Introduction to…

Introduction to

Engineering

Twenty Reasons to Become an Engineer

1. Engineering allows you to put your creativity to the test every day

2. It offers you intellectual and technical challenge

3. It helps people by improving the quality of everyday life

4. Engineering offers a host of well paid careers

From: http://www.ca.courses-careers.com/engineer.htm

5. There is ample opportunity for rapid advancement to the top jobs for those with the ability, ambition and drive to succeed

6. Engineers make a tremendous contribution to society through enhancement and protection of the environment

7. They solve global problems through the ideas they develop and the wealth they generate

8. There is tremendous opportunity to collaborate with many other professionals, including doctors, lawyers, accountants, geologists, scientists, meteorologists, relief agencies and government officers

9. Because engineering is an international activity, professional engineers often have the opportunity to travel abroad

10. Chartered and Incorporated Engineers in middle management can progress into top management with correspondingly high salaries

11. The professional engineers' combined skills of numeracy, creativity, scientific knowledge and team-working make them 'hot' assets to industrial and business employers

12. Unemployment for professional engineers is virtually zero

13. Engineering-led companies generate more than 40 per cent of the UK's national wealth

14. Engineers are the leaders in technical innovation. It is making an increasing impact on advances in such fields as medicine and robotics

15. For top executives in 1998, 24% (around 10,000 top executives) were estimated to hold a degree or professional qualification in science, engineering or technology

16. Of the one hundred FTSE 100 top executives, 17 proved to hold engineering qualifications as opposed to 15 with accounting qualifications

17. Engineering professionals enjoy a high level of responsibility and autonomy within their chosen area of work

18. As regards salaries, eleven years after graduation, both Engineering and Mathematical (Computer) Science graduates appear in the top ten disciplines, earning more than Clinical Medicine graduates

19. The imagination, skills and experience of engineers have had more influence on shaping the world than any other profession

20. The global engineering community develops engineering education, skills and practice in developing countries in order to help combat world poverty

Engineering Majors

• Aerospace • Architectural • Bioengineering• Chemical• Civil• Computer• Computer Science

• Electrical• Environmental• Industrial • Manufacturing• Materials• Mechanical • Nuclear

From: http://www.tryengineering.org

Engineering Technology Majors

• Architectural• Bioengineering • Chemical• Civil• Computer

• Electrical• Environmental • Industrial• Manufacturing • Mechanical

Disciplines this course will cover

• Civil• Mechanical• Electrical• Manufacturing (Aiming for this but…)

Civil Engineering• A discipline that deals with the design,

construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings.

• Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after military engineering and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.

Mechanical Engineering

• An engineering discipline that was developed from the application of principles from physics and materials science.

• Mechanical engineering involves the analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of various systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines.

• The field requires a solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials science, and energy.

• Mechanical engineers use the core principles as well as other knowledge in the field to design and analyze manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, robotics, medical devices and more.

Electrical Engineering

• Electrical engineering deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.

• The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical power supply.

• It now covers a range of subtopics including power, electronics, control systems, signal processing and telecommunications.

• Electrical engineering is considered to deal with the problems associated with large-scale electrical systems such as power transmission and motor control

• Electronic engineering deals with the study of small-scale electronic systems including computers and integrated circuits.

Electrical vs. Electronic Engineering

Electrical

Electrical

Electronics

My Plans…

1. Course Introduction – What is engineering?

2. S.T.E.M. – Define & Determine Purpose

3. Civil Engineering

4. Mechanical Engineering

5. Electrical Engineering

6. Capstone Project

Course Work

• Civil Engineering–Design, plan, construct, and test a

cantilever boom• Mechanical Engineering

–Tractor pull – construct a tractor using;• Electric motors• Gearbox• Sprockets & chain drives

Course Work

Electric• Electrical

–Electric power problems the world faces• Electronic

–Muscle Wires

Electronics

WHY???Why did I have you do a worksheet

instead of giving a traditional PowerPoint?

Here is why - Based on our government