ALL ABOUT ENGINEERING
WORKING WITH NUMBERS
CONSTRUCTION BASICS
Problem resolution
With the final purpose
Reduce losses
Production increase
Cost minimization
Creativity
Innovation
Solution design
Breaking rules
Concrete ideas
Tasgos of an engineer
Technical competences
Common sense
Outgoing person
Courage
Organizational skills and quantitative thinking
SALES ENGINEERING
Competitors
Aspire to the same goal or superiority in someting
Seller
In charge of product marketing
Gain
Commission
Porcentage of profit for making a sale
Marketing
Show a product to sell it faster
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Sewer sistem
Avoid excess water in a crop
Types of irrigation
Flood
Located
Pivot
Hidrology
Studies terrestrial waters, their origin, movement and distribution on our planet
Salinity
Variety of minerals salts dissolved in water
TABLES AND GRAPHS
Scatter plot
Isused to show how two variables are related to each other. Allows studying the relationships that exist between two factors, problems or causes relatd to quality, or a quality problem and its posible cause
Bar graph
Useful for comparing categories the x-axis represents the category and the y-axis represents the valve being compared
Line graph
Show a series as a set of points conected by a single line. Line charts are used to represent large amounts of data that take place over a continuous period of time
Achievements of the Middle Ages
Engineering history
The trabuquete
Catapult
Common sledge motor
Launch projectiles
Leverage Mechanical Advantage Principle
Education
Master's degree
College degree
Postgraduate
Doctorate
Because so much study
How to present the information?
Define
Objectives
Visual aids
Reference cards
Construction materials
Natural materials
Wood
It is a good insulator but has moderate traction resistance
Glass
It is a transparent and fragile material
Metal
They are excellent conductors with high ductility and harness
Synthetic materials
Foam
It is light and is a great insulator
Plastics
They are very light, malleable, durable and easy to maintain
Always round to three significant figures
Trailing zeros are always considered significant if you are using decimal notation for integers
When expressing very large or small amounts, use scientific notation, that keeps things accurate