Essays on Engineers

Analysis Of Audience, Purposes And Context

Communication can be defined as the process by which information is conveyed to an audience either through the use of words, diagrams and symbolic work. In addition, successful communication is highly based on the particular audience at the specified period since the message is being conveyed to them. It is worth noting that, all technical communication serves specific purposes and the target audience is by far, one of the most important aspects. Audience influences the purpose and context of technical communication through, the fact that the author has the responsibility of meeting the required needs of any particular audience ...

Introduction

The advancement of information and communications technologies continues to transform the sports industry as athletes gain new and more advanced ways sporting activities and strategies. Technologies evolve over time and so do sports causing a major transformation of the sports' industry. The study of technology and sports plays a crucial role in understanding the relationship between the athlete's performance in the field and the available technologies to promote such performance. Moreover, the integration of technology in sports led to the discovery of major sports concussion and their causes. The following paper describes the understanding of sports and technology focusing ...

Abstract

This paper tends to highlight the history of automobiles and their impact on society today. This paper will discuss how what motivated the development of automobiles while also stating down the history of automobiles from the traditional and mechanical automotive used years back to the more modern electronic automobiles in use today. The impact of automobiles on society today cannot be understated with the rapid advancements in technology leading to the production of the brilliant machines. But with every advancement brings both negative and positive impacts on society and this paper will discuss these factors in a broader way. ...

Analysis of Pulte Homes

Introduction Pulte Homes is a real estate and a property developer based in the United States. The entity constructs and designs semi-custom made houses, single-family houses, duplexes and senior housing facilities. Pulte Homes undertakes the construction of these homes for both corporates, as well as, individuals. The primary business of the organization is thus building of homes. The company also acquires and develops land sites in America for residential purposes. Besides, it offers financing and mortgages to its customers ("Pulte Group - Home"). It is thus on this basis that the following article will discuss the company’s SWOT ...

Software engineering over the past decade has seen a tremendous drop in their level of professionalism. Risk factors associated with the decline in professionalism level are poor software qualities, a high cost of software development, failed deadline, poor implementation, poorly coordinated stages of software development, lack of proper staff motivation, and low return on investment. More surprisingly, a lot of unqualified and inexperienced software developers regularly are being hired to run software development at the expense of qualified software developer who has abandoned the industry and left to ruin. Statistics indicates that over 80 percent of software developments projects ...

Introduction

Engineering profession in Canada is self-regulated while in the U.S. it is state-regulated. However, there has been a long-standing debate on whether self-regulation in the engineering profession in Canada has served the public interest in a similar way as the U.S. and other state-regulated regimes. Before engineering was made a self-regulated profession in Canada, there were other professions like medicine and law which were being self-regulated. However, these self-regulated fields had been marred with numerous scandals because they were putting their interests before those of the public. They would increase the cost of professional services and engage in professional ...

Introduction

A comparison of engineering licensure and regulation in the United States and Canada reveal critical differences between the two countries. Nonetheless, the licensure and regulation between the two countries converge at the point where government intervention in the profession offer some level of autonomy for engineers in their duty to promote public welfare and consumer protection. It has to be noted that privileges given to engineers in Canada present tremendous responsibility to the players. Besides, state regulation and licensure in the United States gives the state the watchdog powers to oversee the operations of individual engineers and corporate entities ...

Self-Regulation or State Regulation?

Abstract – This paper is about the analysis of the effectiveness of self-regulation and state regulation of the engineering profession in Canada and in the United States. Canada uses self-regulation while the United States uses state regulation. In analyzing the nature, advantages and disadvantages of both of the models of professional regulation, one could recognize that they are equally effective in regulating the engineering profession.

Keywords – engineering, professionals, self-regulation, state regulation, and licensure.

Introduction Professionals are considered as a vital part of the society. Professions such as engineering could be helpful in the society through helping in the building establishments, operating industrial processes and developing new technologies which ...

Introduction

Regulation and licensure is the act of giving a permit to those qualified in particular field of specialty while at the same time keeping in checking their activities. It is usually established under a variety of jurisdictions that aim at promoting the welfare of the public. Licensure is the process under which engineers receive authorization to practice as well as provide professional engineering services to people [5]. Just like any other profession, engineering is usually protected by the law under some jurisdictions. In the United States, the practice of architecture is often governed by individual states. The licenses are ...

The project objective is to build the world’s largest indoor ski resort which is located in a desert inside of Dubai. This means that a dedicates team of engineers, and other workers have to go against all the odds and give tourists the fun they deserve by ensuring that this project would be able to support skiing in the desert. This means that almost everything has to be artificial starting with the slope and not to forget the snow. The overall objective is not only to encourage investment but also to promote tourism in the area. The ski ...

Define Activities:

The primary activity is to develop the longest road tunnel in Australia. The tunnel will be 9km long, and reach from the northern exchange, near North Wahroonga, to the southern exchange, near Northmead. This will include the creation of not only the tunnel itself, but also tunnels for onramps and off ramps, as well as additional earthwork, the widening of brides, creation of drainage infrastructure, new pavement and the replacement of signage to indicate the tunnel, once open. The purpose of this construction is to create an alternate route for trucking traffic, to remove roughly 5,000 trucks from ...

Engineering is a profession that requires individuals to exercise a lot of knowledge to enhance competency in various activities. Primarily, an engineer needs skepticism about his ability while delivering his duties to improve caution. Uncertainty is usually prevalent when creating new things and the professional has to make some assumptions, for instance, when designing new equipment. Professionalism requires that an individual discharge his or her duties with care and ensure that the person delivers the obligation mandated. Apparently, like any other professionals, engineers have a responsibility to different people that they ought to meet. Engineers have a sense of ...

Dym & Little Summary.

In this chapter, the authors first view engineering design a product of various stakeholders whose input is necessary to come up with a product that meets all quality and design requirements. The stakeholders in this case are the client who requests for the design, the user who will actually use the final product, and the designer himself (the engineer). A key point noted is that these stakeholders may have diverging needs which may affect the overall product design and even result in further complications like financial problems. Dym & Little pint out an example scenario where a conflict of interest ...

Analysis of Audience, Purpose, and Context

The aspect of communication proves to be a very fundamental element in the transfer and receipt of information from one agent to the other in pursuit of an effective way of undertaking operations. It’s of great importance to scrutinize the audience, purpose, and context in achieving a successful technical communication; first, the analysis of the audience makes it easier for the person passing the information to ensure that he/she designs the course of such communication to suit the audience’s level of understanding, beliefs, attitudes and interests. When an individual addressing a given audience does not keep in ...

Nowadays, as the world continues to embark in the transitioning from the industrial era to the information era, more and more fields of practice and study have emerged to address the different needs of the society. One of the fields that has definitely established its importance in society, is the field of Engineering. Upon hearing the word “Engineering”, it cannot be denied that one of the most common ideas and perceptions that come to mind, is that they are responsible for building things. However, it is important for people to recognize that Engineering is one unique field for it ...

Introduction

A code of conduct is a document that sets out a collection of rules, social norms, and responsibilities that an individual or any party should follow as a part of an existing organization. In some cases, they may also refer to and cover areas such as the principles, values, and standards that an individual should use as a guide when making actions and decisions when working within an organization. Following an organization’s code of conduct often has two main goals. The first one is to keep the stakeholders satisfied by ensuring that all actions and decisions that are ...

Almost every aspect of life has taken an online approach with the emergence of the computer error. The whole concept of globalization could not have turned into a reality were it not for the sake of computers and related technology. As a result, therefore, software engineering, which is the basis of technological revolution, has been largely embraced to enhance efficiency and reliability in most processes. In the current society, complex tasks and functions have been successfully broken down into extremely simplified processes with the use of computer programs. Software engineering refers to the use of computer programs to design ...

Within businesses, it is very essential that individuals are held to a high standard. For this reason, poor and shady practices should not be legal. Now sometimes, there are instances in which shady practices end up going unnoticed by the employer and employee. At the same time, though, there are instances in which people discover and call out the illegal practices that they witness other employees doing. This is known as whistleblowing. Now, in some cases, whistleblowing be being a tattletale. However, if it is affecting the company, then it needs to be called out. As Bolsin, Faunce, & Oakley ( ...

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the role of engineers in the society and the industry. It also focuses on appraising the role that engineers play to change human lives and the world. A general definition of the engineering profession helps in understanding them better. The research aims at assessing the ethical and social responsibility that engineers are bound with. This is achieved by studying the education and training criteria set by the governing and accreditation bodies pertaining to the engineering disciplines. With the help of case studies, the paper seeks to explore the sort of ethical and social responsibilities. ...

Over the years, it has become normal for all types of engineers to use process simulation in performing different tasks. Among the tasks that engineers rely on simulation include calculating energy and mass balances in flow-sheets in predicting the performances of alternative processes that can save companies and governments millions of shillings. As such, engineers must define complex flow-sheets as well as process conditions before the simulation process formally begins. It should be noted that desktop computers currently allow sizing, optimization, dynamic calculations, and rating which previously tended to demand large mainframe computers to compute. Additionally, more experts were ...

Introduction

Railways for cars are a new and modern way of transporting cars from one place to the other using trains. This is one of the brightest in innovation in the history of humankind since it has helped to solve many problems that are normally associated with moving cars. Because of the availability of the above service, it is now very easy for people especially those who own personal cars to move their vehicles from one region to the other. The idea works on the principle that the cars are loaded into the train using very simple loading techniques. This ...

Questions

Do you think these individuals are really psychopaths or just very competitive business who are just doing whatever they need to do to be successful (even if it was criminal)? That would all come down to what someone thinks of when they say they word “psychopath”. To some, a psychopath is anyone who is mentally ill. To others, there is a distinction between a psychopath and a sociopath. The main different drawn is that psychopaths simply do not know better and thus have no way to know how wrong their behavior is. A sociopath is different in that ...

Literature Review

Impact Mitigation

Intelligent locomotive bumper designs have been touted as possible life-savers for pedestrians. Paden, Kelly, Hines, Botham and Simms explored the feasibility of a life-saving locomotive bumper (103). There were several motivations behind their paper. Perhaps the most important one was the high number of pedestrians that were killed every year in train impacts. Between the years 2007 and 2012, about 10,950 non-suicide deaths were attributed to train impact on humans. Including suicide deaths on railroads, 28,800 pedestrians were killed during that 6-year period. Also, Paden et al., noted that passenger trains served densely populated areas ( ...

I. Environment Scan: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Currently, Google is an Internet company which has gone well beyond search business (Edelman & Eisenmann, 2011). Against a stated philosophy of "It is best to do one thing really, really well," Google has diversified core business, i.e. search and paid listings, into a broad range of product and service offerings cutting across numerous industries and business activities. Notably, Google has diversified from search business into communication applications, productivity applications and computing operating systems (Edelman & Eisenmann). This expansion mandates an environment scan of Google's to be not only limited to search business but ...

Introduction

Numerous types of color processes in film has been witnessed throughout time. It is evident that some color has been more successful in film than others. As a matter of fact, some colors have remained dominant for an extended period while others fade away quickly if not required. In the future, the film industry will go ahead to experience advanced technology that will enable filmmakers to use more attractive and sophisticated colors. Probably an essential point to remember is that the evolution in film has been undergoing a gradual transformation since time immemorial. Like a century ago, people thought ...

Abstract:

The principal intention of this study was to come up with the most conducive internal environment in a building. At any given moment, the internal temperature of a building is a function of the amount of heat produced by sources therein and the net heat transfer into or out of the building. The four heat transfer modes are convection, radiation, conduction, and phase- change. In executing this project, the researchers sought the relevant literature to establish the thermal properties of various materials. The properties are critical in determining the amount of heat inflow and exit from the building. The ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

Part 2- Analysis of Audience, Purpose, and Context

Technical communication is the method of passing scientific, engineering, and other technical information. Therefore, careful analysis of the audience, as well as the purpose and context, is essential since people in different contexts with varied professional identifications can engage in technical communication. Additionally, individuals that are designated as professional writers apply the research techniques during documentation and presentation of technical processes. Regarding the EGR 386w, my audience can change the tone and structure of the document by developing an effective argument. During the design for practice program, I addressed the expert audience because they are the category of people ...

The Importance of Technology

Organizations must remain competitive in order to stay in business. Technology is undeniable as it is present in every facet of life as it allows organizations to communicate with customers one to one via social media thereby not falling behind with what is needed in the market relative to products/services, allows companies to stay relevant by staying abreast of new technology, and allows an organization to take advantage of business opportunities that technology can allow. Technology allows an organization to be functional which means being more competitive ("The Importance of Keeping Up with Technology in the Workplace - Axis ...

Dym & Little

Engineering design spans across several disciplines according to Dym and Little (1). While different disciplines employ deferent engineering design concepts to accomplish different design tasks, there are common elements in the engineering situation. The commonalities that exist in different engineering design works and situations make it possible to describe a design process and its context. Dym & Little defines engineering design as a methodical, intellectual process in which designers produce, assess and stipulate designs for processes, devices or systems whose functions and forms meet the expectations of the client and the needs of the user while satisfying an identified set ...

Intrapreneurship Staffing Plan

Intrapreneurship Staffing Plan The decision was made in the previous assignment to design and market a digital camera in an intrapreneurial relationship with GoPro. GoPro is a smaller firm with top-line performance of $1.2 billion in 2015 (Roberts, 2016) By partnering with GoPro, Apple works with small, competitive and innovative firm an GoPro gets to realize the benefits of marketing a product with an industry leader that can produce volume and market to sell high volumes in Apple. Apple is recognized for having high-quality camera devices built into a number of their technologies. The iPad, iPod and iPhone all ...

Abstract

The understanding of the performance of an aircraft is one of the most important issues that many stakeholders in the aviation sector aspire to understand comprehensively. A significant number of aircrafts experience challenges in the process of take-offs or when they are landing. However, through research, engineers have discovered that the climb performance of many aircrafts is affected by several factors including incidences of collision with various obstacles. It is also crucial to acknowledge that an aircraft is characterized by performances in different speed conditions. Through the performance at each speed condition, engineers are able to predict that manner ...

DISCUSSION PAPER

1. The 2013 Army Strategic Planning Guidance (ASPG) describes an Army that is “globally responsive and regionally engaged — one building toward a regionally aligned, mission tailored force that can Prevent, Shape and Win now and in the future.” To guide this approach, the Army lists four imperatives that form the basis of the Army Campaign Plan:

develop leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century; adapt the Army to more effectively provide land power; and enhance the all-volunteer Army. Which imperative is the most important and why? Give an example of something that the Army could do to ...

Institutional

A risk is defined as an uncertain condition or an event whose occurrence can cause a positive or an adverse effect on a project’s objectives. A risk can be either positive or negative in nature. A positive risk is considered as an advantageous opportunity for either an individual or a corporate entity; it involves replacement of the previous infrastructure with a new one (Lock, 2013). On the other hand, negative risks are the unwanted phenomenon that can cause the problems thus derailing the project. Looking into the problematic network infrastructure, which is problematic in certain areas of state ...

One of the grand challenges being faced by many people in the world today is access to clean water. The shortage of clean drinking water is, for sure a huge issue, however, with advances in technology and better affordability of this technology, this crisis can be averted. As far as a background know how of the situation is concerned, there is an abundance of water in countries such as Canada or the States, where it provides in excess for the amount of people inhabiting the countries. On the other hand, there are the Middle Eastern and North African countries, ...

ABET outcomes and civil engineering

The civil engineering is a specialized branch of the engineering that combines the use of chemistry, physics-based in calculus, differential equations, material resistance, and design. Each university and educational institution that offer civil engineering programs must meet with basic criteria established by the ABET (Brown School of Engineering) and other professional organizations related to civil engineering. The programs of civil engineering, additional to the hard core of the career (calculus and sciences), it is necessary to add other skills to the potential engineers to develop their skills with success, that skills are: management, leadership, ethics and public policies. The ...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on the 24th of March 1989 in Prince William Sound in Alaska. The Exxon Valdez an oil tanker was on route to Long Beach, California when it hit the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound. The accident caused between 11-38 million gallons of crude oil to spill into the ocean in the next few days. Response to the disaster was slow due to Prince William Sound only being reachable by boat, helicopter, or plane. The identified causes of the spill are (1) The failure of Exxon to oversee the master, along with ensuring ...

Abstract and Description

Atlantic Cooling Services & Technologies is a US-based company providing full-stack cooling services for the businesses and individuals. With more than 30 years in business, the company is one of the vastly experienced players on the United States cooling market, providing a unique fusion of rich experience and the most state-of-the-art developments in cooling technology. The company positions itself as a ‘one-stop’ solutions provider for its customers, i.e. it provides all services required for constructing, maintaining and demolishing a cooling tower or a water tank. The expertise domains of the company includes customized design and construction of the cooling towers ...

Single Pump Results

Single Pump Calculations

Impeller Diameter (D) 114mm

Venturi inlet diameter (AP) 27.2mm Venturi throat diameter (AT) 18.5mm All calculations done assuming ρ= 1000 kg/m3 1. Graphs for the single pump test Figure 3: Percentage efficiency plotted against the flow rate in litres per second 2. Analysis of single pump graphs The graph in Figure 1 demonstrates an inverse correction that exists between flow rate and the size of the head. According to the curve, the fluid flow exhibits a maximum head (16.20795m) at zero flow (Derakhshan and Ahmad 807). On the other hand, the fluid flow demonstrates a minimum head (4.99490m) at the moment ...

Abstract

Improvements in safety culture involve using various tools and taking some measures. Besides the development of techniques, there is also the aspect of management. On the management, there are ways in which safety issues are to be handled including the development of structures and motivating people to become part of the solution to safety problems. Tools for hazard analysis has also been improved over time from the traditional methods to the modern alternative approaches. This essay is going to discuss safety issues broadly in the context of management and tools. It will begin with a list and explanations of ...

Introduction

Occupational health and safety are associated with the safety, health, and welfare of employees who are engaged in work. It plays an important role in managing the company’s operations. The report addresses workplace hazards and provides information about the accidents and injuries occurred in the engineering industry. One of the main aims of the report is to indicate ways of mitigating the risk of loss. The purpose of this technical report is to demonstrate that the author has engineering knowledge, professional competence, and technical ability to carry out the essential research in detail about the health and safety ...

Need of Code of Ethics in Engineering

Engineering profession needs Code of Ethics in order to indicate the conducts and standards that all the members of an organization such as Engineers Island adopt and abide by in their professional lives. The Code of Ethics is meant for enabling engineer to maintain cordial relations with employers, peers, clients, and society (Humphreys 1999). The Code of Ethics is also for creating awareness in Engineers regarding social as well as environmental obligations. It is for developing and maintaining professional standards and conduct. Further, it is also for ensuring proper adoption and implementation of disciplinary action, and also for enforcing ...

[City and State]

Introduction

Structures such as large buildings can create its own unique internal environment that can significantly impact the comfort and health of its occupants. After many years of investigating and studying building infrastructures, engineers and designers have increased their understanding and knowledge on the environmental conditions that exists within the building in relation to its physical properties. For the same reason, a solid background in building physics is an integral part of a building’s design, particularly in this modern era wherein green buildings are the rising trend. Most modern buildings integrate building physics prior to construction ...

1.0 Project introduction and scenario 1.1 Introduction In the recent times, ethical issues have dominated the debates and discussions in the considerable number of disciplines such as technology, business and engineering. On a wider note, the engineering field has received important recognition among other disciplines based on the fact that most actions carried by the practitioners are often challenging and therefore need bold decision-making. The moral reasoning is among the significant challenges in engineering as it involves the decisions to decide where to draw the line between permissible and impermissible actions. The case in this project includes the provision ...

Business

Assignment 1. The Market Assessment.

Introduction

The subject of the current research is the company Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers and its office in Cookeville, TN. This company provides a wide range of the services for the car owners. The most popular service is a 10-minute oil change that also includes some examination of the safety and mechanical conditions of the vehicle (Range of Auto Services Offered). The company has been established in 1979 and throughout 37-years, it has grown into one of the leading automotive service providers. Nowadays, there are more than two thousand of the company’s offices ...

[Your College & University Name] [Date Here] Introduction: The roof of Hartford Civic Center Coliseum, in Connecticut, USA, collapsed in the early morning of January 18, 1978, during a freezing rain storm after a period of snow. Any loss of life or injury was averted, as the building was empty at that time. However, six hours earlier, on the evening of 17th January, the coliseum was filled with around 5000 basketball fans. Thus, a major disaster was averted (Gammell,B., n.d.). Though the snowstorm was strong, heavy snowstorm occurs in Hartford, Connecticut. The failure of the roof after only 3 ...

Introduction

The invention of mobile phones aimed at developing gadgets that could connect wirelessly to the public network. Communication through radio calls started some decades ago and was popular even during the 2nd World War. However, the use of wireless, portable, devices that can connect to a standard telephony network is much recent. Ideally, the first handheld telephone was launched by Motorola in 1973 (O’Shea, 2009). The first wireless, handheld gadgets were hardly portable, had a short talk time and took long to charge fully. Evidently, the first devices were less efficient compared to modern mobile phones. Various engineers ...

An entrepreneur faces months or days of trying to pitch an idea to investors. He or she attempts to inspire the investors to take interest in the business or idea. Finally, when the results of the startup procedure come out they are termed as term sheets that depict an investor(s) an interest in providing the entrepreneur with funds for the business. Cat Zakrzewski, the author of “DataTribe Launches To Back Entrepreneurs Leaving Government Roles” develops the art of making a business deal and the importance of term sheets in entrepreneurial finance. This essay examines the primary ideas presented ...

For some time now, philosophers, scientists, and intellectuals from different fields concern themselves over the nature of epistemology—the study of knowledge itself. The subject itself is a broad one, so they attempt to view and explain it through different perspectives. The study of knowledge can be presented according to its ethical considerations, the essence of what is considered useful information and what is not, and the likes. This means that many approaches can be made to learn more about the nature of knowledge. What is interesting about epistemology is that, because it is the study of knowledge itself, ...

Chapter 2: Literature review

Introduction This chapter presents the literature review appraisal that exists and is linked to work contentment and inspiration subjects and how these issues are closely related to industrial performance. The chapter discusses the concept of motivation, job satisfaction, and project management and employee satisfaction. Organizational performance as well as its continuity largely depends on critical assets, employees and the managers' capabilities to create and sustain motivating environments of the employees and other human assets. The primary challenge that managers are faced with today is keeping their human capital such as the employees satisfied and motivated. Therefore, all managers must ...

During the Third Session of the 2010 National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge, Vikram Rao an Executive Director of the Research Triangle Energy Consortium discussed strategies that could be applied by the current generation to promote energy self-sufficiency ("Summit Series on the NAE Grand Challenges"). In his opinion, one of the key strategies that modern engineers can apply to achieve this objective is to develop energy efficient machines such as the Electric Car. However, he went further and noted that this could be a temporal solution to the current energy challenges experienced by consumers and developmental stakeholders. Besides, Vikram ...

Steve Jobs

The book “Steve Jobs” was written by Walter Isaacson and published by Simon & Schuster in 2011. In spite of the presence of a large number of pages, i.e. 630 pages, the book tells the entire story of Steve Jobs, one of the most popular technological figures in history, at a torrid pace. Walter Isaacson is an American journalist and writer. He is working as CEO of the Aspen Institute, a Washington D. C. based organization related to nonpartisan education and policy. He has also worked as the Managing Editor of Time (magazine). He is also the author of biographies ...

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Introduction and Overview

Emaar Properties was originally established as a public limited joint stock company in 1997, listed on the Dubai Stock Exchange. It started out as a mega real estate development enterprise operating in Dubai, but over the course of almost two decades, the company’s operations have expanded to several overseas destinations. Furthermore, Emaar Properties’ current scope of projects includes developing boutique hotels, state-of-the-art shopping malls, as well as retail projects. Catering to the high-end, luxury property customers, the principles of excellence in design and quality of materials to ensure that a superior product is delivered to the ...

The development of a proper and befitting culture in the organization provides an efficient manner that facilitates proper interactions between employees and the business. Additionally, this concept also creates a sense of belonging and thus encourages employees to focus on their work as they believe in the company and the importance of their role regarding their personal growth/development as well as that of the enterprise. Despite being different in accordance with a variety of business needs, focus areas, and business sectors, a culture of innovation and product development should be developed to ensure survival in an increasingly competitive business ...

Introduction

The process of developing new products is a complicated and it involves many parties among them engineers. This paper shows the roles and issues we are to face as we design an improved bicycle. The paper presents the engineering characteristics followed by an evaluation of the design analysis using the weighted Pugh’s evaluation method and specifically for our project. It then goes on to elaborate on engineering analysis and design and their importance before concluding with an overview of the business considerations that are to be combined with the product design specifications (PDS) in the generation of the ...

Introduction

The rate of employee retention differs from one industry to another, and while some firms experience internal challenges others, experience external issues that contribute to increased rates of turnover among their key employees. The above study, therefore, seeks to outline some of the areas that can be reviewed to resolve the issue regarding the necessary policies and practices to be employed. High turnovers among employees result in increased costs to an organization, and if the rate is not resolved, it may stagnate the workforce. It is for this reason companies need to embrace practical strategies to help enhance the ...

1. Age to Retire: The perception for engineering people has never been passive, but they have to face same difficulties as other professionals face on their retirement. Most of the people are in doubt that they have enough money to life conformably after their retirement. The chances that retirees will get social security benefits are lower, when they need these benefits most. According to a survey like other groups of professionals, engineers also say that they are planning to retire at the age of 66. Therefore, considering all the difficulties that can be the part of after retirement life, ...

Question 1: Client Request

The client, Patrick Delacroix, is the vice chair of the engineering department in Aerotech. He is requesting Cassandra Wilson, a consultant in the human resource domain to assist in solving two primary issues that are affecting the productivity of the engineering department. The two problems include teaching Todd the appropriate management skills required in Aerotech and educating the engineers concerning time prioritization and management (Case Study 2, 155). The problems are impacting the productivity and image of Aerotech Inc. which is not at its best at the moment.

Question 2: Presenting and Underlying Problems

Todd and his team do have a problem but also the ...

In his article “Codes of Ethics and the Moral Education of Engineering”, Luegenbiehl claims that the current codes of ethics available to Engineers are vague and in desperate need of alteration. In other words, the aim of his paper is to demonstrate how the codes have little value and are often ignored making them unusable and thus should be thrown out altogether, “the avoidance of the codesis justified because the codes of engineering ethics, in their present form, should not be utilized as a set of ethical rules of behavior” (Luegenbiehl 137). This statement clearly demonstrates just how adamant ...

In order to obtain detailed and genuine information about a topic or an individual, interview is a very important approach. From writing, documenting and coming up with a research paper on an important topic, interviews provide a great way to learn detailed information. Apart from face to face interview, there are other forms of interviews such as through mail, chats and phone call. Normally, interviewing involve engaging different kind of individuals, both professionals and non-professionals. Identifying approaches, presentation and determining proper questions to ask the person to interview are very important. In this case, the interview with a professional ...