Design for Engineering

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Design for Engineering
Technology Education 660 Unit 1 14 April, 2006

• Ten Major Branches of Engineering

2006 Greg Heitkamp This material is based upon
work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Grant No. 0402616.)
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Aeronautics and Astronautics

• Flight captures human imagination.  Aeronautics
  and astronautics are among the most popular of
  engineering branches with a large literature
  base, to which NASA has contributed a great
  deal. 
• http//www.creatingtechnology.org/aero.htm

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Biological Engineering

• Biotechnology and bioengineering have two
  dimensions.  First, they use living organisms to
  make desired products, as in using microbes to
  produce drugs. Second, they use whatever means
  for promoting life, as in making equipment for
  novel methods of medical diagnosis and drug
  delivery.  They involve the cooperation of many
  disciplines. As advances in molecular biology
  and nanotechnology make more biological phenomena
  susceptible to reliable control,  bioengineering
  and biotechnology are poised to soar in the
  twenty-first century.http//www.creatingtechnolo
  gy.org/biotech.htm

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Chemical Engineering

• Chemical engineers integrate chemistry and
  physics to create an engineering science that
  contributes much to the rapid rise and economic
  competitiveness of many industries.  A good view
  of the chemical engineering profession is
  available at www.pafko.com/history
• http//www.creatingtechnology.org/ChE.htm

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Civil Engineering

• When engineering first emerged as a modern
  profession, "civil" broadly meant civilian, as
  distinct from military.  As engineers with
  various expertise separately developed their
  systematic knowledge and professional
  organizations, the scope of "civil engineering"
  narrowed to construction, which was the first to
  develop scientific principles. 
• http//www.creatingtechnology.org/ce.htm

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Computer Science and Engineering

• Design, develop and manage systems that process,
  store and convey information. These systems
  include personal computers, workstations,
  mainframe computers, computer networks and all of
  their various components. Computer engineers also
  design and develop embedded digital systems for
  use within products such as aircraft,
  automobiles, communication switching systems,
  biomedical instruments, industrial robots and
  household appliances.
• http//www.pr.afrl.af.mil/jobs/scholar_d
  escriptions.htm

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Electronic and Electrical Engineering

• Design, develop, and operate systems that
  generate and use electrical waveforms. This
  includes power generation and distribution
  systems for aircraft and spacecraft, data
  processing and control, and instrumentation
  systems.
• http//www.pr.afrl.af.mil/jobs/scholar_description
  s.htm

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Environmental Engineering

• About 52,000 environmental engineers work in the
  United States. To improve the qualities of air,
  water, and land, they not only mobilize all the
  technologies at hand but actively develop
  environment friendly industrial processes.
  http//www.creatingtechnology.org/environ.htm

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Mechanical Engineering

• The professional discipline of mechanical
  engineering is concerned with the design,
  development and manufacture of machines and
  mechanical engineering systems. These include
  engines and turbines of various kinds, land
  transport vehicles, ships, aircraft, pumps and
  fans, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems,
  building services, industrial plants, and
  manufacturing processes.
• http//www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/courses/undergr
  ad/careers/mechanical/whatdoes.html

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Nuclear Engineering

• Of all branches of engineering, nuclear is most
  mired in politics. It had a hard time during the
  past decades. Yet, the 2001 US National Energy
  Policy recommended the expansion of nuclear
  energy in the United States as a major component
  of our national energy policy.
  (www.whitehouse.gov/energy/)
• http//www.creatingtechnology.org/nuke.htm

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Systems Engineering

• Systems engineering is geared toward the rapid
  design and development of large and complex
  systems such as the intercontinental ballistic
  missiles system. It uses results of engineering
  ssciences and system theories, shares techniques
  with operations research and is kin to software
  engineering, which also tackles with designing
  complex systems. Also called concurrent
  engineering, systems engineering employs the
  systems approach within a broad horizon that
  covers analyses of goals and requirements,
  considerations of the system from cradle to
  grave, and the organization of multidisciplinary
  teams in developing the system.
• http//www.creatingtechnology.org/syseng.htm

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Standards Addressed

• Standards Covered
• Standard 3 The relationships among technologies
  and the connections between technology and other
  fields.
• G. Technological transfer occurs when a new user
  applies an existing innovation developed for one
  purpose in a different function.
• H. Technological innovation often results when
  ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a
  technology, among technologies, or across other
  fields
• J. Technological progress promotes the
  advancement of science and mathematics