Fundamentals Of Engineering Design

This is a ... textbook for teaching design to undergraduate engineering students. [The text] design[s] process and methodology, with a particular emphasis on problem formulation and concept generation. In addition, [it] includes engineering economics, project planning, professional and social context of dosing, information acquisition and communication skills, probabilistic considerations, decisional, and optimization.-Pref. to the 1st ed. Engineering design concepts are as fundamental to undergraduate engineering education as the traditional sciences ... Thus the book can be used in design courses within any engineering discipline and at any level from first year to capstone design.-Back cover.