Make and test projects are used as introductory design experiences in almost every engineering educational institution world wide.

However, the educational benefits and costs associated with these projects have been seldom examined.Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design provides a serious examination of the design of make and test projects and their associated educational values. A taxonomy is provided for the design of make and test projects as well as a catalogue of technical information about unconventional engineering materials and energy sources. Case studies are included based on the author's experience of supervising make and test projects for over twenty-five years.

The book is aimed at the engineering educator and all those planning and conducting make and test projects. Up until now, this topic has been dealt with informally.Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design is the first book that formalises this important aspect of early learning in engineering design. It will be an invaluable teaching tool and resource for educators in engineering design.

ANDREW EMERY SAMUEL
Professori l Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
September 14, 1934 (Ujpest) - December 3, 2007 (Melbourne)

Profess r Andrew Samuel, a pioneer of engineering design research, prolific author and respected educator, passed away on December 3 2007.

Andrew was born in turbulent times in Hungary on September 14, 1934 to a middle class family. In 1944, as a ten year old, he demonstrated his courage and strong will by not wearing the yellow star decreed to identify all Jewish citizens. For twelve months, he lived among strangers and survived that which took the lives of so many. His mother and older brother both perished in Auschwitz.

He came to Australia with his father to start a new life in 1949. Very quickly, Andrew exhibited his high intelligence, quickly gaining a lifelong mastery of the English language in addition to his earlier fluency in German and his native Hungarian. His obvious practical skills led to a trade apprenticeship with the General Motors (Holden)automotive company in Melbourne and Andrew became an expert toolmaker. However, his keen intellect and questing mind were not satisfied: he studied at night school and won a scholarship to the University of Melbourne where he graduated Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with honours in 1959.

In the 1960's, his career combined graduate research with practical experience in industry. During the five years from 1963 to 1967, Andrew held responsible design/project engineer positions at Altona Petrochemicals, Massey Ferguson and Australian Paper Manufacturers. He gained his Master's degree in 1963 in the field of Fluid Mechanics and his Ph.D. followed in 1973, studying 'The Development of Turbulent Boundary Layers in Adverse Pressure Gradients.' This latter thesis provided benchmark data for many later theoretical and experimental investigations. Andrew's thesis had been passed by the examiners twelve months earlier, but he delayed