TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensen,James N.
TI  - A user's guide to engineering
SN  - 0131480251 (pbk.)
U1  - 620 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ.
PB  - Pearson/Prentice Hall
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Vocational guidance
KW  - Case studies
N1  - Introduction. - Pt. I. Discovering engineering. 1. Introduction to discovering engineering. 2. What is engineering? 3. Engineering Careers. 4. Engineering Disciplines. - Pt. II. Engineering problem solving. 5. Introduction to engineering problem solving and the scientific method. 6. Engineering analysis method. 7. Engineering design method. - Pt. III. Engineering problem-solving tools. 8. Introduction to engineering problem solving tools and using data. 9. Engineering models.  10. Computing tools in engineering. 11. Feasibility and project management. - Pt. IV. Technical communications. 12. Introduction to technical communications. 13. Written technical communications. 14. Oral technical communications. - Pt. V. Engineering profession. 15. Introduction to the engineering profession and professional registration. 16. Engineering ethics. 17. Introduction to the engineering case studies. 18. Millennium bridge case study. 19. Controllability case study. 20. Dissolution case study. 21. Computer workstation case study. 22. Power transmission case study. 23. Walkway collapse case study. 24. Trebuchet case study. - A. Review of physical relationships. - B. Greek alphabet in engineering, science, and mathematics. - C. Linear regression. - D. Using solver. - E. Extended trebuchet analysis. - F. References and bibliographies. - Index
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