27. February 2015
816 pages
978-1-292-07031-5 (ISBN)
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Elizabeth Stephan | William Park | Benjamin Sill
Thinking Like an Engineer, Global Edition
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09/2014
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- 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
- Chapter 3 Design and Teamwork
- 3.1 Design
- 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
- 3.8 Working in Teams
- 3.9 Experimental Design: Period Analysis
- 3.10 Project Timeline
- In-Class Activities
- 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 Solvem
- 6.1 Defining Solvem
- 6.2 Representing Final Results
- 6.3 Avoiding Common Mistakes
- 6.4 examples of solvem
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Part 2 Ubiquitous Units
- Chapter 7 Fundamental Dimensions and Base Units
- 7.1The 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 Scrupulous Worksheets
- Time management
- 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 Linear Functions
- 12.2 Linear Relationships
- 12.3 Power Functions
- 12.4 Exponential Functions
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 13 Mathematical Models
- 13.1 Selecting a Trendline Type
- 13.2 Interpreting Logarithmic Graphs
- 13.3 Converting Scales to Log in Excel
- 13.4 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 Punctilious Programming
- Some Advantages of Computers
- CHAPTER 15 Algorithms
- 15.1 Scope
- 15.2 Written Algorithms
- 15.3 Graphical Algorithms
- 15.4 Algorithm Best Practices
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 16 MATLAB variables and Data Types
- 16.1 Variable Basics
- 16.2 Numeric types and scalars:
- 16.3 Vectors
- 16.4 Matrices
- 16.5 Character Strings
- 16.6 Cell Arrays
- 16.7 Structure Arrays
- 16.8 SAVING AND RESTORING VALUES
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 17 Programs and Functions
- 17.1 Programs
- 17.2 Functions
- 17.3 Debugging Matlab Code
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 18 Input/Output In Matlab
- 18.1 Input
- 18.2 Output
- 18.3 Plotting
- 18.4 Polyfit
- 18.5 Microsoft EXCEL I/O
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 19 Logic and Conditionals
- 19.1 Relational and Logical Operators
- 19.2 Logical Variables
- 19.3 Conditional Statements in Matlab
- 19.4 Switch Statements
- 19.5 ERORS AND WARNINGS
- In-Class Activities
- Review Questions
- Chapter 20 Looping Structures
- 20.1 for Loops
- 20.2 while Loops
- 20.3 Application of Loops: GUI
- 20.3 Application of Loops: GUI
- Review Questions
- comprehension check answers
- Index
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- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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