Lecture 2 - Intro to Engineering ECOR 1010 Carleton University.pdfVIP

ECOR 1010 Introduction to Engineering Lecture 2 4 What is Engineering? ? How does Engineering differ from Science? ? Engineers design the “stuff” that society uses (including scientists and other engineers)! – Problem solving critical thinking (applied analysis) – Design (synthesis) – Professionalism (formal organization, ethics) 5 “A scientist can discover a new star, but he cannot make one. He would have to ask an engineer to do that.” — Gordon L. Glegg, American Engineer, 1969 6 ? Ingenium (Latin) – innate quality, especially mental power, capable of clever invention ? First used to describe those who had ability to invent / operate weapons of war – military engineer ? The word became associated with design / construction of works – Ships, roads, canals, and bridges. – People skilled in these fields were non-military or civil engineers. What is an Engineer? ?An engineer is: (from textbook) – A person who uses science, mathematics, experience, and judgement to create, operate, manage, control, or maintain devices, mechanisms, processes, structures, or complex systems. Does this in a rational and economic way with human, societal, and natural resources and environmental constraints. Definition of an Engineer Definition of Engineering ? Definition of Engineering: (from American Engineers Council for Professional Development) – The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; – or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; – or to forecast their behaviour under specific operating conditions; – all as respects an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property Electrical Electronics Computer Engineering Systems Communications Software Engineering Disciplines Early 1800’s Civil