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Islamic University Faculty of Engineering: Spring Semester 2014-2015

The document provides instructions for students in an engineering design course to complete their first homework assignment. Students must form teams of 2-4 members and determine a title for their design project based on a customer need. They are then asked to write a problem definition statement of less than 300 words that defines the problem their design intends to solve. The statement should address: a) defining the problem and what the final design product would be, b) how the design will satisfy the need, c) how the need is currently met and how the new design will improve upon it, d) who will use or benefit from the design, e) what other alternatives exist to meet the need, f) problems that may be encountered in developing the design

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Islamic University Faculty of Engineering: Spring Semester 2014-2015

The document provides instructions for students in an engineering design course to complete their first homework assignment. Students must form teams of 2-4 members and determine a title for their design project based on a customer need. They are then asked to write a problem definition statement of less than 300 words that defines the problem their design intends to solve. The statement should address: a) defining the problem and what the final design product would be, b) how the design will satisfy the need, c) how the need is currently met and how the new design will improve upon it, d) who will use or benefit from the design, e) what other alternatives exist to meet the need, f) problems that may be encountered in developing the design

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Islamic University

Faculty of Engineering

ENGR 102 - CREATIVITY IN ENGINEERING DESIGN II


Spring Semester 2014-2015

HOMEWORK 1
PROBLEM DEFINITION STATEMENT
Due Date:
Explanations

Before writing your problem definition statement, you need to form


your team comprising of 2, 3, or 4 students (preferably 3 students).
Later, you need to determine the title of your design project based
on a customer need. Please note that your design should be original.
You cannot copy a design that already exists. However, you can
make a significant improvements to an existing design.
The Problem Definition Statement is a brief paragraph (less than
about 300 words), which draws on the team's initial research,
through the library, Internet and/or interviews to address each of the
following:
a) A one or two sentence definition of a problem the team
intends to solve with an engineering design. What would the
final design product look like in order to resolve the defined
need (a product, product improvement, civil or architectural
project, etc.)?
b) How will the design satisfy that need?
c) How is that need currently being satisfied and how will the
new design change and improve things? (This provides an
opportunity to justify the design. )
d) Who will use or benefit from the design?
e) What other ways might the need be met? What alternatives
are there to the proposed design? (This provides an
opportunity to assess competition in the marketplace for a
product.)
f) What problems will have to be surmounted in doing the
design? (This will demonstrate that the team recognizes
stumbling blocks, such as limitations on time, resources and
expertise, they might encounter.)

g) What constraints, technical, economic, environmental, social


and political, must the design satisfy? Think of all the possible
reasons the design might not be accepted. What constitutes a
successful design? What criteria will be used to evaluate the
design?

The format to be used in the preparation of your assignment is attached


below.

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