To introduce students to the global scope of the present-day engineering community. To present problem solving skills that will aid in the success of students in the classroom. To assist students in applying common computer software, useful in their studies. To introduce students to a design methodology for use in subsequent design courses. To provide students with the latest statistics relative to the engineering community.
Most engineering colleges offer a freshman course that introduces students to the profession.
There is usually significant overlap, but each course covers many topics that are different from those contained in the several books typically available. The primary objective of the authors in developing this book is to provide a text that allows a wide variety of material to be considered for selection in the freshman engineering course. The idea is that only a subset of the topics presented would be selected for a given course. The many topics included allow for wide latitude in course development. The text contains examples within each chapter and assignments afterwards.