Download What is Engineering?

Building a Solid
Foundation for Your
Engineering Career
Dr Sam Man Keong (岑文强)
CEng, FIET, FSIET(F)
Honorary Secretary
Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists
Email: [email protected]
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“Engineering :
The Career Field That
Improves Our Quality of
Life.”
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Highlights
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About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong
Prepare for Engineering Mathematics.
Engineering Aptitudes.
Beyond Math and Science.
Engineering Technology – An Alternate
Choice.
• Resources for Building Skills.
• Q&A
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About the Speaker :
Sam Man Keong (岑文强)
• A Self-directed Lifelong
Learner for more than 40 years.
• Have gone through both nontraditional & traditional
education routes.
• Chartered Engineer
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(UK/Ireland/Australia)
Chartered Builder(UK)
Chartered Environmentalist
(UK)
Chartered Mathematician(UK)
Chartered Scientist(UK).
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Prepare for Engineering
Mathematics
• Most Math is cumulative.
–  additional work to strengthen areas of
weakness before moving on to more
advanced classes in a college engineering
programs.
• Algebra : Algebra for Dummies
• Calculus
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Some Mathematicians of Interest Algebra
• Muhammad ibn Musa
Khwarizmi (780 – 850)
was a Persian
mathematician, astronomer
and geographer.
• His Algebra, written around
820, was the first book on
the systematic solution of
linear and quadratic
equations.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest Algebra
• Blaise Pascal (1623 1662) was a French
mathematician,
physicist, and religious
philosopher.
• Pascal's triangle.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Geometry (Euclidean)
• Euclid (fl. 300 BC, also
known as Euclid of
Alexandria), was a Greek
mathematician and is often
referred to as the Father of
Geometry. He was active in
Alexandria during the reign
of Ptolemy I (323 BC – 283
BC). His work Elements is
the most successful
textbook in the history of
mathematics.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Geometry (Analytical)
• René Descartes (1596 – 1650),
was a French philosopher,
mathematician, scientist, and
writer who spent most of his adult
life in the Dutch Republic.
• Descartes' influence in
mathematics is also apparent, the
Cartesian coordinate system
allowing geometric shapes to be
expressed in algebraic equations
being named for him. He is
accredited as the father of
analytical geometry.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Trigonometry
• Āryabhaṭa (CE 476–550) is the
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first in the line of great
mathematician-astronomers from the
classical age of Indian mathematics
and Indian astronomy.
His definitions of sine, as well as
cosine (kojya), versine (ukramajya),
and inverse sine (otkram jya),
influenced the birth of trigonometry.
He was also the first to specify sine
and versine (1 - cosx) tables, in 3.75°
intervals from 0° to 90°, to an
accuracy of 4 decimal places.
Statue of Aryabhata on the
grounds of IUCAA, Pune, India.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Calculus
• Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (1643 –
1727 ) was an English physicist,
mathematician, astronomer,
natural philosopher, alchemist,
and theologian and one of the
most influential men in human
history.
• His Philosophiæ Naturalis
Principia Mathematica, published
in 1687, is considered to be
among the most influential books
in the history of science, laying
the groundwork for most of
classical mechanics.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Calculus
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646 - 1716) was a German
philosopher and mathematician.
• He invented infinitesimal
calculus independently of
Newton, and his notation is the
one in general use since then. He
also invented the binary
system, foundation of
virtually all modern computer
architectures.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Laplace Transform
• Pierre-Simon, marquis de
Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5
March 1827) was a
French mathematician and astrono
mer whose work was pivotal to
the development of
mathematicalastronomy and statis
tics.
• Laplace formulated Laplace's
equation, and pioneered
the Laplace transform which
appears in many branches
of mathematical physics, a
field that he took a leading role
in forming.
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Some Mathematicians of Interest –
Fourier Series
• Jean Baptiste Joseph
Fourier (21 March 1768 – 16
May 1830) was
a French mathematician and p
hysicist best known for
initiating the investigation
of Fourier series and their
applications to problems
of heat transfer and vibrations.
• The Fourier
transform and Fourier's
Law are also named in his
honour.
• Fourier is also generally
credited with the discovery of
the greenhouse effect.
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Engineering Aptitudes
• All people have aptitudes.
• Natural talents, special abilities, and the
capacity of learning to do certain things.
• Engineers:
– Spatial visualization : 3D
– Analytical reasoning : CDIO
– Memory for design : engines, machinery, and
equipment.
– Mathematical ability : Computers
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Beyond Math and Science
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Curiosity
Excellent communication skills
Experience with teamwork and leadership
Travel experience
Knowledge of arts and literature
Interests and hobbies
–  help provide the necessary background from which
to draw the insight and creativity needed to solve
engineering challenges.
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Engineering Technology – An
Alternate Choice
• Engineering Technologists/Technicians :
– The applications people on a team who work with
engineers in the design process and often are heavily
involved in implementation or ongoing maintenance of
a project.
• Explore online :
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www.abet.org
www.engc.org.uk
www.engineersaustralia.org.au
www.afeo.org
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Resources for Building Skills
• Websites of Professional Bodies – Overseas
(UK) :
– www.ice.org.uk
– www.theiet.org
– www.imeche.org.uk
• Websites of Professional Bodies – Overseas
(USA) :
– www.asce.org
– www.asee.org
– www.nspe.org
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Resources for Building Skills
• Websites of Professional Bodies –
Singapore :
– www.ies.org.sg
– www.siet.org.sg
• Websites of Professional Bodies –
Malaysia :
– www.iem.org.my
– www.tam.com.my
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Questions & Answers
Thank You
The CPD to Success:
C:
Courage 勇气 ; 胆量
P:
Patience 忍耐 ; 耐性 ; Perseverance 毅力 ; 恒心
D:
Determination 决心 ; 意志
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