5.7: Connecting Science and Mathematics to Engineering Vocabulary
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- Accredited
- To have been endorsed or approved officially. Undergraduate engineering programs are accredited when they meet the standards of a national board, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
- Artifact
- Something created or modified by humans usually for a practical purpose.
- Component
- A distinct part or element of a larger system.
- Constraint
- A constraint is a limitation or condition that must be satisfied by a design.
- Criterion
- A criterion is a measurable standard or attribute of a design; for example, weight and size are both criteria. Criteria are used to compare different possible designs and determine which better solve the design problem.
- Engineer
- someone who uses scientific and mathematical knowledge to solve practical problems and produce goods and processes for the benefit of society.
- Engineering design process
- “the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet these stated needs.” (ABET)
- Implement
- To successfully put into action or carry out to completion.
- Innovation
- The process of incrementally or radically modifying an existing product, system, or process to improve it.
- Integrated circuit
- An electronic circuit of transistors etched onto a small piece of silicon which is sometimes referred to as a microchip.
- Invent
- To come up with a new, useful, and nonobvious idea, plan, explanation, theory, principle, novel device, material, or technique which is a creation of the mind.
- Invention
- A new and useful device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation.
- Iterative
- Repetitive or cyclical. The engineering design process involves the completion of project tasks or phases in repetitive cycles until a desired result is achieved.
- Mathematical model
- The quantitative general characterization of a process, object, or concept, in terms of mathematics, which enables relatively simple manipulation of variables in order to determine how a process, object, or concept would behave in different situations.
- Prerequisite
- Something required beforehand.
- Phenomenon
- An observable fact or event; an outward sign of working of a law of nature.
- Prototype
- A trial working model of a design that is built to test design decisions and identify potential problems.
- Prosthesis
- An artificial replacement for a missing body part.
- Science
- The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural or human-made phenomena.
- Semiconductor
- A substance that conducts electricity better than an insulator but not as well as a conductor. Silicon is a semiconductor used to make microchips.
- System
- A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.