Introduction to Engineering: Modeling and Problem Solving
engineering: from the Latiningenium, refers to one’s native genius, one’s ability to create things.Engineering is as diverse as societies needs.   InIntroduction toEngineering, Jay Brockman helps you acquire the engineering mindset, showing youhow engineers apply science and technology to solve problems facing society, and providing you with thecore knowledge and skills that all engineers need to succeed.Whether you go on to work at construction sites or farms, on off-shore oil platforms, or in space, the main business of engineering is to apply technology in concert with natural phenomena to develop the things we need or want—all designed and built with a purpose.Brockman uses the basic concepts of math and science—algebra, geometry, some trigonometry, and the basic laws of physics—in the context of solving these engineering problems. Through clear explanations and real-world problems—like how to provide water for rural communities in developing nations—the book provides a foundation for those things that all engineers have in common.The book is organized in three parts: