Engineering: Solving Problems Through Science
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesEngineers are motivated to improve our quality of life, and they typically develop new products to achieve this goal. They use several steps in developing new products: design phase, testing phase, and production and maintenance phase. During the design phase, engineers specify the functional requirements of the product. They also produce a prototype to evaluate its overall effectiveness. They also consider cost, reliability, and safety. During the last two phases, engineers determine if any failures of the components are likely and where they occur. In these processes, engineers use computers to create designs, analyze functionality, and simulate how a machine, structure, or system operates.
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Runtime: 10 minutes 39 seconds
- Topic: Careers, Science
- Subtopic: Job Skills, Occupations, Science Experiments, Science Methods
- Grade/Interest Level: 8 - 12
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- Release Year: 2013
- Producer/Distributor: TMW Media Group
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