ENGINEERING DESIGN ,6TH EDITION

George Dieter(Deceased) was the dean of engineering at the University of Maryland from 1977–94. UMD in 1977 from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a professor of engineering and the director of the Processing Research Institute. As dean at Maryland, Dieter created the school’s first Board of Visitors (BOV). Dieter earned his bachelor’s from Drexel University and a doctorate from Carnegie Mellon. He worked with the DuPont Engineering Research Laboratory before launching his lifelong career in education, beginning as head of the Metallurgical Engineering Department—and later, dean of engineering—at Drexel University. Dieter was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 1993. He was a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), where he also served as president, and a Fellow of the American Society for Metals (ASM), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineering. He received the UMD President’s Medal in 2004. He also received the Benjamin Garver Lamme Award for his contributions to engineering education, the highest award bestowed by the ASEE. Linda C. Schmidt is a Professor at the University of Maryland in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include computational design, design optimization, and developing formal methods for design. Her educational interests include the development of student project team training materials to build more effective engineering student project teams. Dr. Schmidt is the founder and director of the Designer Assistance Tool Laboratory (DATLab). She is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the America Society of Engineering Education.