EGR 120 - Exam I Study Guide

Must Have Characteristics for Engineers

Engineer's Perspective

Number of accredited programs in the U.S. by engineering discipline

Ergonomics

The study of people's efficiency in their working environment.

What are the two ways that new engineering disciplines are formed?

budding and merging

Creation by budding

Creation by merging

Stakeholder

An organization that is paying for an engineering project or the people who will use the engineering product.

Two primary engineering roles

technical and managerial

Technical responsibilities of engineers

Managerial responsibilities of engineers

Precedence Table and critical path

Write Eaton's Five Rules

Engineering problem solving (look over)

systemic

A bird's eye or holistic view of the problem

systematic

step-by-step approach

Three common methods of problem solving

Scientific method

make observations, hypothesize, and then test by three methods: lab, analysis, or physical models

Engineering analysis method

The problem is well defined and there is a unique solution.

Engineering design method

Problem is not well defined, there can be many solutions, and different teams of engineers will work on it.

Canon 1 of Ethics

Canon 2 of Ethics

Canon 3 of Ethics

Canon 4 of Ethics

Canon 5 of Ethics

Canon 6 of Ethics

Company that designed the Challenger space shuttle

Morton Thiokol