February 22-28, 2004

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Y2K4 NEW

• February 22-28, 2004

Agua Fria Millennium High School
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Y2K4 NEW PADs
Introductions
Discipline Overview
Presentations, Demonstrations, Activities
Benefits Compensation
Engineering Curriculum Skills
Frequently Asked Questions
Achievements Disasters
Professional Societies
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Engineering is the art of applying scientific and
mathematical principles, experience, judgment,
and common sense to make things that benefit
people.
http//www.asee.org/precollege/engineering.cfmwha
tiseng
http//www.discoverengineering.org/aboutengineers.
asp
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Engineering Disciplines
Ref http//www.asee.org/
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Engineering Introductions
Introductions
Discipline
Education
Experience
Career Path
Goals
http//www.asee.org/precollege/
http//www.asee.org/precollege/
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Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering is concerned with design,
  manufacture and operation of a wide range of
  components, devices, or systems including
• machine parts and components, microscopic to
  gigantic
• energy generation and process systems
• more efficient heating, ventilation,
  refrigeration
• laser technology
• biomedical applications
• automotive industry
• computer-aided design, automation, robotics
• predictive maintenance and reliability
  technologies

http//www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/mech_
engineering.asp
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Civil Engineering

• Civil Engineering is the art and science of
  designing, constructing, and operating a wide
  range of infrastructure facilities and components
  for society involving specialties of
• Structural
• Waste Treatment
• Transportation
• Geotechnical
• Water management
• Construction Management

http//www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/civil
_engineering.asp
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Electrical Computer Engineering

• Electrical Engineering is the application of the
  laws of physics governing electricity, magnetism,
  and light to develop products and services.

Computer Engineering is the design, construction,
implementation, and maintenance of computers and
computer controlled equipment.
http//www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/elect
rical_engineering.asp
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Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering is the application of
chemistry and the discipline of engineering to
develop and produce new products.
It can involve discovery and manufacturing of
better plastics, paints, fuels, fibers,
medicines, fertilizers, semiconductors, paper,
and all kinds of chemicals, by carrying out
chemical reactions and purifications.

• It also involves protecting the the environment.

http//www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/chemi
cal_engineering.asp
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Engineering Sloan Career Videos
Careers for Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Civil
Engineers, Electrical Engineers/Computer
Scientists, Geoscientists, Materials Science and
Engineering Professionals, Mathematics,
Mechanical Engineers, Physicists.
A unique collaborative effort of eleven
engineering, mathematics and physical science
professional societies sponsored by the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation.
http//www.careercornerstone.org/
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Presentations, Activities Demonstrations
Fighter Jet http//www.discoverengineering.org/coo
l_things/jet/splash.asp
Car Show http//www.discoverengineering.org/cool_t
hings/car/splash.asp
Soft Drinks http//www.discoverengineering.org/coo
l_things/bottle/splash.asp
Roller Coaster http//www.discoverengineering.org/
cool_things/rollercoaster/splash.asp
Compact Disc http//www.discoverengineering.org/co
ol_things/cd/splash.asp
Simplified Nuclear Plant http//www.ida.liu.se/he
r/npp/demo.htmlinstructions
http//www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaste
r/ http//www.ida.liu.se/her/npp/demo.htmlinstru
ctions
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The Top Ten Benefitsof Engineering
http//www.asee.org/precollege/benefits.cfm
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Engineering Discipline Salary Data
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Engineering Job Function Salary Data
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Engineering Curriculum
ASU Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering http//www
.fulton.asu.edu/fulton/
NAU College of Engineering and Technology httpwww
.cet.nau.edu
U of A College of Engineering http//www.engr.ariz
ona.edu/
Maricopa Community Colleges http//www.maricopa,ed
u/
Other Accredited Engineering Colleges
Universities http//www.abet.org/
Additional Resources
Mathematics, Science, Computer Sci, Language Arts
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Engineering Technology
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Engineering Technology21st Century Skills-Part
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Ref Hudson Institute ASME Industry
Survey Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century
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Engineering Technology21st Century Skills-Part
2
Ref Hudson Institute ASME Industry
Survey Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century
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Questions Answers
The Engineering Frequently Asked
Questions http//www.asee.org/precollege/questions
.cfm
Assess Yourself! http//www.asee.org/precollege/a
ssess.cfm
Discover Engineering Online http//www.discovereng
ineering.org/eweek/default.asp
Engineering Resources http//www.asee.org/precolle
ge/resources.cfm
21st Century Problem Solving http//www2.hawaii.ed
u/suremath/home1.html
Engineering/Engineering Technology http//www.asee
.org/precollege/engineering.cfm
Famous Engineers http//www.asee.org/precollege/fa
mous.cfm
http//www.asee.org/precollege
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20th Century Engineering Achievements-Part 1
http//www.greatachievements.org/
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20th Century Engineering Achievements-Part 2
http//www.greatachievements.org/
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Infamous Engineering Disasters
Sinking of the Titantic http//www.smccd.net/accou
nts/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/condition3a.html
Tacoma Narrows Bridge http//www.me.utexas.edu/me
179/topics/lessons/case1.html
Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse http//www.eng.uab.
edu/cee/reu_nsf99/hyatt.htm
Chernobyl Nuclear Plant http//www.chernobyl.co.uk
/
Challenger Shuttle Disaster http//ethics.tamu.edu
/ethics/shuttle/shuttle1.htm
World Trade Center Collapse http//www.civil.usyd.
edu.au/latest/wtc.php
Columbia Shuttle Disaster http//usgovinfo.about.c
om/library/weekly/aashuttleinvestigation.htm
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Engineering Societies 1
American Consulting Engineers Council http//www.a
cec.org/
American Ceramic Society http//www.acers.org/
American Institute of Chemical Engineers http//ww
w.asee.org/precollege/assests/images/precolbk.pdf
AI of Mining, Metallurgical, Petroleum
Engineers http//www.aimeny.org/
American Society of Civil Engineers http//www.asc
e.org/
AS of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning
Engrs http//www.ashrae.org/
American Society of Mechanical Engineers http//ww
w.asme.org/
Construction Specifications Institute http//www.c
sinet.org/
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Engineering Societies 2
Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers
http//www.ieee.org/
Institute of Industrial Engineers
http//www.iienet.org/
National Society of Black Engineers http//www.nsb
e.org/
National Society of Professional
Engineers http//www.nspe.org/
Society of Automotive Engineers http//www.sae.org
/
Society of Manufacturing Engineers http//www.sme.
org/
Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers http//www.shpe.org/
Society of Woman Engineers http//www.swe.org/
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Y2K4 Websites-1

• National Engineer Week Link
• http//www.eweek.org/
• ASME National Engineering Week Links
• http//www.asme.org/eng_week/
• ASHRAE Student Links
• http//www.ashrae.org/template/StudentLinkLanding/
  category/1536
• Discover Engineering Website
• http//www.discoverengineering.org/

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Y2K4 Websites-2

• ASEE Engineering Your Future Website
• http//www.asee.org/precollege/
• Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
• http//www.careercornerstone.org/
• The Simplified Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration
• http//www.ida.liu.se/her/npp/demo.htmlinstructi
  ons
• National Engineers Week High School Presentation
• http//www.angelfire.com/az2/salopezPE/NEWY2K.ppt