Exploring Engineering

Dr. Robert Balmer has worked as an engineer at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and at various DuPont facilities. He has over 40 years of engineering teaching experience and has authored 70 technical publications and the Elsevier undergraduate engineering textbook Modern Engineering Thermodynamics. Dr. William Keat has been teaching design for 20 years, in courses ranging from freshman engineering to a graduate course in design methodology. Has been awarded two Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Teacher Awards and two first place finishes at the Mini-Baja East Competition while serving as an advisor.

Part 1: LEAD-ON 1. What Do Engineers Do? 2. Elements of Engineering Analysis 3. Force and Motion 4. Energy 5. Engineering Economics 6. Engineering Ethics Part 2: MINDS-ON 7. Aeronautical Engineering 8. Chemical Engineering 9. Civil Engineering 10. Computer Engineering 11. Electrical Engineering 12. Industrial Engineering 13. Manufacturing Engineering 14. Materials Engineering 15. Mechanical Engineering 16. Nuclear Engineering PART 2.1: INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING FIELDS 17. Bioengineering 18. Electrochemical Engineering 19. Environmental Engineering 20. Green Energy Engineering 21. Mechatronics and Physical Computing PART 3: HANDS-ON 22. Introduction to Engineering Design 23. Design Teams 24. Design Step 1: Defining the Problem 25. Design Step 2: Generation of Alternative Concepts 26. Design Step 3: Evaluation of Alternatives and Selection of a Concept 27. Design Step 4: Detailed Design 28. Design Step 5: Design Defense 29. Design Step 6: Manufacturing and Testing 30. Design Step 7: Performance Evaluation 31. Design Step 8: Design Report 32. Examples of Design Competitions 33. Closing Remarks on the Important Role of Design Projects