IE496 Industrial Engineering Internship

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IE496Industrial Engineering Internship

• Dr. Barnes
• November 20, 2006
• Lecture 11

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Students handing in rough drafts

• Abdella
• Appelt
• Cheng outline only
• Drucker Trifunovski
• Hanif
• Jankowski

• Kotarski
• Lee
• Liong Kaczmarski
• Nasradinaj
• Skerker
• Tarrien
• Vaidya
• Widjaja

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Groups with approved ethics projects

• Group 1 both approved
• Group 2 both approved
• Group 3 - ?
• Group 4 - both approved
• Group 5 four approved ?
• Group 6 both approved
• Group 7 - ?

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The Future of Engineering
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Main Topics

• Technological Context of Engineering Practice
• Societal, Global, and Professional Contexts of
  Engineering Practice
• Aspirations for the Engineer of 2020
• Attributes of Engineers in 2020

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Technological Context of Engineering Practice

• Technological Change
• Breakthrough Technologies
• Technological Challenges

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Technological Change

• More change from 1900 to 2000 than from all time
  before
• Macroscopic ? Microscopic ?
• Molecular ? Atomic ? Subatomic

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Breakthrough Technologies

• Biotechnology
• Nanotechnology
• Materials Science and Photonics
• Information and Communications Technology
• The Information Explosion
• Logistics

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Biotechnology

• Technology based on biology, especially when used
  in agriculture, food science, and medicine. The
  UN Convention on Biological Diversity has come up
  with one of many definitions of biotechnology1
• "Biotechnology means any technological
  application that uses biological systems, living
  organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or
  modify products or processes for specific use."
• This definition is at odds with common usage in
  the United States, where "biotechnology"
  generally refers to recombinant DNA based and/or
  tissue culture based processes that have only
  been commercialized since the 1970s.

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Biotechnology - continued

• Red biotechnology is applied to medical
  processes. Some examples are the designing of
  organisms to produce antibiotics, and the
  engineering of genetic cures through genomic
  manipulation.
• White biotechnology, also known as grey
  biotechnology, is biotechnology applied to
  industrial processes. An example is the designing
  of an organism to produce a useful chemical.
• Green biotechnology is biotechnology applied to
  agricultural processes. An example is the
  designing of transgenic plants to grow under
  specific environmental conditions or in the
  presence (or absence) of certain agricultural
  chemicals. One hope is that green biotechnology
  might produce more environmentally friendly
  solutions than traditional industrial
  agriculture. An example of this is the
  engineering of a plant to express a pesticide,
  thereby eliminating the need for external
  application of pesticides. An example of this
  would be Bt corn. Whether or not green
  biotechnology products such as this are
  ultimately more environmentally friendly is a
  topic of considerable debate.
• Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field
  which addresses biological problems using
  computational techniques. The field is also often
  referred to as computational biology. It plays a
  key role in various areas, such as functional
  genomics, structural genomics, and proteomics,
  and forms a key component in the biotechnology
  and pharmaceutical sector.
• The term blue biotechnology has also been used to
  describe the marine and aquatic applications of
  biotechnology, but its use is relatively rare.

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What is Nanotechnology?

• Nanotechnology is the understanding and control
  of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100
  nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel
  applications. Encompassing nanoscale science,
  engineering and technology, nanotechnology
  involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and
  manipulating matter at this length scale.At the
  nanoscale, the physical, chemical, and biological
  properties of materials differ in fundamental and
  valuable ways from the properties of individual
  atoms and molecules or bulk matter.
  Nanotechnology RD is directed toward
  understanding and creating improved materials,
  devices, and systems that exploit these new
  properties. One area of nanotechnology RD is
  medicine. Medical researchers work atthe micro-
  and nano-scales to develop new drug delivery
  methods, therapeutics and pharmaceuticals. For a
  bit of perspective, the diameter of DNA, our
  genetic material, is in the 2.5 nanometer range,
  while red blood cells are approximately 2.5
  micrometers. Additional information about
  nanoscale research in medicine is available from
  the National Institutes of Health.
• A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter a sheet
  of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick. See
  The Scale of Things for a comparative view of the
  sizes of commonly known items and nanoscale
  particles.

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Photonics

• The science and technology of generating,
  controlling, and detecting photons, particularly
  in the visible light and near infra-red spectrum.

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Applications of Photonics

• Consumer Equipment Barcode scanner, printer,
  CD/DVD/Blu-ray devices, remote control devices
• Telecommunications Optical fiber communications
• Medicine correction of poor eyesight, laser
  surgery, surgical endoscopy, tattoo removal
• Industrial manufacturing the use of lasers for
  welding, drilling, cutting, and various kinds of
  surface modification
• Construction laser levelling, laser
  rangefinding, smart structures
• Aviation photonic gyroscopes lacking any moving
  parts
• Military IR sensors, command and control,
  navigation, search and rescue, mine laying and
  detection
• Entertainment laser shows, beam effects,
  holographic art
• Information processing
• Metrology time and frequency measurements,
  rangefinding
• Photonic computing clock distribution and
  communication between computers, circuit boards,
  or within optoelectronic integrated circuits in
  the future quantum computing

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Technological Challenges

• Physical Infrastructures in Urban Settings
• Information and Communications Infrastructures
• The Environment
• Technology for an Aging Population

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Societal, Global, and Professional Contexts of
Engineering Practice

• Social Context
• Professional Context for Engineers of the Future
• Implications for Engineering Education

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Social Context

• Population and Demographics
• Health and Healthcare
• The Youth Bulge and Security Implications
• The Accelerating Global Economy

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Professional Context for Engineers in the Future

• The Systems Perspective
• Working in Teams
• Complexity
• Customerization
• Public Policy
• Public Understanding of Engineering
• Building on Past Successes and Failures

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Implications for Engineering Education

• An Aging Population
• The Global Economy
• The Five- or Six-Year Professional Degree
• Immigration and the Next Generation of U.S.
  Engineering Students
• Building on Past Successes and Failures
• Education Research
• Teamwork, Communication, and Public Policy

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Aspirations for theEngineer of 2002

• Visions of the Committee

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Visions of the Committee

• Our Image of the Profession
• Engineering without Boundaries
• Engineering a Sustainable Society and World
• Education of the Engineer of 2020

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Our Image and the Profession

• By 2020, we aspire to
• a public that will understand and appreciate the
  profound impact of the engineering profession on
  socio-cultural systems, the full spectrum of
  career opportunities accessible through an
  engineering education, and the value of an
  engineering education top engineers working
  successfully in non-engineering jobs.

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Our Image and the Profession - continued

• We aspire to
• a public that will recognize the union of
  professionalism, technical knowledge, social and
  historical awareness, and traditions that serve
  to make engineers competent to address the
  worlds complex and changing challenges.

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Our Image and the Profession - continued

• We aspire to
• engineers in 2020 who will remain well grounded
  in the basics of mathematics and science, and who
  will expand their vision of design through solid
  grounding in the humanities, social sciences, and
  economics. Emphasis on the creative process will
  allow more effective leadership in the
  development and application of next-generation
  technologies to problems of the future.

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Engineering without Boundaries

• We aspire to
• an engineering profession that will rapidly
  embrace the potentialities offered by creativity,
  invention, and cross-disciplinary fertilization
  to create and accommodate new fields of
  endeavors, including those that require openness
  to interdisciplinary efforts with non-engineering
  disciplines such as science, social science, and
  business.

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Engineering without Boundaries - continued

• By 2020 we aspire to
• engineers who will assume leadership positions
  from which they can serve as positive influences
  in the making of public policy and in the
  administration of government and industry.
• an engineering profession that will effectively
  recruit, nurture, and welcome underrepresented
  groups to its ranks.

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Engineering a Sustainable Society and World

• It is our aspiration that
• engineers will continue to be leaders in the
  movement toward use of wise, informed, and
  economical sustainable development. This should
  begin in our educational institutions and be
  founded in the basic tenets of the engineering
  profession and its actions.

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Engineering a Sustainable Society and World -
continued

• We aspire to a future where
• engineers are prepared to adapt to changes in
  global forces and trends and to ethically assist
  the world in creating a balance in the standard
  of living for developing and developed countries
  alike.

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Education of the Engineer of 2020

• It is our aspiration that
• engineering educators and practicing engineers
  together undertake a proactive effort to prepare
  engineering education to address the technology
  and societal challenges and opportunities of the
  future. With appropriate thought and
  consideration, and using new strategic planning
  tools, we should reconstitute engineering
  curricula and related educational programs to
  prepare todays engineers for the careers of the
  future, with due recognition of the rapid pace of
  change in the world and its intrinsic lack of
  predictability.

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Education of the Engineer of 2020 - continued

• Our aspiration is to
• shape the engineering curriculum for 2020 so as
  to be responsive to the disparate learning styles
  of different student populations and attractive
  for all those seeking full and well-rounded
  education that prepares a person for a creative
  and productive life and positions of leadership.

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Attributes of Engineers in 2020

• Connections between Engineering Past, Present,
  and Future

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Guiding Principles

• The pace of technological innovation will
  continue to be rapid (most likely accelerating)
• The world in which technology will be deployed
  will be intensely globally interconnected.
• The population of individuals who are involved
  with or affected by technology (e.g., designers,
  manufacturers, distributors, users) will be
  increasingly diverse and multidisciplinary.

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Guiding Principles - continued

• Social, cultural, political, and economic forces
  will continue to shape and affect success of
  technological innovation.
• The presence of technology in our everyday lives
  will be seamless, transparent, and more
  significant than ever.

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Connections between EngineeringPast, Present,
and Future

• Will
• require strong analytical skills
• exhibit practical ingenuity
• have creativity
• require good communication
• need to master principles of management and
  business
• understand principles of leadership
• possess high ethical standards and strong
  professionalism
• demonstrate dynamism, agility, resilience, and
  flexibility
• be lifelong learners

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Game

• Lets make a list of what you believe will be the
  top strategic technologies for the year 2020.

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Battelle

• Battelles Technology Forecasts
• http//www.battelle.org/forecasts/default.stm

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Battelles 2020 Strategic Technologies

• Genetic-based Medical and Health Care
• High-power energy packages
• GrinTech (Green Integrated Technology)
• Omnipresent Computing
• Nanomachines
• Personalized Public Transportation
• Designer Foods and Crops
• Intelligent Goods and Appliances
• Worldwide Inexpensive and Safe Water
• Super Senses

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Rising Above the Gathering Storm Energizing and
Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

• A report from the National Academy of Sciences,
  the National Academy of Engineering, and the
  Institute of Medicine

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Charge

• U.S. Congress what are the top actions that
  federal policy-makers could take to enhance the
  science and technology enterprise so that the
  United States can successfully compete, prosper
  and be secure in the global community of the 21st
  Century?

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Top Actions

1. Increase Americas talent pool by vast improving
   K 12 science and mathematics
2. Sustain and strengthen the nations traditional
   commitment to long-term basic research
3. Make the U.S. the most attractive setting to
   study and perform research
4. Insure that the U.S. is the premier place in the
   world to innovate

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Info source

• The Engineer of 2020 Visions of Engineering in
  the New Century, National Academy of Engineering,
  2002.
• The Battelle company, Columbus, Ohio
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm, National
  Academy of Sciences, National Academy of
  Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, 2005.
• Wikipedia

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Your ethics assignments are due next week

• Four groups will present in our next class the
  other three the following week.
• All must submit their assignments electronically
  by eob, November 27th.