Ridvan BOZKURT

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INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING IE 101 ATILIM
UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 2009 2010 FALL SEMESTER

• Ridvan BOZKURT

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OZGEÇMIS

• 1980 yilinda ODTÜ Maden Mühendisligi bölümünden
  mezun oldu, daha sonra ayni bölümde Yüksek Lisans
  çalismasini tamamladi. 1980 1988 yillari
  arasinda Yeni Çeltek Kömür ve Madencilik A.S.ye
  bagli Merzifon ve Bolu Linyit Isletmelerinde
  çesitli pozisyonlarda çalisti.
• 1988 1989 yillari arasinda Goodyear Lastikleri
  T.A.S.de Satis Direktörlügüne bagli olarak
  Bölge Teknik Temsilciligi görevinde bulundu. 1989
  2003 yillari arasinda uzman olarak çalistigi
  Milli Prodüktivite Merkezinde çok sayida
  danismanlik projesi ve egitim programi
  gerçeklestirdi. 2003 2005 yillari arasinda
  Milli Prodüktivite Merkezi Danismanlik Bölüm
  Baskanligi görevini üstlendi. Ekim 2005den bu
  yana serbest danisman ve egitmen olarak
  çalisiyor. Halihazirda satilmakta olan 6 kitabi
  ve çeviri ekibine katildigi bir ILO yayini, Milli
  Prodüktivite Merkezi tarafindan yayimlanmistir.
  Ayrica, çesitli yayin organlarinda çok sayida
  makalesi yayimlanmis ve çesitli kongre ve
  sempozyumlarda bildiriler sunmustur.
• Halen, danismanlik ve egitim çalismalarini
  sürdürmektedir.
• rbozkurt_tr_at_yahoo.com

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EGITIMLER

• Stratejik Yönetim
• Etkili Kurumsal Performans Yönetimi Için Balanced
  Scorecard (Dengeli Karne) Kullanilarak
  Stratejilerin Uygulamaya Alinmasi
• Yönetsel Becerilerin Gelistirilmesi
• Aile Sirketlerinde Yönetim ve Sürekliligin
  Saglanmasi
• Toplam Kalite Yönetimi (TKY)
• Etkili Sunum Yapma Teknikleri
• Motivasyon
• 5 S Endüstriyel Temizlik ve Düzen
• Sorun Çözme Teknikleri
• Istatistiksel Süreç Kontrolü
• Kalite Maliyetleri

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DANISMANLIKLAR

• Aile Sirketleri Yönetim Danismanligi
• Kurumsal Performansi Artirma Planlamasi (OD/PIP)
  Danismanligi
• Güçlü Yönler, Zayif Yönler, Firsatlar ve
  Tehditler (GZFT- SWOT) Analizi Danismanligi
• Süreç Analizi ve Iyilestirme Firsatlarinin
  Belirlenmesi Danismanligi
• Verimlilik Sorunlarinin Teshisi ve Çözüm
  Önerilerinin Gelistirilmesi Danismanligi
• Yönetici Performans Düzeyinin Belirlenmesi ve
  Iyilestirilmesine Yönelik Öneriler Gelistirilmesi
  Danismanligi
• Organizasyonel Yeniden Yapilanma Danismanligi
• Is Degerlendirme ve Ücretlendirme Danismanligi
• Çalisan Memnuniyetinin Ölçülmesi Danismanligi
• Müsteri Memnuniyetinin Ölçülmesi Danismanligi

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ATÖLYE ÇALISMALARI

• Aile Sirketlerinde Sürekliligin Saglanmasi Atölye
  Çalismasi
• Aile Sirketlerinde Kurumsallasma Atölye Çalismasi
  
• Aile Isletmelerinde Çatisma Alanlari ve Çözüm
  Önerileri
• Kurumsal Performansi Artirma Planlamasi (KPAP)
  Atölye Çalismasi
• Ilgili Taraf (Paydas) Beklenti Analizi (Ortak
  Akil Toplantisi) Atölye Çalismasi
• Okul Bütçesi Hazirlama ve Kaynak Bulma
• Kaizen Is Örneklemesi Yapilarak Kayip Zamanlarin
  ve Nedenlerinin Belirlenmesi ve Azaltilmasi

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ENGINEER

• From engine and ingenious, from Latin root in
  generate- to create
• Ingenieus- from old French engeigneus derived
  from engine- a war machine throwes stones,
  dead horses, diseased human as a biological
  warfare.

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Engineer Identification Test

• You walk into a room and notice that a picture
  is hanging crooked. You
• straighten it
• ignore it
• buy a CAD system and spend the next six months
  designing a solar powered, self adjusted picture
  frame whilw often stating aloud your belief that
  the inventor of the nail was a total moron.

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ENGINEER

• All man made objects result from the efforts of
  engineers

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Please write down ten answers to each of these
questions

• How much do you know about engineering?
• Why did you choose to study engineering?
• What reasons lead you to believe that you are
  ready and equipped to study engineering?
• What new success skills do you need to succeed in
  engineering study?

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Why did you choose to study engineering?

• To work for and with people
• Always liked science and math

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ENGINEERING

• What is engineering?
• What do engineers do?
• Why choose to study engineering?

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ENGINEERING

• You must develop the necessary
• work strategies
• study strategies
• attitudes
• communication skills
• ability to work as a part of a group
• time management skills

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ENGINEERING

• APOLLO PROGRAM
• An engineering achievement
• US landed on the moon in 1969

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ENGINEER

• A designer or builder of engines
• A person who is trained in or follows as a
  profession a branch of engineering
• A person who carries through an enterprise by
  skillful and artful contrivance

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ENGINEER

• A person who combines knowledge of science,
  mathematics and economics to solve technical
  problems that confront society
• A person who is ingenious problem solver
• Skilled producers or creators of things

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ENGINEER

• Apply science and mathematics to useful ends
• Solve problems creatively
• Optimize
• Make choices
• Help others

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ENGINEERING

• A diverse collection of professions, academic
  disciplines and skills
• Ingenium skills
• Ingenium intgignere (to produce)
• The application of scientific knowledge to solve
  practical problems

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ENGINEERING

• The application of scientific principles to
  provide goods to satisfy human needs
• Creating, designing and improving systems
• A profession by which you utilize mathematical,
  scientific and physical knowledge for the
  betterment of the world

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ENGINEERING

• The practical application of mathematics and
  science to create, design, test, improve and
  develop knowledge, research, money, business,
  economics and technology

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Scientists
• Engineers
• Technologists
• Technicians
• Artisans

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Scientists
• Who study nature in order to advance human
  knowledge (BSc, MSc, PhD)

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Engineers
• Who apply their knowledge of science, math and
  economics to develop useful devices, structures
  and processes (BSc, MSc, PhD)

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Technologists
• Who apply science and math to well defined
  problems that generally do nor require the depth
  of knowledge possessed by engineers and
  scientists (BSc)

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Technicians
• Who work closely with engineers and scientists
  to accomplish specific tasks such as drafting,
  lab procedures and model building (2 yeas
  associates degree)

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TECHNOLOGY TEAM

• Artisans
• Who have manual skills (welding, machining,
  carpentary) to constract devices specified by
  scientists, engineers, technologists and
  technicians (high school diploma experience)

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SUCCESSFUL TEAMWORK

• Mutual respects for the ideas or fellow team
  members
• The ability of team members to transmit and
  receive the ideas of the team
• The ability to lay aside criticism of an idea
  during early formulation of solutions to a problem

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SUCCESSFUL TEAMWORK

• The ability to build an initial or weakly formed
  ideas
• The skills to accurately criticise a proposed
  solution and analyze for both strengths and
  weaknesses

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Engineering as an applied discipline
mathematics
Natural sciences
New ideas
New technology
New products and processes
Pure Scientist (idea side)
Pure Engineer (applied side)
Working scientist
Working engineer
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Engineering as an applied discipline

• Engineers care more about using basic knowledge
  than generating basic knowledge
• They care more about converting basic science
  into technology and converting technology into
  useful products than in expanding basic science

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Engineering as creative problem solving

• Engineers must be able to listen to a concern and
  map out a solution
• To make cars that pollute less
• To make oil refining more efficient
• To reduce the manufacturing cost of a childs toy

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Engineering as creative problem solving
Understand the problems clearly
The scientist describes what is The engineer
creates what never was
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Engineering as constrained optimization

• There are always constraints in solving problems
• Electrical engineers rarely seek to design the
  fastest computer chip, to be useful, computer
  chips must exhibit other characteristics as well

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Engineering as constrained optimization

• Engineering solutions must take into account the
  probability of failure
• A civil engineer does not design a bridge that
  will never fall down. Rather, she/he ewamines
  theprobabilities that certain loads will occur on
  the bridge from traffic, earthquakes, and wind.

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Feasibility

• The ability of an engineering project to meet its
  constraints is often expressed as in terms of
  feasibility
• Technical feasibility
• Economic feasibility
• Fiscal feasibility

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Feasibility

• Technical feasibility
• Measures whether or not a project meets its
  technical goals
• Does the new road handle the traffic?

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Feasibility

• Economic feasibility
• Whether the project benefits outweigh the
  project costs
• Are road benefits are greater than the road
  construction and maintenance costs.?

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Feasibility

• Fiscal feasibility
• measures whether sufficient funds can be
  generated to build the project
• Projects must be socially acceptable, have
  political backing, and result in an acceptable
  environmental impact.

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Engineering as Making Choices

• Engineers
• listen carefully to the problem
• Develop a list of feasible solutions ar
  alternatives by using accepted and creative
  methods
• Select an alternative from among the feasible
  solutions and recommend it to their client

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Engineering as Helping Others

• Medicine
• Nursing
• Social work
• Teaching
• Engineering

Every project that an engineer completes,
satisfies a need or concern of the public
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Engineering as Helping Others

• Sensors to make powerful neonatal incubators
• Earthquake-resistant buildings
• Drinking water treatment systems for less
  developed countries
• Devise systems to help non-profit organizations
  better serve their clients
• Develop a robust heart valve for premature infants

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Job Satisfaction

• Accomplishments what they have contributed to
  society
• Work environment independence, responsibility,
  the degree to which they are challenged by their
  work and where they work
• Monetary issues salary, benefits, opportunities
  for promotion

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Engineering Disciplines and Related Fields

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Civil engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Materials engineering
• Computer engineering
• Biomedical engineering
• Environmental engineering
• Aerospace engineering
• Nuclear engineering
• Mining Petroleum engineering
• Agriculture Biosystems engineering
• Manufacturing engineering
• Ocean engineering / Naval architecture

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Engineering Disciplines and Related Fields
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Mechanical Engineering

• Analysis, design and development of structures,
  machnes, devices and mechanical systems
• Design and development of machinery and devices
• Analysis of mechanical systems and the vibrations
  of structures
• Design and development of manufacturing processes
  and energy conversion systems
• Design of heating, ventilation and air
  conditioning systems

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Mechanical Engineering

• Solid mechanics
• Fluid mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Mechanical design

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Mechanical Engineering Solid mechanics

• Concerned with analyzing the behaviour of solid
  bodies subjected to stresses and externel loads
• Tribology (science of friction, lubrication and
  wear)
• Aerospace
• Designmanufacture of advanced materals, textiles
  and composite materials
• Design and manufacture of engines
• Acoustics
• Management
• Nondestructive evaluation
• Design and manufacture of pressure vessels
• Dynamical systems control

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Mechanical Engineering Fluid mechanics

• Concerned with behaviour of liquids and gases
  and the design and development of machinery such
  as pumps, pipes, fans and turbines
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Acoustics and noise control
• Fluid power systems
• Aearodynamics
• Design and manufacture of pressure vessels

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Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

• Concerned with the conversion of one form of
  energy to another

Coal Oil Natural gas
combustion
energy
drives
generator
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Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

• Environmental control
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Alternative fuel sources
• Pollution control
• Solar energy

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Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Design

• a process that translates an idea, demand or
  identified need into a working prototype of a
  product or service
• Manufacture and development of automobiles and
  aircraft to the production of office equipment
  (photocopiers, fax machines, pens, pencils, etc),
  computers and kitchen and home appliances

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Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics (control and
automation eng)

• combines disciplines of mechanics, electronics
  and computing to design, manufacture and control
  advanced hybrid systems
• Robotics systems
• Advanced automobile systems
• Microdevices (biotechnologies)

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Mechanical Engineering Nano technology

• nanometer one billionth of a meter
• Deals with technology at the molecular level and
  is used to design and study devices ans systems
  made from single atoms and molecules

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Electrical Engineering

• embodies the study of al things electrical
  (electrical devices, electrical systems and
  electrical energy)
• Electric power engineering
• Communications
• Control systems engineering
• Digital systems engineering
• Electronics

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Electrical EngineeringElectric power engineering

• design, develop and maintain systems and devices
  for the genaration, transmission and distribution
  of electrical power

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Electrical EngineeringCommunications

• concerned with the transmission of information
  using wires, coaxial cable, fiber optics or radio

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Electrical EngineeringControl systems engineering

• concerned with the design and development of
  machines or systems that control automated
  processes
• Robotics
• Manufacturing
• Aerospace industry
• Offshore oil and gas extraction
• Power systems
• Manufacture of automobiles and household
  appliances

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Electrical EngineeringDigital systems engineering

• draws on expertise in the areas of digital
  system design and digital electronics to design
  hardware for a broad range of applications
  including digital signal processing,
  communications, computers and instrumentation
• Commercial aviation
• Oil exploration
• Telecommunications
• Banking

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Electrical EngineeringElectronics

• concerned with the design and development of
  electronic devices and electrical circuits for
  the production, detection and control of
  electrical signals
• Personal computers
• Carstrucks
• Household appliances

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Civil Engineering

• plan, design, construct, operate and maintain
  many of the structures and facilities around us
  (airports, buildings, bridges, harbors, highways,
  transit systems, offshore drilling platforms,
  waste collection structures, water supply
  facilities)

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Civil Engineering

• Construction engineering
• Environmental engineering
• Geotechnical engineering
• Structural engineering
• Surveying engineering
• Transportation engineering
• Water resources engineering

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Civil EngineeringConstruction Engineering

• combine engineering and management skills to
  plan and complete projects designed by architects
  and consulting engineers (bridges, buildings,
  shopping mall)

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Civil EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering

• provide technical solutions to environmental
  problems (water, oil and land)
• Safe drinking water
• Disposal and recycling of waste
• Provision of municipal services (sewer, water
  mains, garbage disposal)
• Air pollution control
• Reclamation of industrial land and cleanups at sea

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Civil EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering

• Concerned with the analyses of the properties of
  soils and rock that support and influence the
  behaviour of structures pavements and underground
  facilities
• Work closely with structural engineers in the
  design and construction of dams, tunnels and
  building foundations

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Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering

• Responsible for the planning and design of all
  types af structures from bridges and containment
  facilities to buildings, high towers and drilling
  platforms

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Civil EngineeringSurveying

• A surveyor makes precise measurement to obtain
  reliable information which is used to locate and
  design engineering projects
• Uses most uptodate technology including
  satellites, aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry
  and computers

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Civil EngineeringTransportation Engineering

• Transportation plan, design, construct and manage
  all types of transportation facilities, including
  streets and highways, transit systems, airports,
  railroads, ports and harbors

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Civil EngineeringWater Resources Engineering

• Concerned with the control and use of water,
  including flood control and protection, water
  distribution systems, waste water collection
  systems, irrigation, drainage, hydroelectric
  power, harbor and river development and road and
  pipeline river crossings

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Chemical Engineering

• Design, build, maintain and develop the complex
  systems required to convert the laboratory
  experiment into an industrial operation capable
  of largescale production

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Chemical Engineering

• Chemical, pertochemical, food processing,
  forestry and pharmaceutical ind.
• Polymer engineering
• Biotechnology
• Process control engineering
• Environmental engineering
• Engineering management
• Oil and natural gas

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Chemical EngineeringPolymer Engineering

• Plastics, rubbers, fibers, films and composites

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Chemical EngineeringBiotechnology

• Produce a range of products for medical,
  agricultural, food and chemical applications

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Chemical EngineeringProcess Control Engineering

• Concerned with the design and developmant of
  control systems to maintain in the efficient
  operation of large scale industrial processes

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Chemical EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering

• Design and develop technical and economically
  feasible solutions to environmental pollution
  premlems in an effort to protect and improve our
  environment

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Chemical EngineeringEngineering Management

• Assure the responsibilities of technical managers
  by becoming involved in the design and
  implementation of optimal operating conditions
  inside a complex, large scale industrial plant

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Chemical EngineeringOil and Natural Gas

• Industries that produce, process and refine
  natural gas and petroleum and in those industries
  that manufacture petroleum products including
  soaps and cosmetics

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Industrial Engineering

• Concerned with the efficiency or more precisely
  how to design, organize, implement anr operate
  the basic factors of production (materials,
  equipment, people, information and energy) in the
  most efficient manner possible

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Industrial Engineering

• Concerned with optimum performance, reliability,
  cost efficiency, quality control, plant design
  and management of human resources

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Industrial Engineering

• Manufacturing
• Work design
• Ergonomics (human factors)
• Management decision making
• Quality control
• Facility design
• Engineering management

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Industrial EngineeringManufacturing

• Engaged in the continuing development of
  efficient systems for the production of goods and
  services
• Most effective and efficient use of equipment and
  human resources to build high quality products
  with minimal costs

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Industrial EngineeringManufacturing

• Procedures to be followed by workers in order to
  manufacture products most efficiently
• Optimal arrangement of buildings and equipment
  for efficient production
• The capacity of the production system while
  establishing and maintaining quality control
  systems

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Industrial EngineeringWork Design

• Design the jobs individual workers do in
  performing the work of the organization
• Determine the objectives to be accomplished by an
  individual employee and the skills, abilities,
  and knowledge of the employee must possess to do
  the job

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Industrial EngineeringWork Design

• Used to determine production capabilities,
  improve efficiencies and to determine pay scales
  and salaries
• Production and manufacturing engineer
• Operations engineer
• Management engineer
• Work measurement engineer

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Industrial EngineeringErgonomics or Human Factors

• Study human physiology and psychology in order to
  understand the interface between workers and
  their environment (building, work space,
  equipment, etc)
• Aim to design the workplace to better accomodate
  the human factor
• Ergonomist
• Design engineer
• Safety engineer

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Industrial EngineeringManagement Decision Making

• Often analyze data in order to develop
  information about a company, its customers, or a
  product/service to help managers make decisions
  on, for example improving competitiveness

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Industrial EngineeringManagement Decision Making

• Use operations research techniques to determine
  efficient scheduling of operations, the optimal
  location of new facility or to answer routine
  questions such as the number of cashiers needed
  in a new grocery store

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Industrial EngineeringQuality Control

• Use a variety of quality control techniques to
  continually evaluate the quality of products and
  services provided by an organization
• Quality control engineer
• Quality assurance engineer
• Quality engineer
• Quality manager

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Industrial EngineeringFacility Design

• Help design facilities required by an
  organization in order to carry out its objectives
• Analyze and predict the size and shape of the
  physical space required to house the
  organizations employees, equipment and materials
  and designing any special facilities (restrooms,
  loading docks, special storage vaults, etc)

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Industrial EngineeringEngineering Management

• Plant manager
• Production manager
• Vice president of operations

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Materials Engineering

• Involved in materials (polymers, ceramics,
  composites and electronic materials) production,
  materials processing, and materials application
  and design
• Steel production, aluminium smelting, mineral
  processing, aerospace, automative, electronics,
  petrochemical industries, tribology, fracture
  mechanics, failure analyses and recycling

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Computer Engineering

• Utilize knowledge both from electrical eng and
  compter science to design and implement computer
  systems in which the hardware and software
  components are connected with the critical to the
  success of the design
• Software design
• Systems analyses

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Biomedical Engineering

• Concerned with the application of engineering
  concepts and technologies to solve biological and
  medical problems

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Environmental Engineering

• Deals with the issues concerning the environment
  such as urban, regionel and global air quality,
  water supply and water quality control, hazardous
  waste treatment, global environmental change, the
  maintenance of stable ecosystems, prevention and
  control of air pollution, waste water management,
  hazardous waste management

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Aerospace Engineering

• Design, develop and implement new and existing
  technologies in both civil and military aviation,
  including the design and development of al types
  of commercial and military aircraft such as
  vehicle used for space exploration
• Acoustics
• Rocket technology
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Thermodyanamics

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Nuclear Engineering

• Deals with all aspects of nuclear power from the
  design, development and implementation of
  different forms of nuclear power to the handling
  and safe disposal of nuclear fuels used in
  commercial and military sectors of the economy

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Mining and Petroleum Engineering

• Concerned with the extraction of minerals and
  hydrocarbons from the earth and the processing of
  these minerals in preperation for further use

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Mining and Petroleum Engineering

• Mining companies
• Oil companies
• Government and industry research facilities
• Financial institutions which invest heavily in
  these types of industries
• Design mines and mining equipment
• Supervise and manage mining operations
• Manage and design blasting operations
• Occupational health and safety

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Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering

• Concerned with efficient food production while
  maintaining or improving the environmental
  quality of the agro-ecosystems
• Deal with the design, development, construction
  and operation of systems for food production,
  storage, handling and processing

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Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering

• Government agencies
• Food
• Businesses
• Consulting companies
• Institutions

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Manufacturing Engineering

• Concerned with the design, development and
  implementation of all aspects of manufacturing
  operations from the product, equipment and
  inventory to quality management on time delivery,
  capacity and manufacturing cost

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Manufacturing Engineering

• Private and public sectors employ them in any
  operation that involves the manufacture of a
  product or service

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Ocean Engineering and Naval Engineering

• Concerned with the application of ocean science
  and engineering design to the ocean environment
• Design offshore drilling platforms, harbors and
  the corresponding equipment required for their
  maintenance

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Ocean Engineering and Naval Engineering

• Government
• Shipbuilding
• Offshore drilling platforms
• Environmental agencies
• Consulting firms
• Finance

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Engineering Job Classifications

• Research engineers Search for new knowledge to
  solve difficult problems that do not have readily
  apparent solutions. They require the greatest
  training, especially MSc or PhD

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Engineering Job Classifications

• Development engineers Apply existing and new
  knowledge to develop prototypes of new devices,
  structures and processes.
• Design engineers apply the results of search and
  development engineers to produce detailed designs
  of devices, structures and processes that will be
  used by the public.

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Engineering Job Classifications

• Production engineers are concerned with
  specifying production schedules, determining raw
  material availability and optimizing assembly
  lines to mass produce the devices conceived by
  design engineers.
• Testing engineers perform tests on engineered
  products to determine their reliability and
  suitability for particular applications.

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Engineering Job Classifications

• Construction engineers build large structures.
• Sales engineers have the technical background
  required to sell technical products.
• Operations engineers run and maintain production
  facilities such as factories and chemical plants.

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Engineering Job Classifications

• Managing engineers are needed in industry to
  coordinate such as factories and chemical plants.
• Consulting engineers are specialists who are
  called upon by companies to supplement their in
  house engineering talent.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Interpersonal skills Success is a group effort.
  They effectively communicate with other
  engineers, artisans, other professionals
  (marketing, finance, psychology)
• Communication skills engineers generate
  drawings, an electric circuit, flowchart of a new
  computer code, document test results in reports,
  write memos, manuals, proposals to bid on jobs,
  technical papers for trade journals, give sales
  presentations, make oral presentations at
  technical meetings, communicate with the workers,
  speak at civil groups to educate the public, etc.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Leadership They assess the situation and develop
  a plan to meet the groups objectives.
• Competence You are hired for your knowledge is
  faulty, they are of little value to your employer.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Logical thinking Base decisions on reason rather
  than emotions. Mathematics and science are based
  upon logic and experimentation.
• Qualitative thinking They transform qualitative
  ideas into quantitative mathematical models that
  we use to make informed decisions.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Follow-through Many engineering projects take
  years or decades to complete. People who need
  immediate gratification may be frustrated in many
  engineering projects.
• Continuing education University education is
  just the beginning of the lifetime learning.
  Knowledge will expand dramatically unless you
  stay current, you will quickly become obsolete.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Maintaining a professional library Textbooks.
  Generally textbooks contain useful information
  for your career. Once you graduate, you should
  continue purchasing handbooks and specialized
  books. YOU WILL BE EMPLOYED FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
• Honesty As much as technical skills are valued
  in industry, honesty is valued more.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Dependability Industries operate with deadlines.
  As a student, you also have many deadlines for
  homework, reports, tests and so forth. IF YOU
  HAND HOMEWORK AND REPORTS IN LATE, YOU ARE
  DEVELOPING BAD HABITS THAT WILL NOT SERVE YOU
  WELL IN THE INDUSTRY.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Organization Many engineering projects are
  extremely complex. Think of all the details that
  had to be coordinated to construct these
  buildings.
• Curiosity You must constantly learn and attempt
  to understand the world. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ASK,
  WHY?.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Common sense A lack of common sense can be
  disastrous (A library was recently built that
  required pilings to support it on soft ground.
  The engineers very carefully designed the pilings
  to support the weight of the building, but
  neglected the weight of the books. The library is
  now slowly sinking into ground.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Involvement in the community Chambers, Rotary or
  Lions Clubs etc. These organizations provide
  useful community services and also serve as
  networks for business contacts.

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Traits of a succesful engineer

• Creativity Most courses emphasize analysis, in
  which a problem has already been defined and the
  correct answer is being sougth. Most engineers
  also employ synthesis, the act of creatively
  combining smaller parts to form a whole.
  Synthesis is essential to design which usually
  starts with a loosely defined problem for which
  there are many possible solutions.

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Creativity

• Analysis and synthesis are part of creative
  process engineers cannot be productively
  creative without possessing and manipulating
  knowledge.
• The analysis muscles of an engineering student
  tend to be well developed.
• If you wish to tone your synthesis muscles, you
  may require activities outside the engineering
  classrooms.

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Creative Professions

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Paper Making Fact Stored by an Organized
Thinker
Paper making fact
Sciences
Humanities
Art
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Literature
Music
Organic Chemistry
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Organized Thinker

• Has a well compartmentalized mind
• Fasts are stored in unique places
• Facts are easily retrieved

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Paper Making Fact Stored by an Disorganized
Thinker
Paper making fact
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Disorganized Thinker

• Has no structure
• Information may be stored in multiple places
• His mind is so disorganized
• Information is hard to retrieve

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Paper Making Fact Stored by a Creative Thinker
Paper making fact
Sciences
Humanities
Art
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Literature
Music
Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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Creative Thinker

• Combination of organized and disorganized
  thinkers
• Information may be stored in multiple places
• When information is needed, there is a higher
  probability of finding it.

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Problem Solving Process
Eureka!
Yes
No
Solution?
Conscious
Quantitative Model
Potential Solution
Yes
No
Solution?
Subconscious
Qualitative Model
stored information





first guess
second guess

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• UNLESS YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS TRAINED,
• YOU WONT HAVE GOOD POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO
  ANALYZE.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Stick to it iveness Producing creative solutions
  to problems requires unbridled commitment. A
  succesful creative engineer doesnt give up.
• Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent
  perspiration
• Thomas Alva Edison

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Ask Why? A creative engineer is curious about
  the world and is constantly seeking
  understanding.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Is never satisfied A creative engineer goes
  through life asking, How could I do this
  better? Rather than complaining about a
  stoplight that stops his car at midnight when
  there is no other traffic, he would say, How
  could I develop a sensor that detects my car and
  turns the light green?.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Learns from accidents Many great technical
  discoveries were made by accident. Be sensitive
  to unexpected.
• Generalizes When a specific fact is learned, a
  creative engineer seeks to generalize that
  information to generate rich connections.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Develop qualitative and quantitative
  understanding As you study in engineering,
  develop not only quantitative analytical skills,
  but also qualitative understanding. Get a feeling
  for the numbers and processes, because that is
  what your subconscious needs for a qualitative
  model.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Has good visualization skills Many creative
  solutions involve three dimensional
  visualization. Often, the solution can be
  obtained by rearranging components, turning them
  around or duplicating them.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Has good drawing skills Drawings and sketches
  are fastest way by far to communicate spatial
  relationships, sizes, order or operations, and
  many other ideas.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Possesses unbound thinking Most of us are
  trained in an engineering discipline. If we
  restrict our thinking to a narrowly defined
  discipline, we will miss many potential solutions.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Has broad interests A creative engineer must be
  happy. This requires balancing intellectual,
  emotional and physical needs. You are responsible
  for developing your emotional and physical needs
  by socializing with friends, having a stimulating
  hobby (music, art, literature) and exercising.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Collects obscure information Easy problems can
  be solved with commonly available information.
  The hard problems often require obscure
  information.

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Traits of a creative engineer

• Keeps an engineering toolbox An engineering
  toolbox is filled with simple qualitative
  relationships needed by the qualitative model in
  the subconscious. These simple qualitative
  relationships may be distilled from quantitative
  engineering analysis.