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Asked by laceyc to Amit, Emily, Joanne, Martin, Paige on 16 Mar 2012.
Question: What would you describe 'engineering' to be?
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Martin Wallace answered on 16 Mar 2012:
I’ve always thought of engineering as a way of linking maths and science to the real world.
Science helps to explain the world we live in in ways we can understand. Physics helps to tell us what effect gravity has, how levers work, what light is, what electricity does; Chemistry helps us to understand how different molecules behave, what happens when different elements interact; Biology explains how life works, how plants grow, how animals exist, how the human body behaves.
Engineering is a way of taking these rules of how the world works and using them to make the things that nature hasn’t given us. Combining maths with science enables us to not only make things work, but to make them work the best that they can be.
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Paige Brown answered on 16 Mar 2012:
‘Creative and technical design’: building new and better things as technology improves and as we learn more about the world around us!
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Joanne Davies answered on 16 Mar 2012:
Engineering is team work, problem solving, communicating ideas effectively and it’s a super fun thing to do.
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Amit Pujari answered on 18 Mar 2012:
Engineering is designing things, making things, making things work, being creative, improving things…….
Science earlier use to be called as natural philosophy because it was all about understanding nature, how it works, how natural laws govern….earth’s rotation, gravity, rain, thunderstorms….
So, science is about understanding nature…Engineering is about creating, making, developing things (which do not exist in nature on their own).
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Emily Bullen answered on 19 Mar 2012:
I would say it’s problem solving, working well with people who do different things to you, and designing new things.
Comments
Joanne commented on :
How would you describe engineering laceyc, after all you have learned this week? 🙂
laceyc commented on :
Umm; creating new things to meet the needs of people. Advancements made in technology to improve peoples lives. Working either in a group or solo to produce new ideas and create and design new products that will benefit people in some way. Not a great description, but I think it’s alright 😛
Amit commented on :
layec, I think your description is great!
Joanne commented on :
Spot on Laceyc. it’s all about need!
It is a good description; better than I could do at your age.