Component 5 Presentation of the Design Process - Key Terms

Term

Definition

Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric

A detailed rubric developed by a group of post-secondary educators and led by the University of Maryland aimed at organizing and assessing the engineering design process. The rubric was started in March of 2010 and is in a process of research and validation that will take place over three years.

Engineering Notebook

Also referred to as an Engineer’s Logbook, a Design Notebook, or Designer’s Notebook 1. A record of design ideas generated in the course of an engineer’s employment that others may not claim as their own. 2. An archival record of new ideas and engineering research achievements.

Competition

1. Open market rivalry in which every seller tries to get what other sellers are seeking at the same time – sales, profit, and market share – by offering the best practicable combination of price, quality, and service. 2. Contests used to show or expose work to different forms of evaluation and comparisons to alternate solutions.

Displays of Work

Public exhibits of work to allow others to learn about a project and to receive peer evaluation.

Documentation

1. The documents that are required for something, or that give evidence or proof of something. 2. Drawings or printed information that contains instructions for assembling, installing, operating, and servicing.

Innovation Portal

An online center on which students can build secure digital portfolios of their original design work and connect that work to a variety of opportunities. The template for portfolio building is organized around the Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric (EDPPSR).

Intonation

 The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

Juried Presentation

A showing or viewing of something that has been assessed by a group of judges or evaluators.

Jury

A panel of individuals that assess a design project with a formal presentation.

Milestones

Key dates, usually when a particularly important deliverable must be delivered.

Outcome Documentation

A presentation of the important findings, data, and work on which the final form of a product or system is based.

Peer Review

Evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field.

Persuasion

The act of persuading or the state of being persuaded. The ability or power to persuade. A strong conviction or belief.

Persuasive

1. Good at persuading someone to do or believe something. 2. Providing sound reasoning or argument.

Provisional Patent

A less expensive and detailed application that allows one year’s protection to provide time to further investigate or pursue licensing before filing a regular patent application.

Risk

The chance or probability of loss, harm, failure, or danger.

Royalties

A share of the proceeds or product paid to the owner of a right, as a patent, for permission to use it or operate under it.

Solution

 1. A method or process for solving a problem. 2. The answer to or disposition of a problem.

Stakeholders

All those who are involved, interested in, or affected by the project.

Technical Research Paper

A document that conveys the results of scientific and technical research and provides recommendations for action.

Technical Writing

A subset of technical communication, technical writing is a broad term used to describe specialized correspondence in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, chemistry, the aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology. Technical writing communicates technical (specialized) information, generally in the form of printed or printable documentation (e.g., PDF) and online help. The type and form of the produced documentation depends on the needs of the audience and on the product being documented.

Tradeshow

An organized gathering of members of a particular industry during which they display or demonstrate their products and services for potential customers. Trade shows are often open only to members of the media and people associated with the particular industry.

Valid

Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.

Validity

The property of being true.