Dym, Little and Orwin's successful client-driven, team-based approach to engineering design gets students actively involved with conceptual design methods and project management tools. The book helps students acquire design skills as they experience the activity of design by doing design projects. It is equally suitable for use in project-based first-year courses, formal engineering design courses, and capstone project courses.

PART I: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN
CHAPTER 2 DEFINING A DESIGN PROCESS AND A CASE STUDY
PART II: THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DESIGN TOOLS
CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM DEFINITION: DETAILING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 4 PROBLEM DEFINITION: CLARIFYING THE OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER 5 PROBLEM DEFINITION: IDENTIFYING CONSTRAINTS
CHAPTER 6 PROBLEM DEFINITION: ESTABLISHING FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 7 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: GENERATING DESIGN ALTERNATIVES
CHAPTER 8 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: EVALUATING DESIGN ALTERNATIVES AND CHOOSING A DESIGN
PART III: DESIGN COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 9 COMMUNICATING DESIGNS GRAPHICALLY
CHAPTER 10 PROTOTYPING AND PROOFING THE DESIGN
CHAPTER 11 COMMUNICATING DESIGNS ORALLY AND IN WRITING
PART IV: DESIGN MODELING, ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND DESIGN USE
CHAPTER 12 MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN DESIGN
CHAPTER 13 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS IN DESIGN
CHAPTER 14 DESIGN FOR PRODUCTION, USE AND SUSTAINABILITY
PART V: DESIGN TEAMS, TEAM MANAGEMENT AND ETHICS IN DESIGN
CHAPTER 15 DESIGN TEAM DYNAMICS
CHAPTER 16 MANAGING A DESIGN PROJECT
CHAPTER 17 ETHICS IN DESIGN

Clive Dym was a professor emeritus of Engineering Design and also Director of the Center for Design Education at Harvey Mudd College. He served as the chair of the engineering department at Harvey Mudd College from 1999 through 2002.