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Welcome to E10 A Freshman Engineering Experience

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The Freshman Challenge

A college freshman attending a recent football game, tried to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him, why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world, an almost primitive one " the student said, "The young people of today grew up with HDTV, cell phones space travel, spaceships visiting Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing...and, pausing to take another drink of soda. The Senior citizen took advantage of the break in the student's explanation and said, "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young, so we invented them, designed them, tested

them, mass-produced them

Now, the question is

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The Freshman Challenge (cont.)

what are you going to do for the next generation?"

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Today's Discussion
What is Engineering? What do Engineers do

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. How did you selected engineering as your major?

1. Because of the engineering classes at my high school 2. I did well in math or science. 3. I heard that the salaries are higher that for other majors 4. My mother told me be an engineer or die. 5. My father and brother are engineers. 6. Ive always been curious as to how things work. 7. I like to fix things
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Guess what?

Most engineers discover engineering in colleges and universities, since virtually no high school offers classes in engineering.

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$$$
Earnings for engineers vary significantly by specialty, industry, and education. As a group, engineers earn some of the highest average starting salaries among those holding bachelors degrees.
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Starting Salary-2005 Survey-NAC&E*

Curriculum Bachelor's Aerospace, $50,993 Bioengineering/medical 48,503 Chemical 53,813 Civil 43,679 Computer 52,464 Electrical-onics-commun. 51,888 Industrial/mfg. 49,567 Materials 50,982 Mechanical 50,236 Petroleum 61,516 *National Association of Colleges and Employers
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Master's $62,930 59,667 57,260 48,050 60,354 64,416 56,561 59,880 58,000

Ph.D. $72,529 79,591 59,625 69,625 80,206 85,000 68,299

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How do I learn more about engineering?

1. E10 class a. Hands on projects b. Team work environment. c. Professors from various engr. disciplines 2. Your classmates* 3. Student chapters of a professional society. 4. Your professors 5. Other practicing engineers. 6. Visiting engineering companies. 7. Apply for student internships during summer

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The Magic We Call Engineering

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Idea
ENGINEERING PROCESS

Product/ service

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An overview of the Engineering Process

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Requirements

Modeling Evaluation

Specs

Tooling

Concept
ID Problem

Design

Develop

Manufacture

Science, Mathematics,Computers Team work, idea Product

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Science/Math vs. Engineering

Science: Study the laws of nature Generates new knowledge. Engineering: Converts science into technology and technology into useful products. It requires creativity, judgment, imagination, experience, common sense. What About Math.: One of the best engineering tools
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Problem Solving vs. Problem Solving

When a student solves a problem, he/she will first read the chapter and then attempt the solution. (right???) The engineer however rarely has sufficient prior information for the problem(s) he/she has to solve.

A major step of problem solving is in gathering appropriate information.

[ Life Long Learning ]
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Engineers Solve Problems

Some examples of engineering problems:
Cars: 1. 2. 3. 4. Safety-crash test Pollution Gas consumption Metal and tire recycling.

Computers: 1. Battery life and safety (laptops) 2. Recycling of special components 3. Size, weight, cost, capacity, speed. Non invasive medical diagnostic equipment. Traffic congestion. Can you think of other engineering problems
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The Engineers Balancing Act

Example: The design of a laptop must meet the following: Light weight --- Large screen Small in size --- Comfortable key board. Reduced price --- Many functions (DVD, Phone, etc.) The engineer must find an optimum design to satisfy the given constraints.
[ Constraints and optimization ]
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The Magic We Call Engineering

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Idea
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Product/ service

Do we recall this?

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The Engineering Design Process

It is important to understand that engineering design is a process. That is a series of inter-depended operations each one with a set of input and output requirements.

Basic process step:

Input
Value Add
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Output

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The Basic Elements of a Process

Manpower Material Machinery Methods Money (people with skills, team work) (raw material, components) (tools, etc.) (procedures for test, assembly etc.) (investment to start with)

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The Story of Engineering Knowledge

Once upon a time.there was a gifted engineer who had retired after 35 years. Several years later, his company contacted him regarding an impossible problem they were having with their multi-million dollar system. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge and after he spend several hours studying the system hardware, he marked a small x with a marker, on a particular component and told management to replace it. The company received a bill for $50,000. Management immediately asked for an itemized accounting for the charges.

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The Engineers Itemized Accounting

One black marker ...... $1.00

Knowing where to place it.$49,999

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What science tell us about magnets? Magnetic poles

Magnetic field

Direction
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Science
A current carrying coil generates a magnetic field

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Science: And the reverse is true

When a coils is brought into a magnetic field, current will be detected through the coil

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What do these products have in common?

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Creativity, Imagination & the Start of a Multibillion $$$ industry

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Read/Write head on the surface of a magnetic disk

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From Science to Engineering via Imagination

File Save Write operation ( The current in the coil of the write head element magnetizes portions of the disk surface) File Open Read Operation (the coil of the read head element passes over the magnetized surface and reads the signal)
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So What Engineers Do?

Engineers apply the theories and principles of science and mathematics to research and develop economical solutions to technical problems.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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The Engineering Design Process.

2. Sketch

1. Identify the need

Define the Problem

3. Search 4. Constraints
5 Criteria 6. Alternative solutions 7. Analysis 8. Decisions 9. Specifications 10. Communication
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Model

Build

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There will be a more detailed discussion on engineering design later on in the semester.

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What Did We Discuss Today?

Engineering transforms ideas into useful products. Your classmates are a good source of information. Salaries for engr. majors are higher that other majors. Science study the law of nature. Engineering converts science into technology / products through creativity, imagination, judgment, experience. Engineering transforms ideas into useful products. Engineers design products within a set of constraints Engineering is a process that includes people, materials, machinery, methods, money. Engineers are committed to Life Long Learning.
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