Engineering Your Future - Table of Contents

1. What Is Engineering? (Job Classifications): The Engineer and the Scientist; The Engineer and the Engineering Technologist; What Do Engineers Do? (Engineering Job Classifications)
2. Developmental Timeline for Engineering: Definition of Engineering; Prehistoric Culture; Engineering’s Beginnings; Timeline of Engineering History
3. The History of the Early Engineering Disciplines: Civil Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
4. Profiles of Historical Engineers: Nolan Bushnell; Thomas Edison; Leonardo daVinci; Idsambard Brunel; Charles Steinmetz; Henry Ford; Robert Goddard; Wilbur & Orville Wright; Grace Murray Hopper; Joseph Strauss; Leo Szilard
5. The Engineering Disciplines: The Disciplines; Salary Information; The Engineering Technical Societies
6. Profiles of Engineers and Engineering Students: Profiles of NASA Engineers; Profiles of Practicing Engineers; Profiles of Engineering Students
7. Technical Communication: Oral Communication Skills; Written Communication Skills; Formats of Written Communication
8. Succeeding in the Classroom: Keys to Effectiveness; Well-rounded Approach; Time Management
9. What Do Employers Look For?: Working with Others; Experience; Meyers Briggs Personality Types
10. Systems and Optimization: Systems; Processes; Optimization
11. Materials: History of Use; New Materials; Classifying Materials; Periodic Table & Properties; Properties of Materials
12. Technology, Society, and Ethics: General Ethics; Engineering Ethics; Engineer’s Obligation to Society, Employer, Clients; Legal Issues
13. Concurrent Engineering and Teamwork: Why the Focus?; Project Management; What Makes a Successful Team?; Leadership Structures and Attributes
14. Problem Solving: Analytic Problem Solving; Estimation; Creative Problem Solving; Problem Solving Styles; Brainstorming; Critical Thinking
15. Design and Modeling: The Design Process; Design Stages; Design Stage Case Study
16. An Interview with a Practicing Engineer
17. Computer Tools: The Internet; Spreadsheets; Mathematics Software; Presentation Software (PowerPoint); Operating Systems and Programming Languages
18. Engineering Fundamentals and Resources: Physical Principles; Mechanisms and Simple Machines; Kinematics Basics; Planar Linkages; Cams; Gears; Other Mechanisms (Ratchets, Clutches, U-Joints, etc.); Momentum, Work, Energy, and Dynamics; Fluid Mechanics, and Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems; Thermodynamics; Electrical Circuits; Engineering Economics
19. Engineering Work Experience: Summer Jobs and Part-Time Employment; Volunteer and Community Service; Internships; Co-op Programs