1. Concepts of Engineering and Technology
Introduction to Engineering
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2. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Warm-Up Activity
Directions: Please respond to the questions below in your notes.
In your own words, “What is Engineering?”
In your own words, “What is Science?”
In your own words, “What is Technology?”
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3. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Objectives
WW know what engineering is.
WW know the difference between an engineer and scientist.
WW will be able to define technology and give examples of technology advancement.
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4. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Questions to ponder:
What is the difference between science and technology?
What are the greatest engineering accomplishments of the 20th century?
How do newer engineering accomplishments compare to those throughout history?
How does technology impact the world?
What is the difference between innovation and invention?
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5. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Engineering is…
“The profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to use, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.”
Engineers build things to make people’s lives better
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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6. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
A person who designs products, structures, or systems to improve peoples lives
Mathematics is the language of science, engineering, and technology.
Engineers use math to describe objects in great detail, and mathematical models can test designs without actually building them.
Engineers use scientific principles to guide their design.
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7. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Engineers work in teams, and planning and design is a large part of their work.
Engineering is a form of problem solving.
Engineers work in teams because different people have different skills and can look at problems in different ways.
An engineer must look at problem criteria and solution constraints.
Engineering involves design and construction.
Engineering is iterative.
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8. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
What Engineers Do
Design products, machines, or processes to perform a purpose safely and economically
Analyze existing products for safety or improvement
Repair products or systems
Solve important problems for society without causing harm
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9. Characteristics of Engineers…
Thorough – understand the background Math and Science for what they are designing
Creative
Enjoy solving problems
Understand the importance of cost of design and manufacture
Highly ethical and concerned about safety of designs
Work well in teams
Excellent communicator
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Involves knowledge about the natural world
Often involves knowledge for its own sake
Discovers and explains what is
Engineering involves creating what has never been
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11. Reflection (Full Sentence on Each for a Daily Grade)
What is engineering?
What do engineers do?
What is the difference between a scientist and an engineer?
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12. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
How we modify the world to address their wants and needs
Involves an artifact, or a system
Includes phones and televisions, and also things like spoons and running shoes
It even includes the kernel of grains in our cereal
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13. Technology in Our Everyday World
Items that exist in our “designed world”:
Home
Personal Use
Play
Entertainment
Exercise
Transportation
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14. Massive Engineering Projects
Aerospace Clips
Clips on a mechanical large project
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15. Who were the first engineers?
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16. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Some History
3500 BC
3000 BC
50 AD
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17. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Some History
1440
England
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18. Industrial Revolution
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19. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Videos on Industrial Revolution
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20. Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
What are the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century?
1. Electrification
2. Automobile
3. Airplane
4. Water Supply and Distribution
5. Electronics
6. Radio and Television
7. Agricultural Mechanization
8. Computers
9. Telephone
10. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
11. Highways
12. Spacecraft
13. Internet
14. Imaging
15. Household Appliances
16. Health Technologies
17. Petroleum and Petrochemical Technologies
18. Laser and Fiber Optics
19. Nuclear Technologies
20. High-performance Materials
How have these achievements affected our everyday lives?
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21. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Discussion
What technologies have made our lives
Safer
Easier
More Enjoyable
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22. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Electrification
Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation
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Automobile
Courtesy of American Honda Motor Co., Inc
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Airplane
Courtesy of Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives
Courtesy of Ken Reid/Getty Images
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Radio and Television
The Eiffel Tower was used
as a radio tower at one time.
Courtesy of Travelpix Ltd./Getty Images
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26. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Computers
Courtesy of Intel
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27. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Telephone
Courtesy of Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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28. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
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29. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Highways
Courtesy of The Portland Cement Association
Courtesy of Sylvia Otte/Getty Images
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Spacecraft
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31. Imaging What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Courtesy of Dana Neely, Getty Images
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32. What is Engineering?, What is Science?, What is Technology?
Household Appliances
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33. Reflection (Full Sentence on Each in Notebook for a Daily Grade)
What is engineering?
What do engineers do?
What is the difference between a scientist and an engineer?
What are some areas of technology?
Give an example of a technological sequence over time
(eg. Wheel, chariot wheel, rubber wheels, hollow wheels, tires, radial tires, performance passenger tires)
What are some of the Engineering achievements that are most important to you and why?
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