Title: Engineering for Industrial Designers and Inventors : Fundamentals for Designers of Wonderful Things
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1491932619
ISBN 13: 9781491932612
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Very Good

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If you have designs for wonderful machines in mind, but aren’t sure how to turn your ideas into real, engineered products that can be manufactured, marketed, and used, this book is for you. Engineering professor and veteran maker Tom Ask helps you integrate mechanical engineering concepts into your creative design process by presenting them in a rigorous but largely nonmathematical format.

Through mind stories and images, this book provides you with a firm grounding in material mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. Students, product and mechanical designers, and inventive makers will also explore nontechnical topics such as aesthetics, ethnography, and branding that influence product appeal and user preference.

Learn the importance of designing functional products that also appeal to users in subtle ways
Explore the role of aesthetics, ethnography, brand management, and material culture in product design
Dive into traditional mechanical engineering disciplines related to the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases
Understand the human factors of design, such as ergonomics, kinesiology, anthropometry, and biomimicry
Get an overview of available mechanical systems and components for creating your product

About the Author

Thomas Ask is professor of industrial design at Penn College. He previously worked as a practicing engineer for nearly 20 years. During this time in industry, he designed dozens of commercialized products and systems. His employment includes senior engineer at Ingersoll Rand, principal of Ask and Associates, and vice president of engineering at Odin Systems. He is the founder of the Society of Inventors and Mad Scientists, as well as a licensed Professional Engineer with a doctorate in industrial design.

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