HomeUnitext for Freshmen: Introduction to Engineering
Unitext for Freshmen: Introduction to Engineering
Editor: Luca Anderson, Eliza Bradley
Year: 2023
Binding: Hardback
Price: £ 250.00
"Engineering is a profession in which scientific knowledge and mathematics is used and experimented with to develop ways that benefit mankind, making it extremely important to society for several reasons. Engineering encompasses a whole range of industries that could include on-site, practical construction work as well as evaluating safety systems from an office. The application of knowledge to design and build devices, systems, materials and processes in engineering. This book explores the different disciplines of engineering and providing learners with a broad background in different areas of engineering. The book presents an introduction to the methods and tools of engineering problem solving and design including experimentation, data analysis, computer and communication skills, and the interface of the engineer with society and engineering ethics.
The world has faced indefinite challenges, energy crisis, and development, climatic and other problems which needed some effective methods of solution. Engineers secure the faith of growing economy. Engineering plays such an important role because it is the way that we humans are able to use the rules of the world to achieve things. Physics, Chemistry, and Biology teach us how the universe works, it gives us all the instructions we need as to how things interact. Engineering is the way of taking the instructions and using them to make the things that nature didn’t give us. It is the role of the engineer, however, to minimize the effects of damage on the surrounding ecosystems, and design necessary infrastructures that are both efficient and safe. It is the role of the engineer to protect the environment and the people within it. Engineers aim to benefit the people of the present by employing effective structures that are intended to improve transportation and living habits of earth’s inhabitants.
In this book, you will develop your identity as a modern engineer who will collaboratively contribute to sustainable and equitable communities. This book will broadly introduce the engineering profession and highlight the socio-technical and interdisciplinary nature of engineering. The themes of the book will enable students to: distinguish and practice professional conduct; communicate and interact in a style appropriate to academic and professional contexts, including oral, written, and graphical styles; explain the engineering method from problem formulation through the complete life cycle."
"Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Profession
1.1 Fundamental of Mechanical Engineering
1.2 Areas of Research
1.3 Role of Mechanical Engineer
Chapter 2 Energy Generation
2.1 Sustainable Energy Generation
2.2 Non Renewable Energy Generation
Chapter 3 Design of Machineries
3.1 Meaning of Design
3.2 Mechanism and Components
3.3 Computer-Aided Mechanism Analysis
3.4 Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Chapter 4 CAM
4.1 Concept Of Computer-Aided Manufacturing
4.2 CAM Used For
4.3 Advantages And Disadvantages of CAM
4.4 CNC Machining
4.5 Types of CNC Machines
4.6 Machine Tools
4.7 Industrial Applications and Benefits
Chapter 5 Aeronautics and Mechatronics
5.1 Mechatronics Engineering Careers in Aerospace
5.2 Mechanical, Aerospace and Mechatronic Engineering
5.3 Applications of Mechatronics in Aviation Engineering
5.4 Aerospace Manufacturing on Board with Robots
Chapter 6 Thermal Engineering, Automobile
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Profile
6.1 Thermal Engineering
6.2 Automobile Engineering
6.3 Mechanical Engineering Profile
INDEX"
"Luca Anderson is Head of the School of Design Engineering, Birmingham. His professional interests include creativity tools and innovation, design, heat transfer, rotating flow, and sustainable energy. Former roles include director of the Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, and professor at Sussex University. Anderson has contributed to over 100 papers, and several books on engineering design, rotating flow, rural urban migration and sports technology.
Eliza Bradley received her master’s degree in engineering from Technological University, Glasgow. Passionate about learning, Bradley joined a full-time teaching position in the engineering technology department at State University, Swansea. She has 15 years of teaching experience in engineering and engineering technology. Her research includes student learning, motivation, metacognition, teaching and learning styles, quality of higher education, globalization of education, and other related areas."
