Engineering Skills 2

Engineering Skills
NRE106
UG1
Lecture 1
RUBAR DIZAYEE
Course Objectives
This module is designed to:
• Introduce the students to systematic thinking and problem solving
methods.
• Equip students with the study skills and awareness about the high
level of work needed to succeed in your studies on a university level.
• Enable students to apply geometry, trigonometry, algebra, vector
mathematics, and basic calculus to solve practical problems.
Module Assessment
Time weight(%) week due
Assignment: 20 Weekly
Midterm Exam: 2hrs 30 7
Final Exam: 2hrs 40 14
Quizzes!! 2 10 6&13
Recommended text books
• Leake, J. M., & Borgerson, J. L., 2013, Engineering Design Graphics:
sketching, modeling, and visualization, 2nd edn. John Wiley & Sons
Inc
• Meriam, J. L. & Kraige, L. G. 2008, Engineering Mechanics: Statics,
7th edn., John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, USA.
Some of the topics!
• Introduction. What is Engineering?
• Geometrical Reasoning.
• Applications of Excel
• Regression analysis
• Interpolation vs Extrapolation
• 2D drawing
• 3D drawing
• Introduction to vector analysis. Application of vector analysis to simple statics
problems.
• Introduction to statics and statistics problem solving.
• Contour Plotting
Introduction
• What is expected of engineering students.
• Successful study habits
• What is engineering?
• Plotting and working with data
• Problem solving methods/skills
• Systematic thinking
• Critical thinking skills
What is expected of engineering students?
• Taking notes during each lecture
Good quality work
• Practice solving problems, being
sure you understand each step
- Neat
• Come to class early and prepared
- Accurate
• Asking the lecturer if you do not - Every step clearly explained
understand
• Reading textbooks as well as
lecture notes
Importance of engineering skills
• The talents required to be a successful engineer include a
combination of both hard and soft skills.
• One of the most important skills an engineer can possess is strong
problem-solving abilities. A large part of an engineer's job is
assessing a situation, identifying problems and then finding solutions.
Employers will want to see that you're capable of handling obstacles
in your daily work
- Soft skills
- Hard skills include math.
Why do you have this module?
• Experience has shown clearly that NREM students need to learn
problem defining and solving methods for various applications to help
with critical thinking and break the pattern or simply trying to
memorize to pass a class.
• Relying on understanding instead of memorizing
• Solving new problems using general laws and concepts
• Presenting calculations and arguments that are neat and well
explained
• Improve 3D thinking, problem solving skills, and review various data
plotting to help in all your engineering classes.
About the Module
• 2 lectures/ week: Wednesday and Thursday
• Office Hours: 02:30-04:00 Monday and Tuesday
Classroom etiquette:
• Attendance of lectures is mandatory.
• 80% attendance is required for a greater than 50% passing grade. You
cannot re sit the exam if attendance is below 80%.
• I do not accept late work.
What is engineering?
• The application of scientific
knowledge to solve problems in
the real world.
• Engineering is the use of scientific
principles to design and build
machines, structures, and other
items, including bridges, tunnels,
roads, vehicles, and buildings
Engineering involves new situations and new
challenges
• You will not develop the skills you need by learning a few chapters
from a book the day before the exam.
• You need PRACTICE
• You will not pass the exams by memorizing the problems that are
solved for you.
• Engineering is solving new problems
• Relying on understanding, not short-term memory.
• Engineering involves calculations
Take notes!!!
• You will need to write notes every session in an organized notebook.
• Use multiple colored pens when drawing diagrams and solving
problems for clarity and ease of understanding.
• Do practice problems over the lecture topics each week! Do not wait
or you will forget what the lecture was about and the rest of the
lectures that build on the one your forgot will not make sense to you.
• Practice, not memorizing
Geometric reasoning
volumes, surface areas, densities
• Geometry has many practical uses in
everyday life, such as measuring
circumference, area and volume, when
you need to build or create something.
• Examples of geometric shapes
are: squares, rectangles, triangles,
circles, oval, pentagons and so on.
Surface Area
• All shapes have a surface area. A
surface area is the area of the
object that's exposed on the
outside.
• For example: for a cube, it's the
total area of all six sides of the
cube.
Surface Area
• In math, geometric shapes have
specific formulas you can use to
calculate their surface areas.
- A cube has a surface area of 6s²

- A sphere has a surface area of
4 *π * r².
Volume
• These same three-dimensional geometric
shapes also have formulas for volume. The
volume is the space inside the shape.
-The formula for the volume of a cube is s³ or

a³. (s is the length of the side of the cube)
- For the sphere, the volume is 4/3 * π * r³.
Examples!
1) Volume of rectangle
height x width x length
= 8 x 6 x 10
= 480 mm³
2) Surface area of rectangle

Add all the areas of all the faces together
2x(10x8) + 2x(8x6) + 2x(6x10)
= 376 mm²
Examples!
Approximately how much sand is needed to fill a sandbox that is 4 meter in
length, 3 meter in width and 1 meter in height?
- V= lwh
V= 4(3)(1) V= 12 m³ of sand
• Approximately how much material would you need to recover a suitcase

that is 40 cm in length, 15 cm in width, and 30 cm in height?
- SA= 2lw+ 2lh+2wh
SA= 2(40)(15)+2(40)(30)+2(15)(30)
SA= 4500 cm²
Examples!
What is the volume of the object on the right?
Volume of Cylinder=Area of the circle x the length

= π x 5² x 7
= 549.7787144….
= 550 mm³
Examples!
What is the surface area of the object on the
right?
Add the areas of the two circles and the

curved surface together.
2πr2 + 2πrh
= (2 x π x 5²) + (2 x π x 5x 7)
= 376.8
= 377 mm²
Lateral Surface Area of a Cylinder
• The area of the curved surface of a cylinder is
what is termed as the lateral surface area. In
simple words, a cylinder’s lateral surface area
is the surface area of a cylinder, excluding the
area of the base and bottom (circular surface).
• The formula gives the lateral surface area of a
cylinder;
- LSA = 2πrh
Examples!
• Find the later surface area of a cylinder whose diameter is 56 cm and
height is 20 cm.
Solution
Given:
• Diameter = 56 cm, radius, r =56/2 = 28 cm
• Height, h = 20 cm
By, the formula,
LSA = 2πrh
= 2 x 3.14 x 28cm x 20cm
= 3516.8 cm2
Examples!
What is the volume of the object on
the right?
• We need to split the object up into

smaller simpler objects. In this case
a cuboid (rectangular prism) and a
cylinder. Then, add the volumes of
the smaller objects together.
• (L*W*H)+(πr2 *L)
=6 x 10 x 8 + 7 x π x 5²
= 1029.778714
= 1030 mm³
Examples!
• You are requested to build steps. what is the volume inside the
steps
Examples!
Solution
• We can divide the end of the steps into 2 rectangles. The width
of each step is 0.2 m
V=LWH (rectangle1+rectangle2)
=(0.5mx0.2mx0.3m)+(0.5m*0.2m*0.15m)
=0.045 m³
Examples!
Volume of a box is 10000 cm³ The base of the box is 25 cm by 10 cm.
What is the height of the box?
Examples!
You have been asked to design component as
shown in the figure. It is composed of a cylinder
and rectangular prism.
The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1/6 of
the acceleration of gravity on the earth.
A. What is the volume of composite object?

B. What is the surface area of the composite
object?
C. If the object is solid stainless steel that has a
specific density of 7.9g/cm³. What is the
weight of the object on the moon?
Examples!
Solution
First write down the given information
Make a problem statement
Break problem into smaller problems
Understand the diagram or draw one!
Examples!
A. What is the volume of composite object? 6mm
- You have a cylinder and a cuboid or
rectangular prism.
- d=6mm so r=6/2=3mm 8mm
V= (L*W*H)+(πr2 *L)
= (4X7X10)+(3.1416x3²x8)
=506.19 mm³=5.06 x10˄¯7m³
7mm
4mm
10mm
Examples!
• What is the surface area of the composite object?

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- A cube has a surface area of 6s²

-The formula for the volume of a cube is s³ or

2) Surface area of rectangle

• Approximately how much material would you need to recover a suitcase

What is the volume of the object on the right?

Volume of Cylinder=Area of the circle x the length

Add the areas of the two circles and the

• We need to split the object up into

A. What is the volume of composite object?

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