Apply the engineering design process.

Application should include

• identifying a design problem
• identifying criteria and constraints
• creating and refining designs
• considering optimization and trade-offs
• evaluating designs
• developing a product or system using criteria and constraints and quality control
• reevaluating solution(s).

Application may also include

• using analysis features of computer-aided design (CAD) software to improve a digital prototype (simulation, stress analysis)
• designing parts using mathematical parameters
• modifying parameters to update designs of parts or systems
• creating physical models or prototypes from digital designs. 

Process/Skill Questions: 

• What are the steps in the engineering design process?
• Why should a design be tested throughout the engineering process?
• What problems did you find with the model while reevaluating it?