For Introduction to engineering courses.
Inspire self-guided inquiry with an active learning model
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach, 4th Edition is designed to facilitate an active learning environment for first year engineering courses. The authors incorporate a model of learning that encourages self-guided inquiry and advances students beyond “plug-and-chug” and memorization of problem-solving methods. Checkpoints throughout each chapter provide worked out problem sets for students to solve using their own logic, before they are ready to tackle more difficult problems. An emphasis on reading and practice before class prepares students for in-class activities that reinforce the chapter’s material. Students arrive prepared for class, allowing instructors to spend class time focusing on active learning through collaborative problem-solving, computer-based activities, and hands-on experiments that encourage guided inquiry. The 4th Edition provides new material and revisions based on input from instructors and students, as well as current software releases.
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Table of Contents:
Part 1
Engineering Essentials
Engineering is an . . . Itch!
Chapter 1
Everyday Engineering
1.1 Choosing a Career
1.2 Choosing Engineering as a Career
1.3 NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering
1.4 Choosing a Specific Engineering Field
1.5 Engineering Technology–A Related Field
1.6 Gathering Information
1.7 Pursuing Student Opportunities
Review Questions
Chapter 2
Ethics
2.1 Ethical Decision Making
2.2 Plagiarism
2.3 Engineering Creed
2.4 Social Responsibility
In-Class Activities
Review Questions
Chapter 3
Design, Teamwork, and Project Management
3.1 Design Processes
3.2 Defining the Problem or Need
3.3 Criteria: Defining What Is Important
3.4 Generating Ideas
3.5 Comparing Designs and Making Decisions
3.6 Prototyping and Testing
3.7 Sustainability–A Special Design Criterion
3.8 Working in Teams
3.9 Experimental Design: PERIOD Analysis
3.10 Project Timeline
3.11 Modern Project Management
In-Class Activities
Review Questions
Mini Design Projects
Chapter 4
Engineering Communication
4.1 Basic Presentation Skills
4.2 Sample Presentations
4.3 Basic Technical Writing Skills
4.4 Common Technical Communication Formats
In-Class Activities
Review Questions
Chapter 5
Estimation
5.1 General Hints for Estimation
5.2 Estimation by Analogy
5.3 Estimation by Aggregation
5.4 Estimation by Upper and Lower Bounds
5.5 Estimation Using Modeling
5.6 Significant Figures
5.7 Reasonableness
5.8 Notation
In-Class Activities
Review Questions
Chapter 6
Solving Problems
6.1 Problem Types
6.2 SOLVEM–One Approach to Solving Problems
6.3 Representing Final Results
6.4 Avoiding Common Mistakes
6.5 Examples of SOLVEM &nbs
