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Engineering Design: Content and Context
Author(s) -
Moriarty Gene
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1994.tb01092.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , content (measure theory) , function (biology) , design education , engineering design process , design elements and principles , engineering , engineering ethics , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , visual arts , mathematical analysis , paleontology , evolutionary biology , biology , art
A bstract Within engineering design a distinction can be made between content and context. Content is embedded within context. The content is normally emphasized as the essence of engineering design. Content includes the steps and processes involved in carrying out an actual design. The context is the world out of which the need for the design arises in the first place and in which the implemented design will eventually function. I argue that context should have more focus in design education. I suggest that breakdowns and breakthroughs are events which bring context into view. Some essential contexts are discussed and some procedures for integrating context into engineering design education are offered.