Winner in its first edition of the Best New Undergraduate Textbook by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the American Association of Publishers (AAP), Kosky, et al is the first text offering an introduction to the major engineering fields, and the engineering design process, with an interdisciplinary case study approach. It introduces the fundamental physical, chemical and material bases for all engineering work and presents the engineering design process using examples and hands-on projects. * Introduces the fundamental physical, chemical and material bases for all engineering work using extended case study analysis . * New examples throughout the book in Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Mechanical/Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Bioengineering. * New coverage of customer-centered design in Part II * New homework and suggested projects increase the hands-on emphasis of the book. * New and updated emphasis on ethical decision making in engineering * A new companion web site offers complete solutions manual, lecture slides and other support material to help implement the text successfully in the course.