We owe a lot to Thomas

Edison - if it wasn't for him,

we'd be watching television
by candlelight. ~-Milton Berle
(American comedian, 1908-2002)

From the book : EngineeringAn Endless Frontier by Sunny Y.

Auyang

ring progress

Standard of living (in the develope

neering is EVERYWHERE you look

probably have used the fruits of labour of several diffe

neering disciplines this morning already
out giving it any thought

Group Exercise 1
Picture an everyday
situation, any.
Think how it is impacted on
or even dependent on
engineers/engineering.

Group work 1
What engineers did to impact on a perfectly ordinary
every-day activity

H takes attendance in class using a student list printed on

PAPER

Pulping (Kraft process)

chemical more common longer fibres and thus better(stronger) paper

NaOH & Na2S

Na2SO4+2C = Na2S+2CO2

Bleaching : H2O2 ?

Need :

H2 (usually from Nat Gas

O2 from air separation
Cryogenic?

Give up

nd I havent even got paper yet

ransported the paper
building a truck, more fuel)
rinted on it
making a laser printer, making the fine C that is the print)
sed a pen to fill in the heading
nk, plastic casing and cartridge, metal ball and spring..)

disposed of and maybe recycled the paper

andfill/incinerator
or more solvents, waste water and energy)

s considered:

etic fibers - clothing

ial dyes colour for clothing and other goods

g mass education possible computers, internet, mobile devices, electronic sto

databases, wifi etc
mass produced paper (again) + printing (ink / printing press)

ng water on tap

icity

transport / travel for fun

eral theme
elivering cheap to many people what used to be a luxu
the privileged few in history
..and nobody even mentioned chocolate or coffee

Watch this:
Introduction to Engineering, by Dr Tyler Ley, a
structural engineer
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUuWXqRJmns

Group Exercise 2
Q: If a chemical engineer had given this
lecture, would it have been different?
How? (and why?)

neral vibes:

ineers are PASSIONATE about what they specialise in. If they get to talk about
ineering they will often talk about their niche a lot more than other branches.

What engineering is depends what sort of engineer you talk to.

A chemical engineering would most likely not have picked Fritos

As a prime example of what we do, though there are chem enger
Working in food processing, of course

Nor would a mech enger have been likely to pick wind turbines (un
his field of expertise)

tant : Professional engineers will only talk about in public what they know well.
sionalism means you are being respected as a expert. People listen to you. do n
that trust by giving opinions where not qualified.
damages the reputation of our profession.

Group Exercise 3
Smiles-R-us

o discuss who is your team rep

hen youre done brainstorming, look through your li

d try to order it by importance

the end I will pick random groups and ask them

add 1 important point to this ppt

We need to consider..
Safety
Equipment safety (risk assessment)
Public health

Location
Site selection

Environment
Pollution
Waste disposal / management
Energy source
Transport
Raw material availability

Cost
of equipment
of raw materials /
feedstocks
of energy
of transport
profit!
(plant) maintenance cost
Production (operational)
cost
Financing loans/payback

Product properties
Lifespan
Demand / marketable?
Purity
Side-effects? Long term

Process Properties
Easy to control
Product yield
Energy demand
Separation processes
Design of equipment
Scaling of equipment
Efficiency of equipment
Atom economy
Green process?

Human Factors /
Workforce / Community
Workers welfare
Health
Operating hours
Legal matters