Answer any 5 of the following 6 questions. Only the first five answers will be graded for credit. Describe in detail the first step in an engineering design process. Be sure to include illustrative examples. The first step is the need analysis which consists of identifying and defining the problem or need which is to be solved.
Examples are numerous and are considered on an individual basis.
The earliest cities grew out of a village where dwellers were generally permitted to build homes at sites of their own choice. The result of this were cities similar to the older parts of Paris or Boston. Joser's pyramid and other buildings of ancient Egypt include many imitations such as stone walls carved to look like reed materials, stone roof carved on the underside to resemble a roof of rounded logs and columns carved to mimic palm trunks or bundles of reeds. Describe other examples of this imitation. The primary reason for these imitations is the human tendency to judge quality based upon experience with previous products.