Lecture 2 - Engineering Technology and Society ENTA 11008...

Engineering, Technology and Society
Engineering, Technology and Society
ENTA 11008
ENTA 11008
Lecturer:
Sharbaree Biswas
Week 2

Objectives
Objectives

Understanding of the terms ‘engineering’,
‘engineer’, ‘engineering education’, and
‘engineering function’

Description of various branches of engineering

Engineering as a profession

Topic 1: What is Engineering?
Topic 1: What is Engineering?

Scientists vs. Engineers
Scientists vs. Engineers

Theodore Von Karman once said:

Scientists study the world as it is,
engineers create the world that never has
been
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Engineering
Engineering
(IEAust)
(IEAust)

A timely, methodical, disciplined and
conscientious application of scientific and
technical skills in a socially, economically and
aesthetically conscious manner for the benefit
of mankind

Engineering
Engineering
(Ralph Smith, 1983)
(Ralph Smith, 1983)

The professional art of applying science to the
optimum conversion of natural resources to the
benefit of man.

Sources of energy for engineering
Sources of energy for engineering
application
application

Petroleum

Coal

Gas
 Nuclear fission

Hydroelectric power

Sunlight

Wind

Management in engineering
Management in engineering

Money

Time

Materials
 Other resources

Engineering support personnel*
Engineering support personnel*