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Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in
Information Technology

• An Introduction to Engineering

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Reflection

• What is engineering?
• How did you learn about engineering?
• What are your impressions of engineering?

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Reflection

• Can you name one thing in this room (excluding
  yourself) that was not developed, produced, or
  delivered by an engineer?

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Reflection

• Can you name a profession that is affecting your
  daily life more incisively than engineering?

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Reflection

• Can you define the engineering method for solving
  a problem?

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Design in a major sense is the essence of
engineering. Design, above all else,
distinguishes engineering from science. Hanc
ock, 1986
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Reflection

• Is Engineering Design an Art or a Science?

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"Design is an art practiced within the
constraints of science?."
C. Sedlacek 9/24/01
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What is Engineering?
Engineering is the profession in which a
knowledge of the mathematical and natural
sciences gained by study, experience, and
practice is applied with judgment to develop ways
to utilize, economically, the materials and
forces of nature for the benefit of
mankind. Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology, (ABET)
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Who Cares?

• Engineers care!
• the public does not understand the contributions
  of engineers and engineering to their quality of
  life
• government leaders are no more conversant with
  technology issues than the public
• the lack of public interest may undermine the
  attraction of the engineering profession to young
  people

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The word engineer has its roots in the Latin word
ingeniator, which means ingenious, to devise in
the sense of construct, or craftsmanship.
Several other words are related to ingeniator,
including ingenuity.