School of Technology

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Project Lead The Way Laboratory Introduction to
Engineering Design
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The following Project Lead The Way laboratory
design was developed by technology education
majors at Purdue University as part of their IT
471 course Managing the Technology Education
Laboratory instructed by Dr. George E. Rogers
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Introduction to Engineering Design

• Lab Proposal
• By
• Mitchel Hueston, Ryan Myers, Christopher Stier

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Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a not-for-profit
organization that promotes pre-engineering
courses for high school students. PLTW forms
partnerships with public schools and higher
education institutions to increase the quantity
and quality of graduating engineers and
engineering technologists.
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Course Objectives

• Present an introductory overview of design as a
  creative process.
• Introduce design trade-offs by having students
  perform a range of design activities.
• Review basic graphical presentation skills.
• Prepare students for a more advanced design
  experience
• Portfolio Development

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Course Objectives

• Sketching techniques and pictorials
• Geometric Relationships (Cartesian Coordinate
  System)
• Modeling
• Model Analysis and Verification
• Design for Manufacturability
• Marketing

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Equipment
25 Computer Workstations Pentium4 3.0 GHz with
1 GHz DDRAM w/ Hyper-threading Windows XP
Professional Service Pack 2 19 flat screen LCD
monitors Optical Mouse
Software Autodesk Inventor Autodesk
AutoCAD Microsoft Office 2003
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Leading the Way In K-12 Engagement