Foundations of Engineering

This book gives freshman engineering students a solid foundation for all their future coursework. It provides an overview to the engineering profession and of the skills they will need to develop, as well as an introduction to fundamental engineering topics such as thermodynamics, rate processes, and Newtons laws. An important aspect of the books approach is the method of Engineering Accounting, which casts the basic conservation laws (e.g., of energy or mass) as simple accounting procedures. This is a unifying concept that facilitates problem-solving across all engineering disciplines.

Contents            

  Section I Introduction to Engineering   1 The Engineer   2 Engineering Ethics   3 Problem Solving   4 Understanding and Using Computers   5 Introduction to Design   6 Engineering Communications  Section II Mathematics   7 Numbers   8 Tables and Graphs   9 Statistics  Section III Engineering Fundamentals   10 Newtons Laws   11 Introduction to Thermodynamics   12 Introduction to Rate Processes   13 SI System of Units   14 Unit Conversions   15 Introduction to Statics and Dynamics   16 Introduction to Electricity  Section IV Engineering Accounting   17 Accounting   18 Accounting for Mass   19 Accounting for Charge   20 Accounting for Linear Momentum   21 Accounting for Angular Momentum   22 Accounting for Energy   23 Accounting for Entropy   24 Accounting for Money    Appendix A Unit Conversion Factors    Appendix B NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers    Appendix C z Table    Appendix D Summary of Some Engineering Milestones