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EGR100 AEngineering Orientation

Ankeny Campus

Arts & Sciences

Lecture 3

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Outline

Turn in Homework 2

Attendance

Quiz 1

New Office Hours

Upcoming Event

Career Fair Project

Discipline Project

Engineer Career Opportunities

Homework 3

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Adjunct Faculty Office-Building 4 Room 6

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Mondays, Thursdays 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Academic Achievement Center-Building 6 Room 19

Thursdays 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Thursdays 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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New Office Hours

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Academic Achievement Center Fall Open House

September 14th 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.

Building 6 Room

find out about the free tutoring available

math, physics, and engineering (yours truly)

writing, chemistry, biology

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Upcoming Event

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2011 Fall Engineering Career Fair

September 27th 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Hilton Coliseum & Scheman Building

Transfer Student Event

September 27

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10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Memorial Union

website has detailed and updated info

must register online!two projects to work on at the Career Fair

Career Fair Project

Discipline Project

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ISU Engineering Career Fair

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Engineering firms

Companies which design and build stuff

Typically hires mechanical or electrical engineers

Large, national & international firms:

oGeneral Electric (GE)oBoeing

Small local firms

Government engineering agencies

civil stuff: bridges, dams, roads, etc.

Army Corps of Engineers

local governments

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Who Hires an Engineer?

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Colleges/Universities

teaching

research

Government research agencies

federal agencies tasked with improving

American science & technology

a wide range of agencies

DARPA: top secret military stuff

NASA: space stuff

SARE: renewable farming stuff

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Who Else Hires an Engineer?

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A engineering education and experience provides valuable skills

Critical thinkingProblem solving

Computer graphics/programming skills

math & science

Communication skills

Business Management

technical skills useful for managing manufacturing or engineering firms

Lawyer

law schools accept students with engineering degrees

technical skills useful, such as in patent or business law

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Exotic Career Choices for Engineers

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Homework 3

A paragraph about an engineering firm/company

choose a private engineering company here in the US

perform work in your chosen engineering discipline

explain what the company does

give two specific examples of clients/projects they did or are doing

A paragraph about a government agency

choose a local, state, or federal agency

perform work in your chosen engineering discipline

explain what this agency does

give two specific examples of clients/projects they did or are doing

Always provide citations/references from reputable sources

Do not copy from Wikipedia or other sources

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Introduction to engineering design

Going to learn (and do!) two things

Conceptual Design

Engineering Graphics

Conceptual Design

theConcept Artfor engineering


how to communicate your design

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Section : Template

http://terrysmith.net/archives/collegehomepage/research/phigs/phigs.html

http://www.opengl.org/

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How much education you need?


Conceptual Design


Conceptual Design




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Education of an Engineer



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Conceptual Design


Conceptual Design




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Professional Engineer



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Conceptual Design


Conceptual Design




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Section : Template



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Typically, engineering is divided up as follows:

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Main Engineering Branches

Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

do mechanical stuff

machines, heating & cooling,

rocket science

Civil Engineering

docivilstuff

dams, roads, buildings

Chemical Engineering

do chemical stuff

petroleum (oil) engineering,

materials science

Electrical Engineering

do electrical stuff

computers, circuit designs,

electrical power transmission

lines

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Lots of smaller branches under the4 bigbranches

Engineering disciplines that is under more than one branch or

involves the arts & sciences

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Its complicated

Solar

Engineering

Physics & Earth Science

astronomy, quantum mechanicsMeteorology, geography

Chemistry

chemical reactions

material science

Mechanical Engineering

heating & cooling

manufacturing

Electrical

circuitry

computer controls

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