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Published in the year 2009, Engineering Design is a book that covers the subject of engineering design for students pursuing the course in detail. Summary Of The Book Engineering Design is a revised edition of a highly-informative guide for senior design courses. Readers are provided with detailed information on important concepts and techniques to guide them into carrying out the design process. There are 17 chapters present in this book, and some of them include The Engineering Design Process, Team Behaviour And Tools, Design For Manufacturing, Concept Generation, Design With Materials, Quality, Robust Design, and Optimization, Embodiment Design, The Product Development Process, Legal And Ethical Issues In Engineering Design, Detail Design, Materials Selection And Design With Materials, Modeling and Simulation, and Cost Evaluation. From chapters 1 to 9, readers are guided into an eight-step method, which starts from defining a problem to actual implementation of detail design. In chapters 10-17, information pertaining to certain special topics such as material selection, quality, and design for manufacturing have been covered by the author. In this edition, a number of new topics have been added, while some older ones have been expanded further, and they include work breakdown structure, human factors design, six sigma quality, rapid prototyping, and design against wear. In Engineering Design, mechanical engineering students are explained engineering design concepts by making design the central focus of the engineering profession. This book focuses more on developing a keen eye for design, rather than providing detailed design techniques. The book is written with the intent of being a useful text for mechanical engineering students, and comes with an integrated hands-on project. About The Authors The author of this book, George E. Dieter, is a well-known professor of engineering studies. Apart from this book, Dieter has written Powder Metallurgy Production Of Structural Shapes, Mechanical Metallurgy, and Handbook Of Workability And Process Design. Dieter completed his D.Sc. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and obtained his B.Sc. degree from Drexel University. He currently holds the position of the Dean and professor at the University of Maryland. After working in the industry at DuPont Engineering Research Laboratory, Dieter served at Drexel University as Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, after which he became the Dean of Engineering. He is also a fellow of the American Society for Metals and is associated with the SME, ASEE, AIME, NSPE, and AAAS. Linda C. Schmidt is an author and a professor of engineering studies. Schmidt completed her BS and MS degrees from Iowa State University. Following that, she obtained her doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Mechanical Engineering. She currently works at the University of Maryland as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is also a part of the American Society of Engineering Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.