*Ariane*

*Leilani*
*Joe*

I.

The Complexity of Engineering

Engineering
The art of managing engines.
It is the science by which properties
of matter and the sources of energy
in nature are made useful to man in
structures, machines, and products.
It is the application of science to
practical problems.
It is interlocked with science,
mathematics, business, and
environment.
A. Science
- Engineers apply the Scientific
Method, which refers to the use of
theory and experiment in the
search for understanding, in their
work.
- Engineers who have been
formally educated are exposed to
the same beginning science
courses as science majors.
- Pure scientists are different from
practicing engineers.
B. Mathematics
- It is the theoretical language of
technology.
- Middle ground between
mathematicians and engineers.
- Mathematics is important in
engineering not only because
engineers must think in terms of
quantity but also because it
allows the modeling of physical
relationships that in turn allow
analysis, optimization and
prediction.
C. Business
- Business considerations are
integral since technology
requires resource support and
number of people.

- Marketing, management, and

finance cannot be separated
from engineering.
D. Environment
- Environment in which
engineering must operate is the
human environment.
- It is the desires of people that
lead to products and services.
- The Engineering Process:
1. Problem
2. Preliminary Design
3. Development
4. Production
5. Dissemination of output to
users
6. Disposal of products and byproducts of engineering
7. R&D
II. Design and Invention by
James L. Adams
Design and Invention the
creative aspects of technology.
People and history books have
always had a desire to give an
individual credit for technological
inventions. Yet detailed
examinations show that a single
person rarely deserve total credit
for an invention.
Inventions:

Fathers of printing press Johann

Gutenberg, Johann Fust and Peter
Schoeffer

Paper introduced by Islamic

Empire to Europe

Block Printing from East

(China) for currency, playing
cards, and books

Moveable type of printer

found in Holland and France

Gutenberg Bible use for

typesetting

James Watt inventor of

steam engine

Hero of Alexandria first

turbine and steam engine.

17th century people were

interested in the ability of steam.

Giovanni Branca Italian

architect who illustrated an
impulse turbine for jet of steam.

Toricelli, Pascal and Von

Guericke - Vacuum

Denis Papin - first steam

engine with piston.

Thomas Savery, Thomas

Newcomen and James
Smeaton improve Papins work
by creating steam engine pumps.

*Gelo*