Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work

One's first reaction to this book might well be that it's a bit heavy on the cute illustrations and a bit light on content, but on a closer look that's not at all the case.The drawings have a busy, "Where's Waldo?", look, but there's a lot going on in them and they are worth careful examination. Once you get the way the individual chapters are organized, everything else falls into place.Each chapter emphasizes a different branch of engineering. We start with a stated problem that requires an engineering solution. We define and investigate the problem, develop some possible solutions, design/build an answer/prototype, and then test, modify and optimize. Different example challenges emphasize different aspects of this process, so the chapters are not repetitive. And the problems that are addressed really span a wide range of engineering endeavors.The organizing focus on different engineering fields is an important touch. "Engineering" encompasses a lot of different specialties and introducing young readers to all of the different fields is valuable, and might be a real eye opener for that young reader. So, we get aerospace, biomedical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, geomatic, computer, and environmental engineering. Not bad at all.Whether you're looking for a STEM book or you just have a little budding LEGO maniac in the house this book could be a great interest and imagination grabber. A nice find. (Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)