Becoming a Technical Professional
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2006
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Becoming A Technical Professional is written to help your first-year engineering students become technical professionals to meet the needs of people.
Both personal growth and technical skills are stressed throughout supporting a set of five learning objectives:
- How to use the design process to meet an expressed need.
- How to become an effective team member.
- How to become an effective communicator.
- How to create a career plan and develop the personal management skills necessary to become a self-reliant professional.
- How to understand the fundamental principles that support learning and become a life-long learner.
The included companion book, Becoming an Engineer & Teaming on Design Projects, gives students the opportunity to apply their design, teamwork, and communication skills. If you would like to order the text, Becoming a Technical Professional, without the companion book, please go to www.kendallhunt.com/bailey_johnson_text
Becoming a Technical Professional
Chapter 1: Engineering Design Overview
Chapter 2: Problem Formulation
Chapter 3: Problem Solving
Chapter 4: Solution Implementation
Chapter 5: The Art and Science of Creativity
Chapter 6: Project Management
Chapter 7: Understanding Teams
Chapter 8: Working on Teams
Chapter 9: Principles of Communication
Chapter 10: Technical Reports and Presentations
Chapter 11: Navigating the Career Path
Chapter 12: Launching a Career
Chapter 13: An Engineer’s Responsibility to Society
Chapter 14: Learning How to Learn
Chapter 15: Towards Becoming a Learning Professional
Index
Becoming an Engineer & Teaming on Design Projects
Chapter 1: Design Using Experimentation
Chapter 2: Designing to Control Variability
Chapter 3: Waterwheel Design
Chapter 4: Tractor Design
Chapter 5: Solar Oven Design
Chapter 6: Wind Turbine Design
Chapter 7: Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 8: Principles of Mechanics
Appendix: Word Processing and Spreadsheets