Memo To: Dr. Rand Decker, Ph.D., Professor, CENE 286 Instructors, Fall 2012

From:

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Re: Final Exam - Take home

1- Section 1: Self-Assessment

In this course, we learned how to focus on the details and ideas. Also, we learned, how to work as group, how to working with each other and how to help each other. Also, we learned how to plan for the projects correctly and how to have a reason for each step. Another thing that we learned to help us prepared as a future engineer is how to write the projects on papers (Memo Format). This format is very helpful for us. It helps us to do the problem statement for the projects and it helps us to do the decision matrix. Also, we learned how to organize and draw each part on the design, cost and the safety, and how these parts fit into the project. The last thing we learned is how the time is important for us as group and how to organize the time to finish the design on time.

1 – Section 2: Design & Analysis Skills

1.1 – Engineering Design Project:

1.1.1 – Both

-CENE 333 Applied Hydraulics: this class we will study Hydraulic analysis and design for water systems, including wells, pumps, pressurized distribution systems, open-channel flow, and culverts. Also. This class will give us an introduction about the fundamentals of hydraulic analysis, including the theory, concepts and use of conservation laws as applied to hydrostatics.

1.1.2- Environmental Engineering

) CENE 332 : SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT in this class we will study Waste identification, soils, subsurface fate and transport, toxicology, environmental/public health and risk assessment, site characterization and assessment tools, remediation tools and technologies, team design project. Section 2 : Design & Analysis Skills, continued

1. Problem statement:

This project requires a system that will reduce the traffic congestion during the period between classes. The goal of this project is to help the students to arrive their classes on time and to not be late. That will support and encourage the students to go their classes.

Design options:

*Train: is to build a train goes around the campus 24 hours. That will reduce the traffic congestion and keep the environment clean.

* Bridges: is to build bridges for cars and walkers. These bridges will make the traffic jam less.

2. Technical analyses:

*Costs: The cost of the train design will be more expensive that the bridges. That because of the maintenance that the train needs at least once a year.

*Safety: Both of them have the safety. however, the train might leads to some accidents in the campus, especially in the intersections.

SECTION III: The Roots of and Impact of Engineering on Society:

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The examples of stone tools are Flint and Hominid Tools. Flint is a relatively soft material (compared to other stones) that can be banged against and chipped away to form an edge that is capable of cutting plants and meat.

It was useful for people in the past. They made a weapon from the stone tools and they made a lot of things that was important for their life.

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The economic impact: the roman road made the economic for the empire succeeds. It makes the ability to move merchandise around the empire easier. Also, it makes trade faster and easier. the Military impact for Roman Roads is to make troops moved faster and easier. The social impact: it helps an improving the transportations system which Leeds to a better communication between people. 3

:Replaced horses for transportation. Used in agriculture for tractors, threshing machines. Easier ways of travel through land sea and air

Social impact: The steam engine has helped our society grow in numerous ways. Some of these ways are in mining, shipping, and spinning mills.

Cultural impact

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The economic impact of the alternative that is reduces our dependence on oil and gasoline.

The health impact for the nuclear energy is that the thermal pollution goes into the cooling water

The impact of the Internet: The Internet made the world as a small village. It has a lot of impacts in their life such as Tele working, home shopping. It makes the education good and improved. It makes a communication between people very easy.

SECTION III: Impact Engineering on Society, continued

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The prehistoric age: was a period of primitive technological and social development ,This period saw the development of early villages, agriculture, animal domestication, tools and the onset of the earliest recorded incidents of warfare

In the superstition age: people believed that certain things, situations and events existed as the result of mystery and supernatural forces primarily because they did not understand them or the things that caused them to be. In a day and age when even the most mundane and commonplace things, such as the revolving of the earth around the sun to produce the difference between day and night were not understood, it is no wonder that more unusual things would be held in awe and feared. It was out of that fear of the unknown (which encompassed practically everything and anything) that superstitions arose.

The Industrial age : was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times The introduction of steam power fueled primarily by coal, wider utilization of water wheels and powered machinery (mainly in textile manufacturing) underpinned the dramatic increases in production capacity. The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the 19th century facilitated the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.

The Post industrial age : is a development, expanding on the growth of the industrial revolution, which results in the creation and production of knowledge and information rather than durable goods. Just like in the industrial revolution, when machines began taking over the physical power of the skill man, we now have computer taking over the mental power of labor. Digital technology is amplifying mental labor.

This new revolution is providing a greater expansion of information, information networks and data banks. Also the transportation of data is able to be sent and receive on a much faster level.