ABSTRACT

Inventive Engineering is an emerging engineering science focused on the conceptual designing processes whereby creative, or inventive, designs are developed. Its core concepts are too often unknown and even surprising, but they are also feasible and can be learned, leading to potentially patentable designs. Inventive engineers have a tremendou

chapter 2|42 pages

Lessons from the past

chapter 3|22 pages

Lessons from modern science

chapter 4|22 pages

Basic concepts

chapter 5|40 pages

Science of inventive engineering

chapter 6|48 pages

Morphological analysis

chapter 7|46 pages

Brainstorming

chapter 8|52 pages

Synectics

chapter 9|54 pages

TRIZ

chapter 10|42 pages

Bioinspiration