Goals of Engineering (From the Student Handbook for Pre-college Science & Engineering Projects, 2005-2006 Edition):

An engineering project should state the engineering goals, the development process, and the evaluation of improvements. Engineering projects may include the following steps:

1. Define a need.
2. Develop design criteria.
3. Search literature to see what has already been done.
4. Prepare preliminary designs.
5. Build and test a prototype.
6. Retest and redesign as necessary.