Engineered! engineering design at work
"How do you land a car-sized rover on the surface of Mars, resolve a five-hour traffic jam or save a herd of caribou from near extinction? Ask an engineer! Engineers are problem solvers. They use their math, science and technology skills to find creative solutions to problems that need fixing....
| Main Author: | Hunt, Shannon (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Hancock, James Gulliver (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, ON :
Kids Can Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. In the minds of engineers
- Engineering design: step-by-step
- Aerospace engineering. Seven minutes of terror
- Biomedical engineering. The ultimate print job
- Chemical engineering. Double-a idea
- Mechanical engineering. A need for speed
- Electrical engineering. The tyranny of numbers
- Civil engineering. Engineering above the clouds
- Geomatics engineering. Not-so-at-home on the range
- Computer engineering. The wonderful wizard of woz
- Environmental engineering. When good sewers go bad.