Exploring Engineering - An Introduction to Engineering and Design Philip pot

[...]... electrical engineering, electrochemical engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering What is common to the branches of engineering is their use of fundamental ideas involving variables, numbers, and units, and the creative use of energy, materials, motion, and information Engineering is hands-on and minds-on The hands-on activity for this book is the Design Studio, in which good design. .. corresponding to the object in each of the blanks.4 4 Answer: 1-distributor, 2-transmission, 3-spare tire, 4-muffler, 5-gas tank, 6-starter motor, 7-exhaust manifold, 8-oil filter, 9-radiator, 10-alternator, 11-battery 1.4 What This Book Covers 7 11 Radiator: _ 1 10 Battery: _ Spare Tire: _ Exhaust Manifold: _ 2 Gas Tank: _ 9 3 Starter Motor: _ Muffler: _ 4 Alternator: _ Distributor: _... engineers design and analyze systems that apply electrical energy Manufacturing engineers design manufacturing processes to make products better, faster, and cheaper Materials engineers design and apply materials to enhance the performance of engineered systems Mechanical engineers work in one of the most diverse of the engineering disciplines, and design and analyze many kinds of predominantly mechanical... students to work toward self-proficiency Part 1 covers introductory material explicitly from the following engineering subdisciplines: bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer and electronic engineering, control systems engineering, electrical engineering, electrochemical engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering and mechanical engineering and an introduction to. .. categories, and questions to reach a decision But engineers think differently They design and analyze, and consequently they must have a different set of words, categories, and questions In order to design and analyze, engineers ask precise questions that can be answered with variables, numbers, and units They do it to accomplish a safe and reliable product From this point of view, an automobile is an engineer’s... health and safety, geological, marine, mechanical, metallurgical and materials, mining, nuclear, ocean, petroleum, sanitary, systems, textile, and transportation Engineers work in industry and government, in laboratories and manufacturing plants, in universities, on construction sites, and as entrepreneurs They work in an office most of the time, and occasionally travel around the world to manufacturing... detailed design 13 The culmination of the hands-on Design Studio is a head -to- head team competition, and it is recommended that all first-year engineering courses based on this text should strive to include it 14 The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) sets curriculum criteria3 that require students to have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.” In order to avoid... competing factors They break down general issues into concrete questions They then answer those questions with design variables, units, and numbers Engineering is not a spectator sport It is a hands-on and minds-on activity In this book, you will be asked to participate in a Design Studio.” This is the part of the book that is hands-on and, it’s fun! But you will still learn the principles of good design. .. twenty-first century engineering fields such as bioengineering, nanotechnology, and mechatronics This text is divided into two parts: Part 1: Minds-on and Part 2: Hands-on Most chapters in Part 1 are organized around just one or two principles and have several worked examples and include exercises with an increasing level of complexity at the end of the chapter Answers are given to selected exercises to. .. they are derived in every introductory college textbook and their use does not increase basic understanding of kinematics per se 10 The design methodology in the Design Studio is presented in a stepwise manner to help lead student and instructor through a hands-on design project 11 Pacing of hands-on projects is accomplished through design milestones These are general time-tested project assignments that . the Design Studio is presented in a stepwise manner to help lead student and instructor through a hands-on design project. 11. Pacing of hands-on projects is accomplished through design milestones “Copyright and Permission,” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Exploring engineering : an introduction to engineering and design / Philip Kosky [et al.]. p projects and follow the evolution of one team’s design from clarification of the task to detailed design. 13. The culmination of the hands-on Design Studio is a head- to- head team competition, and