3. HISTORY
The Engineering Community across India is celebrating
Engineers Day on 15 September every year, as a
remarkable tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat
Ratna Visvesvarayya.
He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India.
"Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era" is the theme
of Engineers Day 2015.
4. More about the legend...
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was born on 15 September
1860, into a Mulukanadu Brahmin family.
Visvesvaraya lost his father at the age of 12. He enrolled
for Kannada medium primary school in Chikballapur and
attended high school in Bangalore.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Central
College,Bangalore then affiliate of the University of
Madras in 1881 and later studied civil engineering at the
prestigious College of Engineering, Pune.
6. What are the first two words
you think of when you hear the
word “engineer”?
7. Are they…
math and science building men
really smart cars problem-solving
complex engines design trains
bridges nerdy too difficult boring
science machines Dilbert
hard boys don’t know
8. What if I told you…
Engineers are changing the world all of the time. They
dream up creative, practical solutions and work with
other smart, inspiring people to invent, design, and create
things that matter.
9. What is Engineering?
What would the world be like without engineers?
Look at the following comics and figure out what
engineers do!
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16. Engineers are Inventors!
Engineers use science and math to solve real world
problems!
What are some of the types of engineers you’ve heard of?
Possibly:
◦ Chemical, electrical, mechanical, software, civil, biomedical, and
environmental. AND MANY MORE!
Look around you, virtually every manmade contraption
you see was conceived of and created by an engineer!
17. Now let’s take a look at some
real life engineers and what
they’re working on right now!
18. Separating Oil from Water
Di Gao, a chemical engineer at the University of Pittsburg,
invented a plastic-coated cotton material that could clean up
the Gulf.
19. Designing Better Cars
Marcus Ashford, a mechanical
engineer at the University of
Alabama, has invented a car
engine with 80% less exhaust
emissions.
20. Cleaning Up the Ocean
Alexandria Boehm is an environmental engineer who works on ways
to clean up oceans near where people live.
21. Designing Space Colonies
Kimberly Jones is a civil engineer working on purifying water so that
we can one day go to Mars!!!
22. Controlling Computers with
Thoughts
Daniel Moran, a biomedical engineer at Washington University,
has invented a way to play video games using only the human
mind!
23. Listening for Cancer
• John Viator, a biological
engineer, has invented a
way to hear cancer cells.
25. The Engineering Design
Process Loop
Identify the
Problem
Research the
Problem
Find Possible
SolutionsSelect
One Solution
Construct an
Initial Design
Test and Modify
Design
Present Your
Design
Redesign
26. When we engineers have
completed our task, all can see
that the dreams and plans have
materialized for the comfort and
welfare of all.
Happy Engineers Day!!!