This is a book about the invention and testing of ideas. By
describing how to generate engaging problem situations for
engineering students to solve it inspires original currents of
thought.
Make-and-test (MaT) is a practical way of testing ideas that
challenges the validity of the ideas themselves and the
manufacturing skills of the participants. Much of the project work
described makes use of such simple materials as balsa wood and
candle wax with the occasional appearance of the more exotic:
fibre-glass-epoxy composites, for example; the properties and uses
of these are examined in depth. All of the inventions described are
intended to be well within the range of ingenuity and skills of
first- and second-year engineering undergraduates. They can also be
useful in stimulating the problem-solving skills of professional
engineering and architectural designers so that everyday design
questions and more one-off and personal undertakings such as the
periodic design challenges offered by professional engineering
societies can be interpreted more creatively. The major part of the
book is devoted to case examples based on the authora (TM)s
twenty-five years of experience in supervising MaT work but there
are many opportunities and exercises throughout the text to explore
new MaT projects.
In essence, Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design
encapsulates the experience of engineering design from the
uncertainty of "Can I tackle this problem?" to the joyous "Aha!"
when a solution is discovered. An invaluable teaching tool and
resource for the engineering educator and all those planning and
conducting make and test projects, this is the first book that
formalises an important aspectof early learning in engineering
design.
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