Engineering Design and Development The Icing on the Cake!

Presented by:Ashley Gregory, EDD Instructor

Ritenour High School

EDD – What is it?

TEAMWORK

RESEARCH

DESIGN

DEVELOPMENT

PROBLEM SOLVING

COMMUNICATION

REAL LIFE!

TEAMWORK• Students work on a

design team for the entire year.

• This process helps simulate a real-world workplace experience.

• How students choose their teams is VERY important!

RESEARCH• Students choose a

problem that they could solve by creating an innovative product or process.

• This stage requires a lot of research as students try to justify and validate not only their problem selection, but their preliminary design ideas.

DESIGN• Students come up

with their designs through a series of sketches, 3D Modeling, and building a mock-up.

DEVELOPMENT• Students present

their design ideas in order to get feedback on how they should proceed.

• Students refine their designs.

PROBLEM SOLVING• Students learn how

to be good problem solvers through this process.

• Even more important than solving a problem is being able to explain the process behind their decision-making.

COMMUNICATION• The most beneficial

aspect of this course is the communication piece:– Group– Instructor– Mentors– Peers– Target Market– Panel of Experts