Cathleen Scimeca

When engineers set out to solve a real-world problem, they go through the engineering design process. You may go through a similar process if you decided to throw an impromptu taco party.

The engineering design process includes:

Defining the problem

Identifying constraints and criteria for your solution

Brainstorming multiple solutions for the problem

Selecting the most promising solution

Prototyping your solution

Testing and evaluating your prototype

Iterating to improve your prototype

Communicating your solution

With this video, have fun comparing the engineering design process to throwing an impromptu taco party.

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