Download - Engineering: Past, Present, Future
Past, Present, Future
Walnut Street YMCA Black Achievers Program
Presented on February, 16th 2013
� Introduction
� Who is an Engineer?
� Why Engineering?
� Past Engineers
� Present Engineers
� Future Engineers
� Getting an Engineering Degree
� Wrap-Up
‘Allow me to re-introduce myself…’
� Bachelor’s of Science: Electrical Engineering
� Master of Engineering: Systems Engineering
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� “An engineer is a professional practitioner of
engineering, concerned with applying scientific
knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop
solutions for technical problems.”
� From Latin:
◦ ingeniare ("to devise“)
◦ ingenium ("cleverness")
� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer
� Chemical◦ Bio-molecular / Molecular, Materials, Process
� Civil◦ Environmental, Geotechnical, Structural, Transport
� Electrical◦ Computer, Electronic, Optical, Power
� Mechanical◦ Aerospace, Acoustic, Thermal, Automotive
� Other◦ Agricultural, Biological, Energy, Industrial, Mechatronics, Nano, Nuclear, Petroleum
� and more…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_engineering_branches
� Problem Solvers
◦ Take what Science has discovered and make it work in real-life
◦ Make things, ‘Faster, Better, Cheaper’
Garret Morgan http://www.biography.com/people/garrett-morgan-9414691
� Patented an improved
Sewing Machine
� G. A. Morgan Hair Refining
Company
� Inventor
◦ Gas Mask
◦ 3-way Traffic Signal
Lewis Latimer http://www.biography.com/people/lewis-howard-latimer-9374422
� Railroad Car Restroom
� Air Conditioner
� Worked on patents for
◦ Telephone (Alexander Graham
Bell)
◦ Incandescent Light Bulb
(Thomas Edison, Hiram Maxim)
Granville T Woods http://www.biography.com/people/granville-t-woods-9536481
� Registered 60+ Patents
◦ Steam Boiler Furnace
◦ Telephone Transmitter
◦ Trolley Wheel
◦ Multiplex Telegraph
◦ 3rd Rail System for Trains
http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/u/BlackHistoryMonth.htm
� The List Goes On..
◦ Elijah McCoy
◦ Jan Matzeliger
◦ …
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Dr Mae Jemison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison
� Medical Doctor
� Choreographer
� 1st African American woman
in Space
� Actress
◦ 1st Astronaut to appear on a
Star Trek episode
Dennis Weatherby http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/weatherby.html
Angela Barbee-Hatter Guion Bluford Mark E. Dean
Battery System for the Chevy Volt 1st African American in Space Broke the 1Ghz Barrier
Angela Barbee-Hunter: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_angel.pdf
Guion Bluford: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_guion.pdf
Mark E. Dean: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_mark_.pdf
YOU
� You are needed…
…365,000* of you between 2010- 2020
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm
* From the National Engineers Week Foundation 2012 Bulletin
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� What Does it Take?
◦ Decide to Never Give Up
◦ Find a Mentor
◦ Leadership
◦ Discipline
◦ Play Well with Others
◦ Learn to Overcome Failure
◦ Have Fun
Google Earth® view of an accomplishment of the earliest Civil / Structural Engineers… The Pyramids
2012 Computer Science / Engineering Career Cluster
Davida Baker
Melissa Bordley
James Groom
Ani Ifon