Chapter 2: Engineering as a Profession

Engineer who is involved in the testing and analysis of ideas and products

• Management Engineer

• Development Engineer

• Production Engineer

• Construction Engineer

Type of design that focuses on creating products that are not harmful to the environment throughout their life cycle.

• Green design

• Environmental impact

• Positive Impact

• Negative Impact

Designation for engineers who have completed licensure requirements, allowing engineers to approve, sign, and stamp plans and documents.

• Professional Engineer (P.E.)

• Sales Engineer

• Production Engineer

• Design Engineer

Effects that engineered products have on the lives of groups of people, such as housing, safety, food, communication and transportation.

• Environmental Impact

• Negative Impact

• Positive Impact

• Societal Impact

Costs or effects that cause damage to people or the environment.

• Negative Impact

• Positive Impact

• Ethics

• Green Design

Engineer who plans, coordinates, and schedule for structures such as roads, bridges, and skyscrapers.

• Construction Engineer

• Development Engineer

• Production Engineer

• Research Engineer

Effect engineered products have on human health and the world around us.

• Environmental Impact

• Negative Impact

• Positive Impact

• Green Design

Exclusive right that is granted by a government to the creator of a new product or design so others cannot product it without permission.

• Ethics

• Green Design

• Risk analysis

• Patent

Engineer who coordinates all of the engineering processes including materials and human resources.

• Management Engineer

• Development Engineer

• Research Engineer

• Sales Engineer

Sets of guidelines that should be followed when engineers interact with public, their employers, their clients, and other engineers.

• Patent

• Ethics

• Code of Ethics

• Green Design