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Engineering design. At dcit. ENGINEERING. What is Engineering? Who Would Make a Good Engineer? What are the Major Types of Engineering? What types of Tools Do Engineers Use? Where can I learn about Engineering? What is the Employment Outlook? Where can I work as an Engineer?. Definition.
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Engineering design At dcit
ENGINEERING • What is Engineering? • Who Would Make a Good Engineer? • What are the Major Types of Engineering? • What types of Tools Do Engineers Use? • Where can I learn about Engineering? • What is the Employment Outlook? • Where can I work as an Engineer?
Definition • Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.1 • A career where people createthings for other people to use 1Wikipedia
WHO WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENGINEER • People who are able to take abstract ideas and turn them into concrete products • People who can think outside the box • People who are creative • People who are good problem solvers • People who are good listeners
Major Types of Engineering • Electrical • Mechanical • Civil • Nuclear • Chemical • Architectural
Tools that you will use: • Engineering Ruler • Compass • AutoCAD • Drawing Printer • 3-D printer
Where to Learn About Engineering • Classes At DCIT • Engineering Design 1 • Engineering Design 2 • Principles of Engineering • Engineering Design and Development • Associates Degree at a Technical College • Florence-Darlington Tech • Bachelor’s or Post-graduate Degree at a University • University of South Carolina • Clemson
Where Are The Jobs? • Nucor • ESAB • Progress Energy • Aluminum Ladder • Honda • Otis Elevator Company • GE • BMW • Lockheed Martin • Military • Air Force • Army • Marines • Navy • Westinghouse Electric • Johnson Controls