FACC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Felix Baumgartner, Canadian Council Of Professional Engineers, Natural Science
16 Jul 2018
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Product development & testing, design, manufacturing, construction, sales: private practice. Consultants who seek out new clients & compete for projects: government. Formation of public policy, operation of public utilities: management. Manage money, materials, & people to meet objectives: research/academia. Less restrictive can often change what you"re researching: only 12. 9% of engineers in quebec are female, engineering is area of workforce with fewest females, engineering jobs increasing in demand much more than all other jobs. In canada, most popular engineers are civil (22. 4%) then mechanical (19. 0%: least popular is geological (0. 9%, top 10 canadian engineering achievements (nominated by engineering institute of. Canada in 1987: transcanada railroad, hydroplanes, satellite (3rd to go in space, cars for snow/snowmobiles, phone, 5 most significant 20th century canadian engineering achievements (chosen by 1999. National engineering week committee: canada arm (on space station, bridge over water, railroad. Imax: pacemaker, milestones to becoming a professional engineer, education: beng/basc.
