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Chris's tech vocab
Question | Answer |
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Data | facts and statistics used for reference or analysis. |
Designer | a person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work. |
Engineer | a person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. |
Ergonomics | the study of work place equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently. |
Evolution | a gradual development. |
Mock-up | : also referred to as an appearance model. It is a model or replica of a machine or structure for instructional or experimental purposes. |
Negotiation | mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement. |
Product | a tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process. |
Raw material | any natural resource that is used to make finished products. |
Standard | something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison. |
OSHA | organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards |
Design brief | a written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. The design brief is used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution. |
Detail Drawing | a dimensioned, working drawing of a single part, also referred to as part drawing. |
Engineer’s Notebook | also referred to as an engineer’s logbook, a Design notebook, or designer’s notebook 1. A record of design ideas generated in the course of an engineer’s employment that others may not claim as their own. |
Ethical | conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of contact. |
Manufacture | to make something, especially on a large scale using machinery. |
Mode | the value that occurs most frequently in a given data set. |
Nominal size | the designation of the size established for a commercial product. |
Profile | an outline of something as seen from one side. |
Repeatability | the ability to replicate or duplicate a result. |
Product Lifecycle | stages a product goes through from concept and use. |
Design process | the systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. |
Ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
English system | also referred to as the U.S. customary system. The measuring system based on the foot, second and pound as units of length, time, and weight or mass. |
Ethics | the moral principles governing or influencing conduct. |
Marketing | the promotion and selling of products or services. |
Model | a visual, mathematical, or three-dimensional representation in detail of an object or design, often smaller than the original. |
Process | transformation of raw material into finished goods through Casting and molding, Shaping and reshaping for forming, shearing, pulverizing, Machining, for material removal , or joining by transformation using heat or chemical reaction to bond materials |
Normal distribution | : a function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell- shaped graph. |
Research | a systematic problem- solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and wants and to winnow down the possible solutions to one final choice. |
Statistics | collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data. |
Design Statement | a part of the design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client’s target or consumer’s problem, need, or want. |
Emphasis | special importance, value, or prominence given to something . |
EPA | is the acronym for the Environmental Protection agency. |
Evaluate | to form an idea of the amount of; assess. |
Manufacturing process | human activities used to create, invent, design , transform, produce control, maintain, and use products or systems; a systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output. |
Market research | the activity of gathering information about consumers’ needs and preferances. |
Non-Renewable resource | a resource or raw material that cannot be grown or replaced once used. |
Problem statement | a part of a design brief that challenges the designer, describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed. |
Residue | a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. |
Renewable resource | A resource of raw material that can be grown and replaced. |
NIEE | National institute for engineering ethics National Institute for Engineering Ethics National Institute for Engineering Ethics |
NSPE | National society of professional engineers National Society of Professional Engineers National Society of Professional Engineers |
A person is ethical when? | Does what is best for everybody |
Engineers should follow their professional ethics code because... | It provides a clear defintion of what the public has a right to expect from responsible engineers. |
The first and foremost obligation of registered professionalis to the... | Public welfare. |