Engineering is not science. Engineers generally don’t "do" science. Science is about discovering the natural. Engineering is creating the artificial. The critical roles of engineering in addressing the large-scale pressing challenges facing our societies worldwide are widely recognized. Such large-scale challenges include access to affordable health care; tackling the coupled issues of energy‚ transportation and climate change; providing more equitable access to information for our populations; clean
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ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY: ROLES‚ PROFESSIONALISM AND BEYOND Outline of a talk delivered to engineering students of Universiti Putra Malaysia on Friday‚ 20 February 2004 at Bilik Seminar‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia. BY Ir. Oon Chee Kheng BE(Civil)‚ LLB(Hons)‚ MBA‚ CLP‚ MIEM‚ PEng(M) Advocate and Solicitor 1.0 INTRODUCTION Contrary to the popular perception of life as an engineer‚ this talk will focus on different roles of‚ and played by‚ engineers. Not exactly life
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Question 5: In this technological age‚ the power of the engineers in shaping the society and environment in all pervading and can profoundly affect the lives of many members of the society. Enumerate‚ from your personal experience‚ how largely positive impacts have accrued from the contributions of engineers. Answer: Introduction In the eyes of public‚ an engineer is a professional man who is of sufficient training‚ expertise‚ and integrity as to be able to act with independence and impartiality
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Teik President The Institution of Engineers‚ Malaysia Session 2009/2010 The Immediate Past President‚ Past Presidents‚ Deputy President‚ Vice-Presidents‚ Members of Council‚ and my fellow engineers. 1.0 BUILDING THE PAST – A TRIBUTE TO Engineers Malaya was formed on 1 May 1959 and later renamed The Institution of Engineers‚ Malaysia. OUR PAST ENGINEERING LEADERS Year 2009 marks a significant milestone in the history of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) as it crosses the half-century
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Greatness has nothing to do with where you are and what resources are available to you. People who achieve great things in life need just one thing – passion. That passion has a power to propel you through all uncertainties and make you a superhero. Time and again this basic fact of life has been proved. Yet we find students losing the battle of life as early as after a failure in IIT JEE. We hope the story of Danish Chopra can mirror the real picture of the requisite of success. I happened to
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term free society. Some may consider their society as free when that society deems them rights and free will‚ as the Bill of Rights establishes‚ while others consider a free society to be one that does not discriminate against those noted as unpopular by their peers. In order to feel safe‚ one must have his or her respective natural rights; however‚ in order for a society to truly be considered “free‚” it cannot establish social labels such as unpopular and popular. In my definition‚ a free society
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY ENGINEERS TO NATION BUILDING: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS INTRODUCTION 1. Nations of the world set objectives which they continually strive to achieve. These objectives which are regarded to be of benefit to the citizens of the country are collectively known as national interest. The extent to which a nation can achieve its national interest and indeed the influence it wields in the international community depends largely on its level of development. Nation
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Chapter 12 The mechanical Revolution occurred from the eighteenth to nineteenth hundreds of years‚ was a period amid which dominatingly agrarian‚ country social orders in Europe and America got to be modern and urban. Preceding the Industrial Revolution‚ which started in Britain in the late 1700s‚ assembling was frequently done in individuals’ homes‚ utilizing hand instruments or essential machines. Industrialization denoted a movement to fueled‚ uncommon reason apparatus‚ manufacturing plants and
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Corruption Free Bangladesh Corruption is silently eating into the vitals of our nation like termite. Bit by bit‚ it is denting our dignity and compromising our soul. Not only does it affect individuals like you and me but alarmingly it affects our nation as a whole. Imagine our nation slowly transforming into a nation of scoundrels and imbeciles. The odds‚ that next person you meet on the street‚ having either asked for or having paid a bribe‚ are getting higher by the day. All this exhibits a problem
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real purposes‚ has enabled me to discern my love for mechanical engineering. As a chubby 11 year old‚ I remember sitting glued to Discovery channel. An episode of the show ‘How it’s made’ featured the process used to create a gumball machine. Awestruck I learnt about the intricate parts that made this miraculous machine. This particular incident highlighted the wide array of commodities that are end products of the grueling work by an engineer. Every time I stumbled upon a gumball machine from that
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