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Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach, 3rd Edition, is specifically designed to utilise an active learning environment for first-year engineering courses.   The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach, Global Edition

• 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