Technology & Engineering
Modern Engineering
Modern engineering refers to the application of scientific and mathematical principles to design, develop, and improve structures, machines, systems, and processes. It encompasses various disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, and often involves the use of advanced technologies and materials to address complex challenges and create innovative solutions for the modern world.
Written by Perlego with AI-assistance
Related key terms
1 of 5
3 Key excerpts on "Modern Engineering"
eBook - ePub- Graeme Dandy, David Walker, Trevor Daniell, Robert Warner, Bernadette Foley(Authors)
- 2017(Publication Date)
- CRC Press(Publisher)
st Century.An updated and more general definition of the overall field of engineering was made in 1958 by the US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology: Engineering is … “the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind”.In this statement (quoted in Voland, 2004) the list of specific design skills has been removed and the theme of working for the benefit of mankind has been introduced. The idea of working economically has also been included. In fact, concepts of cost control and economic operation began to be used overtly in engineering work in the late 19th Century. These are important considerations in all Modern Engineering work, although when new, innovative techniques are being developed and used for the first time, the main problem may be to get the project completed successfully. A distinguished engineer has ruefully suggested that it is often better, financially, to be the second or third person to use a new, innovative process.In the middle of the 20th Century there were still five main engineering branches: civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical and mining engineering, but, following the Second World War, development was rapid in all fields of engineering and many new branches of specialisation appeared, and matured. Subdivisions of the traditional fields, and the appearance of completely new engineering disciplines, have continued to this day. The newer engineering branches flourishing towards the end of the 20th Century included aeronautical, aerospace, agricultural, automotive, biomedical, coastal, computer systems, electronic, environmental, mechatronic, medical, optical, rehabilitation, and transport engineering, to name but a few. The pace of engineering innovation and development has if anything accelerated into the 21st
eBook - PDF- Lokesh Pandey(Author)
- 2023(Publication Date)
- Arcler Press(Publisher)
APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING ACROSS VARIOUS FIELDS CHAPTER7 CONTENTS 7.1. Introduction .................................................................................... 188 7.2. Types of Engineering ....................................................................... 188 7.3. Mechanical Engineering ................................................................. 197 7.4. Electrical Engineering ..................................................................... 205 7.5. Computer Science and it Engineering ............................................. 212 7.6. Application of Computer Science and it Engineering....................... 215 7.7. Conclusion ..................................................................................... 223 References ............................................................................................. 225 The Basics of Engineering 188 To develop, design, and analyze solutions engineering is a profession in which people apply scientific theory. Engineering consists of major basic branches which all have numerous subdisciplines in general. Civil, chemical, software, mechanical, electrical, and industrial are the major branches of engineering. To solve problems engineering is the application of science and mathematics. For scientific discoveries engineers figure out how things work and find practical uses. For innovations that advance the human condition, scientists, and inventors often get the credit, but in making those innovations available to the world it is engineers who are instrumental. 7.1. INTRODUCTION Much of the modern society depends on engineered artifacts to function, but many members of modern society are not aware of the engineering techniques and practices that have developed the technology and infrastructure. Engineers’ designs and creations are iPods, cell phones, airplanes, bridges, buildings, vehicles, computers, etc.
eBook - PDF- Paul H. Wright(Author)
- 2012(Publication Date)
- Wiley(Publisher)
It is a relatively new and rapidly growing engineering discipline with extraordinary challenges and opportunities. Since the invention of the transistor in 1947, technological advances in computer engineering have been astounding. Today, it is possible to integrate more than 100 million transistors in a single integrated circuit chip. At the same time, the switching speed of transistors has increased more than 10,000 fold, and it is now possible to design chips that operate at more 26 CHAPTER 2/DEFINITION OF ENGINEERING than one billion operations per second. This rapid improvement in computer technology has challenged computer engineers: (1) to invent hardware and software design, and the tools to develop these integrated circuit chips and (2) to imagine, design, and verify systems containing these chips. Rapid advances in computer technology, resulting in ever smaller, less costly, high-performance computers, have resulted in a vast number of applications containing embedded computers as elements. These range from highly complex communications systems to biomedical imaging devices, sophisticated con- sumer products, and household appliances. 2.5 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING One of the oldest and broadest areas of engineering activity, mechanical engi- neering, is concerned with machinery, power, and manufacturing or produc- tion methods. Mechanical engineers design and manufacture machine tools—the machines that make machines—and machinery and equipment for all branches of industry. For example, they design turbines; printing presses; earth-moving machinery; food processors; air conditioning and refrigeration systems; artificial hearts and limbs; and engines for aircraft, diesel locomo- tives, automobiles and trucks, and public transportation vehicles. Their machines move and lift loads, transport people and goods, and produce energy and convert it to other forms.
Index pages curate the most relevant extracts from our library of academic textbooks. They’ve been created using an in-house natural language model (NLM), each adding context and meaning to key research topics.
