Engineering Design

Technical writing; introduction to design; the design and important related areas; design tools; probability and statistics in engineering design; quality assurance for design professionals; design for reliability; design for maintainability; design for safety; human factor considerations in design; economic factor considerations in design; economic analysis and cost estimation; materials selection and manufacturing; value engineering, configuration management and concurrent engineering; ethics and legal factors in engineering design. Appendix: bibliography of literature on engineering design and related areas.