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    Engineered! : engineering design at work / Shannon Hunt ; [illustrated by] James Gulliver Hancock.

    • Title:Engineered! : engineering design at work / Shannon Hunt ; [illustrated by] James Gulliver Hancock.
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    • Author/Creator:Hunt, Shannon (Shannon Chantal), author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Hancock, James Gulliver, illustrator.
    • Published/Created:Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2017]
      ©2017
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Engineering--Juvenile literature.
      Engineers--Juvenile literature.
      Engineering--Vocational guidance--Juvenile literature.
    • Genre/Form:Juvenile works.
      Literature.
    • Description:48 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
    • Summary:"How do you land a car-sized rover on the surface of Mars, resolve a five-hour traffic jam or save a herd of caribou from near extinction? Ask an engineer! Engineers are problem solvers. They use their math, science and technology skills to find creative solutions to problems that need fixing. In Engineered! bestselling author Shannon Hunt explores nine feats of engineering and the step-by-step process that engineers followed to get to a winning solution. The book opens with an illustrated flow chart that explains the engineering design process in seven easy-to-follow steps (e.g., define the problem, identify requirements, build and test a prototype, etc.). Then, these steps are applied to nine real-life engineering stories - each from a different field, such as civil, mechanical or environmental engineering. By following a step-by-step process, engineers are able to come up with some ingenious (and sometimes crazy!) ideas that really work, like building a bridge taller than the Eiffel Tower to fix that five-hour long traffic jam. With direct curriculum applications, and following the guidelines in the Next Generation Science Standards, Engineered! is a must-have for schools, libraries and anywhere a maker space is found!"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes index.
      "A fun exploration of nine amazing feats"--Cover.
    • ISBN:9781771385602 (hardback)
      177138560X
    • Contents:Introduction. In the minds of engineers
      Engineering design: step-by-step
      Aerospace engineering. Seven minutes of terror
      Biomedical engineering. The ultimate print job
      Chemical engineering. Double-a idea
      Mechanical engineering. A need for speed
      Electrical engineering. The tyranny of numbers
      Civil engineering. Engineering above the clouds
      Geomatics engineering. Not-so-at-home on the range
      Computer engineering. The wonderful wizard of woz
      Environmental engineering. When good sewers go bad.
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