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.

Videos

Transportation Engineering - Crash Course
Electrical Engineering - Crash Course