Exploring Engineering

Exploring Engineering, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Engineering and Design, winner of a 2017 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), presents the emerging challenges engineers face in a wide range of areas as they work to help improve our quality of life. In this classic textbook, the authors explain what engineers actually do, from the fundamental principles that form the basis of their work to the application of that knowledge within a structured design process. The text itself is organized into three parts: Lead-On, Minds-On, Hands-On. This organization allows the authors to give a basic introduction to engineering methods, then show the application of these principles and methods, and finally present a design challenge. This book is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in exploring the various fields of engineering and learning how engineers work to solve problems.

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
Part 1. Lead-On1. What Engineers Do2. Elements of Engineering Analysis3. Force and Motion4. Energy5. Engineering EconomicsPart 2. Minds-On6. Aeronautical Engineering7. Chemical Engineering8. Civil Engineering9. Computer Engineering10. Electrical Engineering11. Industrial Engineering12. Manufacturing Engineering13. Materials Engineering14. Mechanical Engineering15. Nuclear Engineering16. Biomechanical Engineering17. Electrochemical Engineering18. Green Energy EngineeringPart 3. Hands-On19. Introduction to Engineering Design20. Design Teams21. Design Step 1. Defining the Problem22. Design Step 2. Generation of Alternative Concepts23. Design Step 3. Evaluation of Alternatives and Selection of a Concept24. Design Step 4. Detailed Design25. Design step 5. Design Defense26. Design Step 6. Manufacturing and Testing27. Design Step 7. Performance Evaluation28. Design Step 8. Design Report29. Examples of Design Competitions30. Closing Remarks on the Important Role of Design Projects