This text provides an introduction to the design tools used in engineering design. It focuses on the first two steps of the design process: determination of need/problem clarification and conceptualization.
DR. MADARA OGOT is currently an Associate Professor in Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. After having completed his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University in 1987, and his Ph.D. from Penn. State in 1991, he joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Rutgers University in 1991, where he remained until moving to Penn State in 2003.
GUL E. OKUDAN-KREMER is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at Penn State. She has a doctorate in Engineering Management (UM-Rolla). Her research interests include manufacturing strategy modeling and measurement, design cognition, and product design teams. She is a member of ASEE. She is a NRC- US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002 and 2003.