Engineering Problem Solving

Engineering in the Twenty-First Century

Computing Systems: Hardware and　Software

An Engineering Problem-Solving Methodology

Homework

In 1989, the National Academy of Engineering selected the 10 engineering achievements that it considered to be the most important accomplishments during the previous 25 years:

Microprocessor

Moon landing

Application satellites

CAD(Computer Aided Design)/CAM(Computer Aided Manufacturing)

Jumbo jet

Advanced composite materials

CAT(Computer Axial Tomography)

Genetic engineering

Laser

Optical fiber

The Office of Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. identified the grand challenges as part of a research and development strategy for high performance computing.

Prediction of weather, climate, and global change

Computerized speech understanding

Human Genome Project

Improvements in vehicle performance

Enhanced oil and gas recovery