INTRODUCTION TO

ENGINEERING
CE BES III
Divine Word College of Legazpi
 Understand the
Understand concept of
engineering

Understand the

Objectives Understand
general roles
and
responsibilities
of an engineer

Differentiate the
nature of work
Differentiate of Engineers and
Scientists
What is engineering?
Engineering is…
Engineering is a scientific field and job that
involves taking our scientific understanding of
the natural world and using it to invent, design,
and build things to solve problems and achieve
practical goals. This can include the development
of roads, bridges, cars, planes, machines, tools,
processes, and computers.

We're surrounded by the work of engineers

practically every moment of our lives.
Engineers solve problems
in society that might seem
impossible at first, like
designing and building
the first suspension
bridge, assembling the
equipment to put a man
on the moon, or creating
the steam engine. In fact,
that's where the word
'engineer' comes from:
engineers are the
individuals responsible for
building everything from
the steam engine to the
engine in your car.
 A professional engineer is competent
by virtue of his/her fundamental
education and training to apply the
scientific method and outlook to the
What is the analysis and solution of engineering
characteristic problems.
of a He/she can assume personal
professional responsibility for the development and
application of engineering science and
engineer? knowledge, notably in research, design,
construction, manufacturing,
superintending, managing and in the
education of the engineer.
What is the characteristic of
a professional engineer?
His/her work is predominantly
intellectual and varied and not of a
routine mental or physical character.
It requires the exercise of original
thought and judgment and the ability
to supervise the technical and
administrative work of others.
 His/her education will have been such as to
make him/her capable of closely and
continuously following progress in his/her
branch of engineering science by consulting
What is the newly published works on a worldwide basis,
assimilating such information, and applying it
characteristic independently.

of a He/she is thus placed in a position to make

professional contributions to the development of
engineering science or its applications. His/her
engineer? education and training will have been such that
he/she will have acquired a broad and general
appreciation of the engineering sciences as well
as thorough insight into the special features of
his/her own branch.
What are the
general roles of
an engineer?
1. DESIGN
2. ANALYSIS
3. SPECIALIZATION
AND
MANAGEMENT
DESIGN Engineers develop new technological solutions.
During the engineering design process, the
responsibilities of the engineer may include
defining problems, conducting and narrowing
research, analyzing criteria, finding and analyzing
solutions, and making decisions. Much of an
engineer's time is spent on researching, locating,
applying, and transferring information.

Engineers must weigh different design choices on

their merits and choose the solution that best
matches the requirements and needs. Their crucial
and unique task is to identify, understand, and
interpret the constraints on a design in order to
produce a successful result.
 Engineers apply techniques of engineering analysis in
ANALYSIS testing, production, or maintenance.
Analytical engineers may supervise production in
factories and elsewhere, determine the causes of a
process failure, and test output to maintain quality.
They also estimate the time and cost required to
complete projects. Engineering analysis involves the
application of scientific analytic principles and
processes to reveal the properties and state of the
system, device, or mechanism under study. Engineering
analysis proceeds by separating the engineering design
into the mechanisms of operation or failure, analyzing or
estimating each component of the operation or failure
mechanism in isolation, and recombining the
components. They may analyze risk.
SPECIALIZATION & MANAGEMENT
Most engineers specialize in one or more engineering
disciplines.
Engineers also may specialize in one industry, such as motor
vehicles, or in one type of technology, such as turbines or
semiconductor materials.
A recent work sampling study found that engineers spend
62.92% of their time engaged in technical work, 40.37% in
social work, and 49.66% in computer-based work.
Furthermore, there was considerable overlap between these
different types of work, with engineers spending 24.96% of
their time engaged in technical and social work, 37.97% in
technical and non-social, 15.42% in non-technical and social,
and 21.66% in non-technical and non-social.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
AN ENGINEER AND A SCIENTIST?
"Scientists are the ones who create the theories,
engineers are the ones who implement them.
They complement each other and often work
together, the scientists telling the engineers
what to make and the engineers telling the
scientists the constraints . They are indeed
different, but they work very close together.“

—The Walker
WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AN
ENGINEER
AND A
SCIENTIST?
ARE YOU A
SCIENTIST?
AN ENGINEER?
OR BOTH?
References:

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-
engineering-definition-types.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer
THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS.