Engineering Design Process
📋 What it is
Engineers solve problems in a loop: define, brainstorm, build, test, improve — repeat.
🗣️ Coach says
Real electronics is engineering, and engineering follows a loop. You DEFINE the problem, BRAINSTORM ideas, BUILD a prototype, TEST it, then IMPROVE based on what failed — and go around again. "Fail, learn, iterate" isn’t a setback; it IS the process.
🧠 Memory hook
Define → brainstorm → build → test → improve → repeat. Failure is data, not defeat.
😂 Giggle
What do you call a robot that always takes the longest path?
A series circuit — it has no shortcuts!
😲 Whoa!
The first working versions of most inventions failed dozens of times — engineers expect it, which is why "prototype" and "iterate" are core to the job.
✅ Quick check: In the engineering design process, what do you do after testing reveals a flaw?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Improve the design based on what failed, then test again — you iterate around the loop.
Design is iterative: test-and-improve cycles.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Pick a small annoyance (tangled cables?) and sketch a fix, then note how you’d test and improve it.