The Engineering Profession – Transport

Engineering Studies – H2 Transport Engineering – The Engineering Profession

The key concepts of this topic are the roles and responsibilities of engineers working in transport and electrical engineering.

Key Concepts

Roles and Responsibilities

• The engineering design process.
• Teamwork in engineering.

Electrical Engineer / Transport Engineer

• The nature and range of work that an electrical engineer would perform.
• Engineering research, documentation and communication.
• Emerging trends in the electrical engineering profession.

Discussion Questions

Electrical Engineering

1. What are the roles of an electrical engineer before, during and after a project?
2. Discuss how engineers might collect data for a project.
3. How might data be presented?
4. Describe how engineers use the design process to develop engineering solutions.
5. Discuss examples that highlight why teamwork is important in engineering.