Lecture 1 Introduction to Engineering

By Dr. Ahmed Hassan & Dr. Iman Osama Cairo, 2012

Presentation Outline
We will discuss five topics: 1. How to be a good listener. 2. Text book and Course content.

3. Problem of text book. 4. An introduction to engineering. 5. How will we communicate.

How to Be a Good Listener ?

To go away from a talk as a more informed person, you should
1. Maintain natural eye contact with the speaker. 2. Show by your posture that you are alert and interested. 3. Ignore distractions such as side talks or other external noise. 4. Take notes on the speakers most important points. 5. Be sure to turn off cell phones.
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Text Book

A. A. Harms, B. W. Baetx, and R. R. Volt, Engineering in Time, Imperial College Press, 2004.

Course Content
Part A: Introduction to Engineering, Chapter 1

Part B: History of Engineering, Chapters 2 to 8

Part B: History of Engineering

1. Prehistoric Engineering (106 BP104 BP)
2. Ancient Engineering (8000 BCE500 CE) 3. Medieval Engineering (500 CE1400) 4. Renascent Engineering (14001800)

Part B: History of Engineering

5. Expansive Engineering (18001940)
6. Modern Engineering (19401990) 7. Contemporary Engineering (19902000+)

PROBLEMS OF TEXT BOOK

Full of Wordiness

What does the term Wordiness mean? The authors use a lot of unnecessary, difficult words instead of simple, direct ones.

How will we communicate? A Facebook group for our architecture department students MIU Engineering History 2012

Chapter 1
Introduction to Engineering

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Engineering According to Dictionary

Engineering is the work of an engineer, or the study of this work

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An Engineer According to Dictionary

a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways or bridges, using scientific principles.

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Engineering According to our Text Book has 3 Definitions

Def. 1 Engineering represents creative thoughts and skilled actions associated with the use of natural material and phenomena in planning, designing, developing, manufacturing, testing, implementing, improving and disposing of devices.
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Engineering According to our Text Book has 3 Definitions

Def. 2 Engineering may be interpreted as the activity of how to make devices and how they might be made better. Def. 3
Engineering is the domain of thoughts and actions which uses what is to create what may be.
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ENGINEERING BLOCK DIAGRAM

Natural materials and their properties
N (t)

Creative thought and skilled actions E (t)

Clever and useful devices

D (t)

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An Example from the STONE AGE

Natural Stone

Human action of stone chipping

Stone tool
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An Example from NOWADAYS

Natural Materials

Engineering thought and actions of design and manufacture

Computer Chip
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THANK YOU

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