Lecture 1: Introduction Activity: What is Engineering? What comes to mind? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ "Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it." - Sir Henry Royce Engineer Analytical, Well-Rounded, Creative, Passionate, Curious, Obsessive (Nerdy, Socially Awkward) Both mind and heart. Give your best Practical, work with hands (vs Theoretical Scientists) Grew up curious, building things and taking things apart Math and science fun, but not required. Creativity and curiosity definitely required Forefront of technology. Build the world around you! "The mere formulation of a problem is far more often essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science." - Albert Einstein Lots of mediocre engineers out there To do well, need passion and discipline, comes naturally If for the money, Business MBA is a good idea Regardless, do what you really love, in any profession. The world needs your best! "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." - Henry David Thoreau Not necessarily in an engineering profession Just because you're an engineer, it doesn't mean you can't also identify as something else as well. Start engineering, then law, business, whatever Non-engineers with creative spirits Activity: What if engineering outlawed? Dictatorship, technology declared immoral. What would you do? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Electrical Engineering (EE, Double-E) Resistor, Capacitor, and Inductor (RCL), Transistors, Analog Electromagnetics (EM), Wireless Transmissions Railguns, Energy Storage and Use, Big projects! Computer Engineering (CompE) Low Programming, Bits and Bytes Hardware, Architecture, Processors, Systems Computer Science (CS, CSE, CS-LSA) Programming (Applications, Models) Pure Architecting, Problem Solving, Groupwork "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." - Edsger W. Dijkstra Civil Engineering (CE, CivE) Bridges, Stadiums, Buildings, Roads Materials, Analysis, Deterioration, Soil Mechanical Engineering (ME) Cars, Engines, Gears, Levers, Robotics Friction, Surfaces, Materials Aerospace Engineering (Aero) Fluid Dynamics, Wings, Body Shapes Jet Engines, Future Technologies Industrial Operations Engineering (IOE) Warehouses, Logistics, Assembly Lines Naval Engineering (Naval) Boats, Ships, Submarines, Ocean Platforms Materials Science Engineering (MSE), Chemical Engineering (ChemE) Material Properties and Analysis, Chemical Combinations Nuclear Engineering (Nuke, NERS) Atomic Energy, Theory, Models Weaponry, Propulsion Fission vs Fusion, Hot and Cold Fusor Farnsworth - Inventor of Television. Vacuum Tubes Any Size, from tabletop to own building Amateurs (High School Students!) building working fusors, sub-$1000! Possible Bomb design? Still no net-gain, yet Activity: If you had a working fusor design (any size), what would you use it for? How? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Main Project: What interests you? Choose a project based on that. Must be something buildable. You will be working on this throughout the course, with a short presentation during the last class or two. 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