Joshua Dickey
Professor Fowler
Intro to Engineering Practices
22 September 2016
Fields of Engineering
Engineering has been around for millenniums. The term engineering has been around since 1325. Since then, engineering has expanded from working on engines for the military to designing and working on just about everything today. (Wikipedia p. 1) Out of all of the different divisions of engineering there are three that specifically interest me. These divisions are aerospace, electrical, and mechanical.
“Aerospace engineering, also called aeronautical engineering, field of engineering concerned with the design, development, construction, testing, and operation of vehicles in the Earth’s atmosphere in outer space.” (Stanzlone p. 1) Early drawings of flight vehicles go all the way back to Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci proposed a device that used flapping wings like a bird and an aerial screw, which was an early version of the helicopter. As time went on more and more people got interested in the development of flight. This led to the first manned flight in 1783, which was in a hot air balloon developed by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier. The British in 1920 led the charge for civil flight with a twelve passenger airplane. In 1958 the Boeing 707 began nonstop transatlantic flights.
An aerospace engineer has number of jobs to do. As well as designing the aircraft and spacecraft and testing the function, one would also design and test satellites and missiles.
Aerospace engineers design, build, manufacture, and improve aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, satellites and many other equipment used for everyday leisure. In order to become or be qualified for this field of study one must acquire at least a Bachelors of Science under two engineering subjects, one of them being aerospace engineering. Schools that offer some of the best education opportunities for this field include North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Georgia Technical instituute, and North Carolina State University. Aerospace engineers develop, and
When i grow older I want to be a Aerospace Engineer because I have a thing for anything that involves anything that flies. Aerospace engineers work in industries to design and build aircraft,spacecraft,etc. They are primarily involved in manufacturing,design, and development. In order to be an aerospace engineer you will require a bachelor’s degree or anything related to aerospace engineering. It is important to understand the education or training requirements,skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties for a particular career when making this decision. (u.s. Bureau of Labor statistics.)
1) Investigate the engineering profession using the sources below. In a few sentences and using your OWN words, what is engineering?
Over 100 years ago, when humanity looked for new places to conquer, two men looked to the skies. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first working motor airplane, and after that day, the world took a huge interest in aviation, causing many leading pioneers and innovators in the aerospace field to emerge, revolutionizing the way we look at the skies.
For the purposes of this assignment, a female advisor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, who has chosen to remain anonymous, was interviewed about her role as an academic advisor and in working with high-ability students. A female undergraduate student in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering was also interviewed about her experiences with her academic advisor and as a Trustee Scholar. The student provided her first name as “Vincy” but not her last name. It is important to note the advisor interviewed is not the advisor of the student interviewed. For better understanding, the student is a Trustee Scholar at USC; she received a full tuition scholarship for academic achievement in high school. Vincy is also an honors program student at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
The first flight occurred in 1903 when the Wright brothers famously took their airplane for a final test flight in December. In the years after this historic flight many people start to see the potential for airplanes in war, transportation, and shipping. Other builders disregarded previous doubt about flying and began to replicate the ideas of the Wright brothers in creating planes with three axes. In addition, the approach of WWI prompted military personnel to pursue uses of airplanes as a war machine. The airplane influenced many aspects of American culture after it’s invention including civilian life, war technology, and individual possibility.
To begin with airplanes has a long history of impacting society. The airplane was invented in 1903. In 1799 George Caley set forth of the concept for a modern airplane than later on built some models of his own. Back in 1783 people like George worked on building airplanes but at first the airplanes couldn’t fly as the inventors wanted to but at once the very first flying airplane in 1903 finally flew by the wright brothers.
The First two names that comes to mind when it comes to aviation are Wilburn and Orville; the wright brothers; Kitty Hawk North Carolina, when the Wright brothers made the first heavier-than-air, machine powered flight which lasted 12 seconds. Before those guys, many studies by brilliant minds, such as De Rozier, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton has been set in place which lead to this 12 second flight by the wright brothers in 1903. It was the matter of time after the first power aircraft when the development of the first practical airplane in 1905 and launched worldwide efforts to build better flying machines. As a result, the early 20th century witnessed myriad aviation developments as new planes and technologies entered service. (FAA, 2015). With this new method of transportation booming and every nation around globe part taking in it, comes the concern of safety and organize operations.
Aerospace Engineers design aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and other airborne objects. Creating prototypes of these designs and testing them is also a primary part of the job. They may also evaluate the designs of other engineers to ensure that the idea meets certain ethical, safety, and environmental standards. It is not unusual for Aerospace Engineers to oversee the building process as well, ensuring that proper deadlines are met. Typically an Aerospace Engineers specializes in either aeronautical or astronautical design, which will determine whether they work with aircraft or spacecraft.
Aerospace Engineering is a subset of Mechanical engineering focusing on aerospace technologies. Aerospace engineers require at least a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, or a related engineering field. Nationally
Aerospace engineering is an occupation that helps many different things that are done in America; some of which being rockets for NASA and airplanes and fighter jets for the United States Military. An aerospace engineer is a certain type of engineer that primarily designs aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles. Aerospace engineers specialize in advanced aerodynamics, so they need problem-solving, analytical, business, critical-thinking, math, and writing skills. They either specialize in aeronautical engineering or astronautical engineering (working with aircraft or working with spacecraft).
What is aerospace engineering? Well let's break it down aerospace means technology and industry concerned with aviation and space, engineering means science and technology concerned with design, building, and use of engines and structures. If the words are put together it would mean aviation and space design, building, and use of engines and structure. Aerospace engineering is beneficial to society in many means here are a
Airlines, planes, and aircrafts are all words that are used to relate to air transportation. Air transportations are a special service that is taken on air to reach certain destinations around the world within hours. A service where our ancestors would of surly preferred rather than walking and riding horses/ camels that will take months or years to reach their destinations. It is alleged that the Wright Brothers were the first people to construct and fly a plane in mid-air. However that is not entirely true, although the Wright Brothers were not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft they certainly however were the first to invent and construct aircraft controls that made fixed wings powered flight possible.
First of all, aerospace engineering and mathematicians offer different working styles and job descriptions. The skills needed for this job are very similar, but at the same time very different. Aerospace engineers design and test aircraft, make sure planes are safe, and find ways to improve airplanes to make them safer. They can develop many things for aviation, defence systems, and spacecraft(Sokanu). They can specialise in military planes and helicopters(OOH). They can also specialise for spaceships and rockets. Aerospace engineers need to know a lot about physics. One thing they do is test aircraft that they just designed(Educating Engineers). They mainly work under two different descriptions. They may either be an aeronautical engineer or an astronautical engineer. Aeronautical engineers do a lot with aircraft, while astronautical do a lot with spacecraft(OOH). Both aeronautical engineers and astronautical engineers design and test things to make their flying safer, but they just specialise in
Obstacles had never been obstructing my effort to succeed in life. As an engineer to be, it is important to me to be prepared for the hurdles in the real world. The world nowadays needs a person who could compete and has great abilities to stand on the same level as others. Multiple skills and critical opinion of an issue are essential for an engineer to jump into this challenging career. For me, a strategic planning and full preparation need to achieve the aim of being an expert engineer.