Archive for 'Design' Tag

X-Plane Engineering Competition

by Kevin C. on Aug 11, 2009

Today I’d like to start with another Hulu video recommendation. This time, it’s a oldie-but-goodie about the final-round competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The stringent requirements of the next-generation U.S. military strike fighter were well-characterized by Lockheed Martin’s X-35, which beat out Boeing’s X-32. After winning the government contract, the X-35 was renamed F-35. [...]

The Engineering Design Process

by Hans F. on Jan 29, 2009

Have you ever wondered how engineering projects get done in industry? There are no written rules on how to approach engineering projects, but a generally accepted conceptual design process involves defining customer needs and specifications, brainstorming, narrowing the brainstormed ideas down to a few preliminary designs, selecting a final design through a rigorous decision-making process, [...]