ECOR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Uranium, Numerical Analysis, Saint Lawrence Seaway

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What is engineering: how does engineering differ from science, engineers design the stuff that society uses (including scientists and other engineers)! Problem solving & critical thinking (applied analysis) A scientist can discover a new star, but he cannot make one. He would have to ask an engineer to do that. Innate quality, especially mental power, capable of clever invention: first used to describe those who had ability to invent / operate weapons of war military engineer, the word became associated with design / construction of works. People skilled in these fields were non-military or civil engineers. Definition of an engineer: an engineer is: (from textbook) A person who uses science, mathematics, experience, and judgement to create, operate, manage, control, or maintain devices, mechanisms, processes, structures, or complex systems. Does this in a rational and economic way with human, societal, and natural resources and environmental constraints. Definition of engineering: definition of engineering: (from american engineers.

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