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Georgia CTAE Resource Network Instructional Resources Office Written By Daniel Brettschneider

Georgia CTAE Resource Network Instructional Resources Office Written By Daniel Brettschneider July 2009. The Engineering Team. What is an engineering team?. A group of professionals from different fields and with different skills working cooperatively on the same problem.

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Georgia CTAE Resource Network Instructional Resources Office Written By Daniel Brettschneider

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  1. Georgia CTAE Resource Network Instructional Resources Office Written By Daniel Brettschneider July 2009 The Engineering Team

  2. What is an engineering team? • A group of professionals from different fields and with different skills working cooperatively on the same problem. • Allows the division of labor: people with expertise in one area will focus on that aspect of a problem. • Engineering projects can be very large, so there may be many teams working on different tasks in the same project. • A person may be a member of multiple engineering teams on a single project.

  3. Who is on the engineering team? • Engineers • Scientists • Technologists / technicians • Craftspersons and Tradespersons • Project Manager

  4. The Engineer Implements available knowledge in math & sciences to design a solution to some real-world problem. Approaches problems analytically and with an open mind

  5. The Engineer • Follows the engineering design method: • Define the Problem • Acquire relevant data • Identify constraints • Develop solutions • Analyze solutions • Test results • Implement results

  6. The Scientist While the engineer focuses on the application of knowledge, the scientist is interested in the acquisition of new knowledge Uses the scientific method to systematically analyze the world and discover why things work the way they do

  7. Most importantly, the Scientist: Publishes their findings so they can be used by other scientists and engineers

  8. The Technologists/Technicians Use technology to implement the engineer’s solutions. Focus is on modeling and servicing: technologists / technicians will use drafting, modeling, and analytical programs to test the engineer’s solutions and gather data on them, providing the engineers with feedback on their project.

  9. Skilled Tradespersons Skilled workers and craftspersons take the final engineering solution and use their knowledge to physically create the end product. These include but are not limited to: Machinists Welders Electricians Carpenters Masons Plumbers

  10. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system.

  11. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Scientist gathers data about weather patterns, wind shifts, mathematical models of energy transfer, etc.

  12. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Engineer takes data from scientists and specifications from project to create a solution (e.g., a windmill).

  13. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Technician/Technologist creates and tests models and drafts the parts for the solution

  14. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Machinists creates the final parts in a workshop

  15. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Electricians, Welders, Construction personnel, and more assemble and construct the windmill onsite.

  16. For Example: • Project: develop a wind-energy system. • Scientist: Gather and Present Data • Engineer: Use data to design solutions • Technician/Technologist: Model & test solutions • Machinists: Manufacture the solution • Electricians, Welders, Construction personnel, and more: assemble the solution.

  17. Project Manager Organizes all the team members and available resources. Goal is to complete the project on time within budget and according to customer specifications

  18. Project Manager Often do not have the personnel, time, money, and other resources they may wish they had Use management strategies to schedule and direct the use of resources and to make sure that different parts of the engineering team are working together effectively.

  19. Seriously? I can do this on my own. • No, you can’t. We use engineering teams because: • Complex engineering problems have too many factors for any one person to be mindful of. • Different team members know more than you do about their area, and will catch mistakes that you would never know about – and you’ll do the same for them. • When a project is developed internationally, you just can’t be in Katmandu and Dallas at the same time. • Two words: concurrent engineering. Different people working on different parts means the product gets to the market – and the patent office – faster.

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