Types of Engineers
An engineer who designs things that use electricity to work.
Electrical Engineers
What type of engineer designs the roads we drive to school on?
Civil engineers.
What is the first step in the engineering design cycle?
Define the problem
An engineer that designs big buildings and other things that don't move.
Civil engineers.
What type of engineer designs the machines we use in our homes such as toasters and refrigerators?
Mechanical engineer
What is the third step in the design cycle?
Make a model.
Mechanical Engineer
What type of engineer designs the computers we use?
Electrical engineers.
What should you do after you make a model (in other words what is step 4 in the design cycle?)
Test the model
Chemical engineer
What type of engineer helped design the building we are in?
What is the last step of the engineering design cycle?
Reflect and redesign
An engineer that designs things to help us safely use water, energy, and minerals in our environment and can help us protect those resources too.
Geological engineer.
What type of engineer designs the toothpaste we use to clean our teeth?
Chemical engineer.
What should you do before you make a model in the engineering design cycle (in other words, what is step 2 in the engineering design cycle)?
Plan solutions.