The sixth edition of Engineering Design continues its tradition of being
more oriented to material selection, design for manufacturing, and
design for quality than other broad-based design texts. The text is
intended to be used in either a junior or senior engineering design
course with an integrated, hands-on design project. At the University of
Maryland, we (the authors) present the design process material, Chapters
1 through 9, to junior students in a course introducing the design
process. The whole text is used in the senior capstone design course
that includes a complete design project, starting from selecting a
market to creating a working prototype. Our intention is that students
will consider this book to be a valuable part of their professional
library. Toward this end we have continued and expanded the practice of
giving key literature references and referrals to useful websites.