{"product_id":"9781935673071","title":"Introduction to Engineering Design: Book 9, 6th Edition: Engineering Skills and Hovercraft Missions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the sixth edition of the ninth textbook in this series dealing with Introduction to Engineering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign. Jim Dally, working with College House Enterprises, has prepared eight previous books in this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseries—a new one almost every academic year—for the first-year engineering students of the University of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaryland at College Park. Several other Colleges of Engineering have adopted one or more of the books in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis series to introduce design and engineering skills for their first or second year students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is organized into parts to present many topics that first year engineering students should\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstand as they proceed through a significant portion of the product realization process. Product and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem development processes are introduced in Part I. Information on team skills and the importance of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproduct development process is covered in Chapter 1 and 2. The hovercraft missions are also presented in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 together with a description of the design concepts involved in hovercraft development. By\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eassigning a demanding project, a holistic approach is employed in the student’s first engineering experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat motivates them. Design of a hovercraft enables the instructor an opportunity to integrate a spectrum of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknowledge about many topics. The student’s hands-on participation in design, building and testing a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehovercraft significantly enhances their learning process. The theoretical background needed to conduct design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanalyses for the hovercraft is presented in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 describes basic electric circuits to provide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etechnical background helpful for the design of the hovercraft. Sensors used to provide feedback signals for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtrol of the hovercraft are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 introduces the fuel cells that will be used or propulsion of the hovercrafts, and finally, an extensive and detailed description of programming in LabVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis included in Chapter 7.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II treats the very important topic of communications in engineering. This starts with a relatively\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplete treatment of three-view drawings in Chapter 8 and an introduction to pictorial drawings (including\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eisometric, oblique, and perspective drawings) in provided in Chapter 9. The use of tables and graphs in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunicating engineering information using Microsoft Excel is presented in Chapter 10. Finally, Chapter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 focuses on technical reports and describes many aspects of technical writing and library research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III introduces the students to engineering as a profession. A historical perspective on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erole engineering played in developing civilization and on improving the lives of the masses is presented in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15 where we move from the past into the present and indicate the current relationships between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebusiness, consumers and society. Chapter 16 discusses the balance among safety, risk and performance. It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincludes a listing of hazards, which is important in identifying the many different ways users of a product can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe harmed. Chapter 17 on ethics, character and engineering includes a large number of topics so the instructor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecan select from among them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"College House Enterprises, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033408651504,"sku":"9781935673071","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935673071_p0.jpg?v=1763656467","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935673071","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}