essay assignment

ENGG 123 – Engineering Design and Communications

Individual Design Assignment

Fall 2017

Introduction

You have been asked to work on a design project for your employer. Your tasks involve the

generation and evaluation of design ideas. Your particular design project has been assigned on

the basis of your last name:

Last Name Starts With… Design Project Theme

A – B Bread Maker

C – J Sea Doo

K – P Child’s Stroller

Q – Z Waffle Iron Task 1 (10 Marks)

Generate a list of five constraints that apply to your project theme. The constraints must be

realistic, and they must serve a purpose. Identify the constraints, and indicate why they have

been adopted.

Task 2 (10 Marks)

Identify all of the relevant functions of your design project. This includes the basic and

secondary functions. When listing the secondary functions, specify whether they are required or

unwanted and explain your answer.

Task 3 (30 Marks)

Construct each of the following and explain the results:

• A Pairwise Comparison Chart to rank the goals of your design project.

• A Morphological Chart to illustrate the design space for your design project.

• A Numerical Evaluation Matrix to evaluate the various design options for your design project.

DUE: By 7:00 a.m. on October 25.

Submit on UR Courses.