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Introduction to Engineering

Introduction to Engineering. What Do Engineers Do?. What is S cience? What is T echnology? What is E ngineering? What is M athematics? What is STEM ?. Scientists Investigate our natural world. Technologists Apply science and math to designs. STEM Working together

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Introduction to Engineering

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  1. Introduction to Engineering What Do Engineers Do?

  2. What is Science? What is Technology? What is Engineering? What is Mathematics? What is STEM?

  3. Scientists Investigate our natural world Technologists Apply science and math to designs STEM Working together to solve problems based on societal needs and wants Mathematicians Use numbers and symbols to solve problems Engineers Create our designed world

  4. How are they all needed toCreate a Product?

  5. PHYSICAL NEEDS: • Basic shelter • Basic clothing • Can you think of more? Problems That Solve Our Needs and Wants What are our human needs? • BIOLOGICAL NEEDS: • Water • Food • Can you think of more? • PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS: • Family • Friends • Can you think of more?

  6. Problems That Solve Our Needs and Wants What are our human wants? • PHYSICAL WANTS: • Nice house • Nice car • Nice clothes • Can you think of more? • BIOLOGICAL WANTS: • Fresh water • Fancy food • Healthy living • Can you think of more? • PSYCHOLOGICAL WANTS: • Talk with family • See friends • Entertainment • Can you think of more?

  7. Engineering Engineering uses scientific, technological, and mathematical knowledge to solve practical problems.

  8. Engineers Can Do Anything • Invent – Develop a new product, system, or process that has never existed before • Innovate – Improve an existing technological product, system, or method Invent Build Design Analyze Orchestrate Create Conceive Evaluate Improve

  9. Engineers Work to Solve Many Kinds of Problems • An electrical engineer may design a GPS for your vehicle. • A pharmaceutical/chemical engineer may find a cure for disease. • A computer engineer may build a computer the size of your watch. • A mechanical engineer may create a robot to discover water on a planet. • An agricultural engineer may evaluate the effects of global warming on food production. Engineers make our lives better

  10. Discussion Questions • What product or system would make your life better? • Is this an invention or an innovation? • What type(s) of engineer(s) might work on this project?

  11. Image Resources Microsoft, Inc. (2008). Clip Art. Retrieved September 10, 2008, from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

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