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ISBN 10: 0190279338
ISBN 13: 978-0190279332
Author: William Oakes, Les Leone
Engineering Your Future is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. Today’s engineering students are faced with endless career opportunities. This text clarifies those options and directs students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineering field.
Engineering Your Future: A Brief Introduction to Engineering, Sixth Edition, is a concise and inexpensive version of Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering, Ninth Edition. Containing the eleven most popular chapters from its parent text, this brief version offers the best option for instructors looking for a solid base from which to work while they incorporate outside projects or assignments.
Engineering Your Future 6th Table of contents:
CHAPTER 1: The Heritage of Engineering
1.1 Introduction
Definition of Engineering
1.2 The Beginnings of Engineering: The Earliest Days
1.3 Early Cities
Engineering the Temples of Greece
Aqueducts and Roads
The Great Wall of China
Agricultural Engineering
Industrial Age
1.4 A Case Study of Two Historical Engineers
Leonardo da Vinci
Gutenberg and His Printing Press
1.5 Computers, Information, Networking, and People
Teams and People
1.6 The History of the Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Bioengineering
Green Engineering
1.7 Closing Thoughts
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 2: Engineering Majors
2.1 Introduction
The Engineer and the Scientist
The Engineer and the Engineering Technologist
What Do Engineers Do?
2.2 Engineering Functions
Research
Development
Testing
Design
Analysis
Systems
Manufacturing and Construction
Operations and Maintenance
Technical Support
Customer Support
Sales
Consulting
Management
Other Fields
2.3 Engineering Majors
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Biological Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Marine and Ocean Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Other Fields
2.4 Emerging Fields
2.5 Closing Thoughts
2.6 Engineering and Technical Organizations
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 3: A Statistical Profile of the Engineering Profession
3.1 Statistical Overview
3.2 College Enrollment Trends of Engineering Students
3.3 College Majors of Recent Engineering Students
3.4 Degrees in Engineering
3.5 Job Placement Trends
3.6 Salaries of Engineers
3.7 The Diversity of the Profession
3.8 Distribution of Engineers by Field of Study
3.9 Engineering Employment by Type of Employer
3.10 Percent of Students Unemployed or in Graduate School
3.11 A Word from Employers
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 4: Succeeding in the Classroom
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Attitude
4.3 Goals
Determining Goals
4.4 Keys to Effectiveness
Take Time to Study
Go to Class
Make Class Effective
Keep Up with the Class
Take Effective Notes
Work Lots of Problems
Use Caution with Solution Manuals and Files
Group Studying
Select a Good Study Spot
4.5 Test-Taking
Taking the Test
After the Test
4.6 Making the Most of Your Professors
4.7 Learning Styles
Thinking Skills
4.8 Well-Rounded Equals Effective
Intellectual
Social
Physical
Spiritual
Emotional
4.9 Your Effective Use of Time
Scheduling Work and Other Activities
Calendars
Organizers: Paper or Electronic?
Organizing Tasks
Stay Effective
4.10 Accountability
4.11 Overcoming Challenges
Focus on Controllables
Keep It in Perspective
Move to the Positive
Remember, Everyone Has Setbacks
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 5: Problem Solving
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Analytic and Creative Problem Solving
5.3 Analytic Problem Solving
Step 1: Problem Statement
Step 2: Description
Step 3: Theory
Step 4: Simplifying Assumptions
Step 5: Problem Solution
Step 6: Accuracy Verification
Estimation
5.4 Creative Problem Solving
Divergence and Convergence
Sample Problem: Let’s Raise Those Low Grades!
What’s Wrong?
What Do We Know?
What Is the Real Problem?
What Is the Best Solution?
Implementing the Solution
Evaluating the Solution
5.5 Personal Problem-Solving Styles
Generating
Conceptualizing
Optimizing
Implementing
Your Creative Problem-Solving Style
5.6 Brainstorming Strategies
Individual Brainstorming
Group Brainstorming
Pick a Facilitator
Define the Problem
Select a Small Group
Explain the Process
Record Ideas
Involve Everyone
Don’t Evaluate
Eliminate Duplicates
Pick Three
5.7 Critical Thinking
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 6: Computer Tools for Engineers
6.1 The Internet
Introduction
History of the Internet
Searching the Web
Home Pages
Libraries and Databases on the Internet
Contacting People Through the Internet via E-mail
Words of Warning About the Internet
6.2 Word-Processing Programs
6.3 Spreadsheets
Introduction
Common Features
Advanced Spreadsheet Features
6.4 Mathematics Software
MATLAB
MathCad and Maple
6.5 Presentation Software
PowerPoint
6.6 Operating Systems
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 7: Teamwork
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Engineers Often Work in Teams
Power of Collaboration
Today’s Complex Problems
Many Design Factors
International Scope
“Time to Market” and Concurrent Engineering
Project Management Is a Team Approach
7.3 Team Organizational Structures
7.4 Team Growth Stages
Stage 1: Forming
Stage 2: Storming
Stage 3: Norming
Stage 4: Performing
Stage 5: Adjourning
7.5 What Makes a Successful Team?
Attributes of a Successful Team
Team Member Attributes
7.6 Team Leadership
The Need for Leadership
The Leader’s Role
Team Membership
Leadership Styles
7.7 Effective Decision Making
7.8 Attitudes Toward Team Experiences
7.9 Documenting Team Performance
Gain the Most from Team Experiences by Critical Evaluation
Report Team Evaluations to Supervisor
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 8: Engineering Design
8.1 What Is Engineering Design?
8.2 The Engineering Design Process
The Five-Stage Design Process
Stage 1: Define
Stage 2: Imagine
Stage 3: Evaluate
Stage 4: Create
Stage 5: Test
Manufacture
8.3 Using The Engineering Design Process—ATM
Background
Stage 1: Define
Stage 2: Imagine
Stage 3: Evaluate
Stage 4: Create
Stage 5: Test
Manufacture and Commercialize
8.4 Using the Engineering Design Process—Backpack
Background
Stage 1: Define
Stage 2: Imagine
Stage 3: Evaluate
Stage 4: Create
Stage 5: Test
Manufacture and Commercialization
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 9: Technical Communications
9.1 Visual Communication
9.2 Oral Presentations
Poster Presentations
Poster Composition
Presenting a Poster
PowerPoint Presentations
The Speaker
Practice
Stage Presence
Organization
Q&A (Questions and Answers)
Equipment
Slide Design
Getting Started
Citations
9.3 Written Documents
Technical Reports
Abstracts and Executive Summaries
Proposals
Memoranda
Résumés
Cover Letters
9.4 Revising and Editing
Revision
Editing
9.5 Conclusion
REFERENCES
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 10: Ethics and Engineering
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Nature of Ethics
The Subject Matter of Ethics
Normative Ethics
Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism
Normative Ethics: Deontology
Using Normative Theories
Applied Ethics
10.3 The Nature of Engineering Ethics
The Nature of Professions
The Nature of Professional Ethics
10.4 Codes of Ethics and the Obligations of Engineers
The Content of a Code of Engineering Ethics
The Preamble
The Engineer’s Obligation to Society
The Engineer’s Obligation to Employers and Clients
The Engineer’s Obligations to Other Engineers
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 11: Engineering Work Experience
11.1 A Job and Experience
11.2 Summer Jobs and On- and Off-Campus Work Experiences
11.3 Volunteer or Community Service Experiences
11.4 Supervised Independent Study or Research Assistantship
11.5 Internships
11.6 Cooperative Education
Advantages of Cooperative Education Programs
A Note of Caution
11.7 Which Is Best for You?
EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES
APPENDIX A: Nine Excel Skills Every Engineering Student Should Know
A.1 Why Use Spreadsheets?
A.2 Software Choices
A.3 The Nine Skills
Skill 1: Organize Your Thoughts
Skill 2: Follow Best Practices
Skill 3: Populate Data
Skill 4: Manipulate Data
Skill 5: Format Data
Skill 6: Plot Data
Skill 7: Format Plot
Skill 8: Interpret Data
Skill 9: Preserving Data
A.4 Takeaway Projects
Gym Schedule
Diesel Engine
Truss Bridge
APPENDIX B: Impress Them: How to Make Presentations Effective
B.1 Why Bother?
B.2 What Does It Take?
A Clear Vision of Your Points
An Understanding of Your Audience
A Visual Representation of All Your Ideas
Ample Preparation and Practice
Intangibles: Eloquence and Charisma
B.3 Some Samples
Words Versus Graphics
First Slide
Too Much Information?
Listen or Read?
B.4 Break It Down: Elements of a Slide
Element 1: Canvas and Background
Element 2: Borders and Zones
Element 3: Graphics
Element 4: Text
Element 5: Videos and Links (Optional)
Element 6: Flow: Animation and Transition
B.5 It’s Much More than Slides
APPENDIX C: An Introduction to MATLAB
C.1 Introduction
C.2 MATLAB Environment
C.3 Symbolic Manipulations
C.4 Saving and Loading Files
C.5 Vectors
C.6 Matrices
C.7 Simultaneous Equations
C.9 Plotting
C.10 Programming
The for Loop
The if Statement
EXERCISES
Index
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