REVIEW NOTES – CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 4
GEU 110 ENGINEERING DESIGN
Chapter 1:
Design Process, know five steps and what they mean, step of iteration Teamwork, Value of Perseverance
1.1 Incomplete Design: The Early Quest for Manned Flight – kites, balloons, airships, gliders, Lilienthal,
Langley
1.2 Methodical Design: The Wright Brothers’ Success in Manned Flight – Lift, Control, Power, questions
1.3 Nth Generation Design: Refining the Typewriter – QWERTY, why still use it
1.4 Single Use Cameras – redesigned for Japan, Germany, other
Chapter 2
Establishing need, (Safety and quality of life, Improve existing product or system, commercial incentives,
personal experiences, opportunities from scientific advancements), Service to Humanity, Types of
problems: prediction, explanation, invention, Focusing upon others: A key to Success, The design
proposal.
Cases included in the Chapter: DC Heart Defibrillator, The Kwik-Lok Closure, The Quick Release Ski
Binding, How Color Printing led to Air Conditioning, Typewriter for the Blind
2.1 Lowering Costs and Increasing Availability in Kidney Dialysis Treatment
2.2 Credit Cards for the Blind
2.3 Cleaning up Oil Spills
2.4 Durable Pants for Miners
2.5 Garrett Morgan’s Safety Hood and Traffic Signals
2.6 Lake Peigneur Goes down the Drain
2.7 The Flixborough Explosion
2.8 Maintenance Procedure Leads to the Crash of a DC-10
2.9 Bhopal: Simultaneous Failures Lead to Disaster
2.10
Rushing to Fill the Teton Dam Leads to Its Collapse
REVIEW NOTES – CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 4
GEU 110 ENGINEERING DESIGN
Chapter 3:
Structuring the Search for the Problem. Focus on function, Formulating the real problem, techniques--statement-restatement, determine the source and cause, revision method, PS-DS, Duncker diagrams, K-T
situation analysis, K-T problem analysis
3.1 The Tylenol Case – problem is to prevent tampering with capsules, not bottles, new type using solid
3.2 Blowing in the Wind: Boston’s John Hancock Tower – note K-T analysis, solder/reflective coating,
too flexible on long edge, wind added
3.3 Apollo 13: Preventing a Tragedy – ground crew connected heater to wrong power supply
Chapter 4:
Structuring the search for solutions. Eliminate impossible paths, extract useful information, evaluate final
solution state. General goals: safety, environmental protection, public acceptance, reliability,
performance, ease of operation, durability, min maintenance, std parts, min cost. Ergonomics.
4.1 Improper Waste Disposal at Love Canal and Times Beach – missed goal of safe efficient disposal
4.2 The Collapse of the Baldwin Dam – design error, invalid assumptions, missed secondary effects and
activities that interacted with system
4.3 Perrier Water – not concerned with public perception, when product was faulty
4.4 The Pentium Computer Chip – must retain public’s trust and confidence
4.5 Two Routes to Simplicity: Camcorder Redesigns – two companies made products easier to use,
response, even if lost some capabilities
4.6 O-Rings and the Challenger Disaster – design flaw, engineers need to understand interactions of
components and system, plus unwillingness to be the scapegoat, manufacturing tolerances of parts
4.7 Fax Machines – reduction in price, improved performance, becomes popular
4.8 The Development of Band-Aids – cotton buyer, personal needs, goals
4.9 The Ergonomically Designed Lounge Chair – look at functions needed
Other Cases: Laminated Windshields,Camera Usage, Lead Acid  Lithium Batteries, Shopping Cart
Security, L.L. Bean, Childproof Medicine Caps, DC-8 Spoiler Operation, Coca-Cola's Break-Mate, Levi
Jeans Development, Hubble Space Telescope, Ultra-Soft Diapers, The Voice Synthesizer, Reseeding
Forests, Pulse Oximetry, Mars Climate Orbiter, Sinking Boat, Relays, Motors and Solenoids,Gearing,
Piping and Leadscrews