Engineering Careers
Someone who solves problems by writing programs on a computer
Software engineer
The steps that engineers follow
Engineering design process
What is the upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object?
Buoyancy/buoyant force
List 3 types of machines.
Pumps, compressors, internal combustion engines, wind turbines, piping systems and pressure vessels, reactors, heat exchangers, consumer goods and products (coffee grinder, toothbrush), material handling equipment (conveyers, robots), vehicles (cars, trucks, aircrafts, ships), power generation equipment (wind power, nuclear, geothermal)
What type of engineers are called "process engineers?
Chemical engineers
What is an engineer?
a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works to solve a problem
What do you have to do before you can solve a problem?
Define the problem
List 4 types of marine vessels.
Boats, ships, submarines, kayaks, surfboard, canoe, paddle board, jet ski, etc.
Name three of the top 10 mechanical engineering designs.
Automobile, Apollo, power generation, agriculture mechanization, airplane, integrated circuit mass production, air-conditioning and refrigeration, computer-aided engineering technology, bioengineering (imaging, prosthetics, minimally invasive surgery, tissue engineering), codes and standards
What field most directly deals with human health?
Biomedical engineering
Someone who designs and constructs planes and spacecraft is what kind of engineer?
Aerospace engineer
Once you've figured out what problem you want to tackle, you need to what?
Research the problem and possible solutions
List three properties materials for a boat need to possess.
Anti-corrosion, chemical resistance, airtight, light-weight, recyclable (ideally)
List two of the four types of motion.
Linear, reciprocating motion, rotary motion, oscillating motion
List three of the top chemical engineering accomplishments.
Fossil fuel energy, cleaner energy, products for growing population, inventions for removing sulfur from fuels, plastics, stretching natural resources, large-scale production engineering, convenient/abundant food, healing diseases/extending life, powering personal computers
A simple model that lets you test your design is called a what?
Model or prototype
After your research is done, you will then...
Develop a possible solution
What is the equation for Archimedes' Principle?
B = density*g*volume = mass*g
List three types of forces.
External, reactive, internal
What is the equation for the 1st law of thermodynamics?
∆U=q+w
No matter what kind of engineer someone is, their job at its most basic level is what?
In which step will you mostly like get to draw?
Design
Where is the submarine capital of the world?
Groton, CT
What is the field at the boundaries between mechanical, electrical, and software engineering?
Megatronics
What is the technique used to isolate DNA in a biological sample from the nucleus of cells?
DNA extraction