HOMEWORKS - 01HW1.01 Observe your own surroundings. What are some of the engineering achievements that you couldn’t do without today?HW1.02 Using the Internet, find the appropriate organization for the following list of engineering disciplines.Bioengineering Ceramic engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Computer engineering Electrical engineering Electronic engineeringEnvironmental engineering Industrial engineering Manufacturing engineering Materials engineering Mechanical engineeringHW1.03 Depending on your personal interests, prepare a brief one-page report about the goals and missions of the organization you have selected in problem HW1.02.HW1.04 To increase student awareness about the importance of engineering and to promote engineering education and careers among the younger generation, prepare and give a 10-minute presentation.HW1.05 Prepare a 10-minute oral presentation about engineering and its various disciplines.HW1.06 This is a team project. Prepare a Web-based presentation of the history and future of engineering. Collect pictures, short videos, graphs, and so on. Provide links to major engineering societies as well as to major research and development centers.HW1.07 Each of you is to compile a list of products and services that are not available now that you think will readily available in the next 50 years. Compile a complete list and present it to class.HW1.08 Perform a Web search to obtain information about the number of engineers employed by specific area and their mean salaries in recent years.HW1.09 If you are planning to study chemical engineering, investigate what is meant by each of the following terms: polymers, plastics, thermoplastics, and thermosetting. Give at least ten examples of plastic products that are consumed every day. Write a brief report explaining your findings.HW1.10 If you are planning to study electrical engineering, investigate how electricity is generated and distributed. Write a brief report explaining your findings.HW1.11 Electric motors are found in many appliances and devices around your home. Identify at least ten products at home that use electric motors. HW1.12 Identify at least 20 different materials that are used in various products at home.HW1.13 If you are planning to study civil engineering, investigate what is meant by deal load, live load, impact load, wind load, and snow load in the design of structures. Write a brief memo to your instructor discussing your findings.HW1.14 Give examples of engineering codes of ethics.HW1.15 Using the Internet, find what are the six main elements of engineering?HW1.16 From Vietnamese newspapers, find an example of an engineering project that was not implemented because it was economically or fiscally feasible.HW1.17 Explain the difference between economic feasibility and fiscal feasibility.HW1.18 You have received two job offers one from Toyota Vietnam at $15,000 per year and one from Lilama at $12,000 per year. What criteria should you use in deciding which job to take?HW1.19 List four questions you would like to ask during an engineering job interview.HW1.20 Ask a practicing engineer or someone whether a master’s degree in engineering is desirable for engineers in your area.HW1.21 Ask a practicing engineer or someone whether an MBA (master of business administration) is desirable for engineers in your area.HW1.22 Describe your interest in two technical areas from two different engineering disciplines. Are there common elements in the two technical areas that interest you?HW1.23 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by chemical engineers.HW1.24 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by civil engineers. HW1.25 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by electrical engineers. HW1.26 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by computer engineers. HW1.27 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by industrial engineers. HW1.28 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by mechanical engineers. HW1.29 What are the six main elements of engineering?HW1.30 Some pharmaceuticals are manufactured by genetically engineered bacteria to produce the drug. Discuss the role of the engineer (if any) in the following steps of the development of a new drug:• Synthesis of the drug for animal tests• Genetic engineering of the bacteria
• Mass production through bacterial synthesis
• Clinical trials
• Development of the time-release capsules and transdermal patches
• Efficiency study of the manufacturing process, and
• Design of the marketing strategy
HW1.31 Explain the differences in the contributions to society of scientists and engineers. Which
contribution appeals more to you and why?
HW1.32 Give an example of constrained optimization in an engineering problem.
HW1.33 For Problem HW1.32, what is a possible solution, given the constraints? How would the solution change if the constraints were different?
HW1.34 From your local newspaper, find an example of an engineering project that was not implemented because it was not economically or fiscally feasible.
HW1.35 Explain the difference between economic feasibility and fiscal feasibility.
HW1.36 Give an example of an engineering project that is economically feasible, but not fiscally feasible. Give an example of an engineering project that is fiscally feasible, but not economically feasible.
HW1.37 From your local newspaper, find an example of an engineering project that was not implemented because it was not socially, politically, or environmentally feasible.
HW1.38 For your answer in Problem HW1.37, how would you change the project to make it feasible?
HW1.39 Talk with an engineer in government service (e.g., a town, city, or county engineer) about the difference between economic and fiscal feasibility. Illustrate the difference with an example from your community.
HW1.40 Two towns are separated by a river and wish to exchange goods. List several alternative solutions to this problem. Perform a feasibility assessment and rank the alternatives according to their feasibility. (Be sure to include all types of feasibility.) Recommend a solution to the problem.
HW1.41 Make a list of the professions that are licensed by your state. What do the professions have in common? Which licenses are in technical fields?
HW1.42 Which agency in your state licenses engineers? (Try searching the Internet for your state name and the phrase “professional engineer.”) How many engineers are licensed in your state?
HW1.43 How do engineers in your area participate in public service?
HW1.44 For an engineering discipline of your choice (chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering), list two jobs from each job sector. Which job sector appeals to you and why?
HW1.45 Interview practicing engineers from two job sectors. Write a paragraph explaining how the engineers you interviewed got from their baccalaureate degree to their current job.
HW1.46 Which of the job satisfaction criteria discussed in Section 3.1 [2] is most important to you?
HW1.47 Describe your ideal engineering job. As a guideline, use the job satisfaction criteria discussed in Section 3.1 [2].
HW1.48 Using the Internet, research jobs in the discipline of most interest to you. How closely do the jobs align with the ideal engineering job you described in Problem HW1.32?
HW1.49 You have received two job offers: one from Technolico, Inc., at $44,000 per year and
one from Engionics at $46,000 per year. What criteria should you use in deciding which job to take?
HW1.50 List four questions you would like to ask during an engineering job interview.
HW1.51 How much would revenues have to grow for a small consulting firm to justify hiring an entry-level engineer? Assume that the typical annual salary for an entry-level engineer is $48,500 and benefits amount to 30% of the employee’s salary.
HW1.52 Ask a practicing engineer whether a master’s degree in engineering is desirable for engineers in your area.
HW1.53 Describe your interest in two technical areas from two different engineering disciplines. Are there common elements in the two technical areas that interest you?
HW1.54 Discuss how each of the five principal engineering disciplines can contribute to the following applications:
a. Development of a manned space station b.
b. Design and production of an electric car
c. Design of a new artificial heart valve
d. Development of a motorized scooter aimed at the 16–25-year-old market
HW1.55 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by chemical engineers. Explain how the jobs use the technical areas listed in Section 3 [2].
HW1.56 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by civil engineers. Explain how the jobs use the technical areas listed in Section 4 [2].
HW1.57 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by electrical and computer engineers. Explain how the jobs use the technical areas listed in Section 5 [2].
HW1.58 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by industrial engineers. Explain how the jobs use the technical areas listed in Section 6 [2].
HW1.59 Using the Internet, find two jobs performed by mechanical engineers. Explain how the jobs use the technical areas listed in Section 7 [2].
HW1.60 Explain how new engineering disciplines form. Interview a professor to find how new fields are formed in his or her field of research. Summarize your findings in a short paragraph.
HW1.61 Summarize the state of the field of robotic, photonic, or renewal engineering.
References
[1]. Engineering Fundamentals An Introduction to Engineering -Saeed Moaveni [2]. A User's Guide to Engineering, John Wiley - James N. Jensen, .
[3]. Engineering Design Process 2nd - Y. Haik, T. Shahin [4]. The mechanical design process – David G.Ullman [5]. Engineering Design - 4th - Dieter Schmidt
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