What is Engineering?

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Table of Contents

What is Engineering?

ABET* Definition of Engineering

Engineers vs. Scientists

Engineers vs. Scientists Con’t

Video Telephone

Video Phones Con’t

The ECE Curriculum: The Basics

Electrical vs. Computer Engineering

ECE Technical Areas

Example: EE 302 Path

ECE LRC Facilities

ENS Computer Lab Facilities

Setting Up Your Account

A Few Rules

Learning to Use the LRC Computers

Accessing LRC Computers Off-Site

Web Publishing

LRC Software

The Internet

The World Wide Web

WWW, continued

WWW, continued: hypertext

URLs

URL Syntax

URL Examples

What Technologies Beside the Web Are Available On the Internet?

Electronic Mail

Telnet

FTP

USENET Newsgroups

Gopher

WAIS

Engineering Design Cycle

Engineering Design Cycle Con’t

Identification of Need

Conceptualization - Proposed Design

Evaluation of Proposed Solution

Scientific Problem-Solving Method

Problem-Solving Method Con’t

Problem-Solving Method Con’t

Problem-Solving Method Con’t

Problems in Engineering Curriculum

Types of Open-ended Problems

An Overview of HTML

HTML Tags

The Minimal HTML Document

A Sample Bare-Bones HTML Document

Markup Tags

Tags Used Within the BODY

Examples of LISTS

Tags Used Within the BODY, cont.

LINKING

Sample Hypertext References

Links to Specific Sections

Inline Images

Background Color

View Source

Unit I - The Professional Engineer

What is Engineering Ethics?

The World of the Engineer

National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics for Engineers

Major Ethical Issue

Author: Archie Holmes and Gary Hallock

Email: holmes@mail.utexas.edu