Evaluating Materials
When evaluating materials it isn't enough to determine if the chosen material is best for the specific product. You also have to looking into other factors like: cost, manufacturability, sustainability, impact on the environment, safety of the material, mechanical and other physical properties, durability, corrosion or chemical properties.
Imagine the Future
You recently disassembled a product and charted all of its pieces. Now you will redesign one of the components while taking into account all of the outcomes of the material chosen.