Engineering

10/22/2014

Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman

Engineering is a way to Success

Engineering is the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building,
and use of engines, machines, and structures. For our discourse community, we are both
majoring in mechanical engineering. We can define mechanical engineering as a field, which is
concerned with designing and constructing machines, manufacturing, distribution, concerns
heating or cooling of processes, equipment, or enclosed environments, and use of energy.
Generally, engineering is about solving problems, reading and writing a lot of reports. To
be an engineer, many courses are required at the university like: Calculus 1 through Calculus 3,
Writing classes, sciences like Chemistry and Physics, business courses, and many more.
Engineers also work a lot with people. They do a lot of communicating and hard work to make
the world a better place.
Mechanical engineering majors are very diverse. They work in multiple branches of
industry, including transportation, power generation, and tool manufacture. The field for
mechanical engineering is rapidly growing and becoming much more competitive. Most
mechanical engineers focus on more broad ideas like mechanics, materials, or nanotechnology
during their last years of studying in school. This helps them to be selected for more specific jobs
upon graduating.
Mechanical engineers salaries are generally above average. However, that salary strongly
depends on experience and education.
There are many companies that seek to hire mechanical engineers, which make us proud
to be a part of this community. Some of these companies may include NASA, Google, Boeing,

Engineering

10/22/2014

Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman

Apple, Microsoft, GE Aviation, Walt Disney, etc. Apple is a leading company in computational
technology. A mechanical engineer working for Apple would design, develop, and test consumer
electronics and gadgets like next generation displays. Being a mechanical engineer employed by
NASA is very hard and a very prestigious opportunity, these mechanical engineers collaborate
with top-notch scientists to invent and improve many space and spacecraft projects. All of that
relate to the discourse community because it is like extra advantages.
Mechanical engineers all share common goals of improvement. They all strive to make
the world a better place through their designs and ideas. Most people dont picture an engineer as
someone who strives to better society, but through their innovative mindsets they all want to
make products that are more efficient and reliable to the consumers. For example, Thomas
Edison, he invented the incandescent light bulb and also filed over a thousand patents, which
totally redeveloped the way we live today versus the way people, lived before the light bulb.
Leonardo Da Vinci, was known best for his art but was an undercover engineer; many of his
drawings for inventions were not discovered until centuries later. However, one of his drawings
was a flying machine that worked very similarly to a modern day helicopter.
Since we joined high school, our passion for creative problem solving joined with our
interest in math and science and this has continued to inspire and motivate us to pursue an
engineering degree. Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines in creative problem
solving with math and science. Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest and broadest
engineering majors and its future is very bright. At the end, being an engineer is not only having
a degree, or sharing a love for solving problems. Being an engineer means accepting our life to
improve societies and enhance human progress. Being a part of this discourse community is such

Engineering

10/22/2014

Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman

a gift from god because the role of an engineer is extremely important, as an engineer has the
duty to push the limits of humanity's practical knowledge.