ENGINEERING DESIGN

AT DCIT

ENGINEERING What is Engineering? Who Would Make a Good Engineer? What are the Major Types of Engineering? What types of Tools Do Engineers Use? Where can I learn about Engineering? What is the Employment Outlook? Where can I work as an Engineer?

Definition Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and

profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.1

A career where people createthings for other people to use

1Wikipedia

WHO WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENGINEER

People who are able to take abstract ideas and turn them into concrete products

People who can think outside the box

People who are creative

People who are good problem solvers

People who are good listeners

Major Types of Engineering

ElectricalMechanicalCivilNuclearChemicalArchitectural

Tools that you will use:

Engineering Ruler Compass AutoCAD

Drawing Printer3-D printer

Where to Learn About Engineering

Classes At DCITEngineering Design 1Engineering Design 2Principles of EngineeringEngineering Design and Development

Associates Degree at a Technical CollegeFlorence-Darlington Tech

Bachelor’s or Post-graduate Degree at a UniversityUniversity of South CarolinaClemson

Employment OutlookOccupational Title Employment

2008Projected

Employment 2018

% Change

Lowest 10%

Earning

Highest 10%

Earning

Aerospace Engineer 71,600 79,100 10% $58,130 $134,570

Biomedical Engineer 16,000 27,600 72% $47,640 $121,970

Chemical Engineer 31,700 31,000 -2% $53,730 $130,240

Computer Engineer 74,700 77,500 4% $59,170 $148,590

Civil Engineer 278,400 345,900 24% $48,140 $115,630

Electrical/Electronics Engineer 301,500 304,600 1% $54,160 $127,865

Environmental Engineer 54,300 70,900 31% $45,310 $115,430

Industrial Engineer 214,800 245,300 14% $47,720 $107,270

Mechanical Engineer 238,700 253,100 6% $47,900 $114,740

Nuclear Engineer 16,900 18,800 11% $68,300 $136,880

Engineers 1,571,900 1,750,300 11% 49,270 $132,070

Where Are The Jobs? Nucor ESAB Progress Energy Aluminum Ladder Honda Otis Elevator Company GE BMW Lockheed Martin Military

Air Force Army Marines Navy

Westinghouse Electric Johnson Controls