engineering: past, present, future
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This presentation was made to middle and high school members of the Black Achievers program. Provided an overview of the engineering profession and highlighted the accomplishments of past and present minorities.TRANSCRIPT
Past, Present, Future
Walnut Street YMCA Black Achievers Program
Presented on February, 16th 2013
� Introduction
� Who is an Engineer?
� Why Engineering?
� Past Engineers
� Present Engineers
� Future Engineers
� Getting an Engineering Degree
� Wrap-Up
‘Allow me to re-introduce myself…’
� Bachelor’s of Science: Electrical Engineering
� Master of Engineering: Systems Engineering
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� “An engineer is a professional practitioner of
engineering, concerned with applying scientific
knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop
solutions for technical problems.”
� From Latin:
◦ ingeniare ("to devise“)
◦ ingenium ("cleverness")
� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer
� Chemical◦ Bio-molecular / Molecular, Materials, Process
� Civil◦ Environmental, Geotechnical, Structural, Transport
� Electrical◦ Computer, Electronic, Optical, Power
� Mechanical◦ Aerospace, Acoustic, Thermal, Automotive
� Other◦ Agricultural, Biological, Energy, Industrial, Mechatronics, Nano, Nuclear, Petroleum
� and more…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_engineering_branches
� Problem Solvers
◦ Take what Science has discovered and make it work in real-life
◦ Make things, ‘Faster, Better, Cheaper’
Garret Morgan http://www.biography.com/people/garrett-morgan-9414691
� Patented an improved
Sewing Machine
� G. A. Morgan Hair Refining
Company
� Inventor
◦ Gas Mask
◦ 3-way Traffic Signal
Lewis Latimer http://www.biography.com/people/lewis-howard-latimer-9374422
� Railroad Car Restroom
� Air Conditioner
� Worked on patents for
◦ Telephone (Alexander Graham
Bell)
◦ Incandescent Light Bulb
(Thomas Edison, Hiram Maxim)
Granville T Woods http://www.biography.com/people/granville-t-woods-9536481
� Registered 60+ Patents
◦ Steam Boiler Furnace
◦ Telephone Transmitter
◦ Trolley Wheel
◦ Multiplex Telegraph
◦ 3rd Rail System for Trains
http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/u/BlackHistoryMonth.htm
� The List Goes On..
◦ Elijah McCoy
◦ Jan Matzeliger
◦ …
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Dr Mae Jemison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison
� Medical Doctor
� Choreographer
� 1st African American woman
in Space
� Actress
◦ 1st Astronaut to appear on a
Star Trek episode
Dennis Weatherby http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/weatherby.html
Angela Barbee-Hatter Guion Bluford Mark E. Dean
Battery System for the Chevy Volt 1st African American in Space Broke the 1Ghz Barrier
Angela Barbee-Hunter: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_angel.pdf
Guion Bluford: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_guion.pdf
Mark E. Dean: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_mark_.pdf
YOU
� You are needed…
…365,000* of you between 2010- 2020
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm
* From the National Engineers Week Foundation 2012 Bulletin
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� What Does it Take?
◦ Decide to Never Give Up
◦ Find a Mentor
◦ Leadership
◦ Discipline
◦ Play Well with Others
◦ Learn to Overcome Failure
◦ Have Fun
Google Earth® view of an accomplishment of the earliest Civil / Structural Engineers… The Pyramids
2012 Computer Science / Engineering Career Cluster
Davida Baker
Melissa Bordley
James Groom
Ani Ifon