| A | B |
|---|
| A restriction or limit placed on a designed solution or the design process itself. For example, time, money and materials. | Constraints |
| Specific qualities required of a successfully designed solution. For example, strength, durability, reliability and speed. | Criteria |
| Information collected using a controlled test or study | Data |
| A plan for how to build a solution to a problem | Design |
| A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of materials, tools, mathematics, and science to design things that solve problems. | Engineer/engineering |
| The five steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem, to: "Ask," "Imagine," "Plan," "Create," and "Improve." | Engineering Design Process |
| Someone concerned with solving problems with air, water, soil, and the natural environment. | Environmental engineer |
| The ideal solution for which people aim when designing a technology | Goal |
| The substance(s) from which an object is or can be made | Material |
| In engineering, a need or desire that motivates the creation of a technology. | Problem |
| To change or improve one or more aspects of a technology, such as, its cost, efficiency, looks or parts | Redesign |
| Part of an object, situation, or design that is necessary or needed | Requirement |
| An answer, design, or technology that solves a problem | Solution |
| The interactions of a group of people aimed at accomplishing a common goal. | Teamwork |
| Any thing, system, or process that people create and use to solve a problem | Technology |
