Thursday, March 4, 2010

Engineer

Engineers: People who use technical means to solve problems. They design products, systems, devices, and structures to improve our living conditions.

Technical Drawings: a clear, precise language used in the design process for communicating, solving problems, quickly and accurately visualizing objects, and conducting analyses. It is a graphical representation of objects and structures is done using freehand, mechanical, or computer methods.

Breakdown of an Engineers' Time: 92% of the design process is graphical and the remaining 8% is mathematics and written communication.

Design Process:
  1. Problem Identification
  2. Preliminary Ideas
  3. Design Refinement
  4. Analysis
  5. Optimization
  6. Documentation
  7. Implementation: servicing, financing, marketing, producing, planning, documenting