Overview and History of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Deal with power, its generation, and its application. Use knowledge of how things more to accomplish a variety of tasks

Led to the printing press

How did Johann Gutenberg's invention of the movable type chance communication forever

Influenced how electricity is generated, transmitted, and converted to mechanical power

How did Nikola Tesla's invention contribute to our current electrical technology

Civil Engineering

Provide communities with structures such as buildings, bridges, dams and roads. Concerned with planning, designing, and supervising the construction of structures

Electrical Engineering

Solve problems using electrical principles

False

Thomas Edison invented the first electrical battery in 1827 (true or false)

Electrical

Thomas Edison was one of the first _______ engineers

Chemical Engineering

Uses the science of chemistry to change the composition or properties of materials and make them more useful for industrial processes. Involved in manufacturing polymers, drugs, paints, pesticides, cosmetics and food

Working over water of underwater and making sure structures are safe

What are some of the challenges that civil engineers face

Design machinery to plant, fertilize, and harvest food and crops

What are some things that agricultural engineers do

Romans kept things simple but made them at a massive scale and Greeks were navigational

What were some of the differences between ancient Greek and ancient Roman engineering

Chemical

_______ engineers are involved in the manufacture of drugs, food, and cosmetics

Industrial

________ engineers need a background in both physical and social sciences

Johann Gutenburg

________ invented the movable type mold and is credited with the first printed book in 1450 AD

Industrial

__________ engineering is a growing branch of the engineering family and involves the study of engineering principles and techniques that can help make manufacturing processes more efficient and more profitable

Mechanical

aerospace is considered a subcategory of _______ engineering

False

civil engineering deals with the generation and application of power

Mechatronics

engineers and scientists need ________ to solve complex problems

George Stephenson

in 1823 the Englishman __________ demonstrated the feasibility of a steam powered railroad transportation system

Computer engineering, electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering

mechatronics is the study of the combination of ___________

Movable Type

one of the most important inventions in the Middle Ages was ________

True

people have been finding creative solutions to problems since prehistoric times (true or false)

Romans

the ______ were most concerned with form over function in terms of their engineering goals

Hammurabi

the code of _________ established a set of building ethics, reinforced the importance of quality, and specified consequences for breaking the code

Mesopotamia

the first known engineering accomplishments, including canals and temples, which were developed in _______

John Smeaton

the first person to call himself an engineer was _______

Steam Engine

the invention of the ________ in the early 1800's led to advances in transportation, including the locomotive

False

the middle ages was a time of the greatest engineering developments in the world (true or false)

True

to become a professional engineer you need to earn at least a Bachelor or Science degree from a college or university (true or false)