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Survival techniques for the practicing engineer /
Providing engineers with the tools and skills to survive and become successful in the work place -Gives experience-based, highly realistic guidance to a cross-section of young and even established engineers -Delivers practical guidance and acts as a handy resource so that lessons do not have to be l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
2016.
©20 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Survival techniques for the practicing engineer / |c Anthony Sofronas. |
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| 520 | |a Providing engineers with the tools and skills to survive and become successful in the work place -Gives experience-based, highly realistic guidance to a cross-section of young and even established engineers -Delivers practical guidance and acts as a handy resource so that lessons do not have to be learned the hard way with numerous errors, and costly problems -Includes real world examples and case studies from a 45 year veteran in the engineering field. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Getting Ahead -- 1.1 Finding your Niche -- 1.2 Twenty Rules to Remember -- 1.3 Calculated Risk Versus Reward -- 1.4 Advancement -- 1.5 Learn from Observing Failures -- 1.6 Keep Good Records of what you have done -- 1.7 Flexibility in your Career -- 1.8 You're Known for Your Work -- 1.9 Ethical Behavior in Engineering -- 1.10 Humor in the Workplace -- 1.11 Self-Preservation when Documenting your Analysis -- 1.12 Don't be Overwhelmed -- 1.13 Providing Guidance to Others -- 1.14 The Technical and Managerial Ladder to Advancement -- References -- Chapter 2 The Politics of Engineering -- 2.1 What to do -- 2.2 What not to do -- 2.3 Disenchantment with your Job -- 2.4 Conducting yourself in a Meeting -- 2.5 Organize and Prioritize -- 2.6 Do as much as you can for your Colleagues -- 2.7 The Catch 22 of Engineering Project Work -- 2.8 Arrogance, Humility, Favors, and Courtesies -- 2.9 Be Curious and Inquisitive -- 2.10 Striving for Perfection -- References -- Chapter 3 Utilizing the Input from Others -- 3.1 Just out of College -- 3.2 Mentors and Colleagues -- 3.3 Interaction Between Disciplines -- 3.4 It's Nice to be Appreciated -- 3.5 The Funny Look Test -- 3.6 Uncluttered Thinking -- 3.7 The Art of Visualization -- 3.8 The Importance of Alliances and Networking -- References -- Chapter 4 Communicating Effectively -- 4.1 Speaking Effectively at Meetings -- 4.2 Effective Writing Skills -- 4.3 Learn to Listen -- Chapter 5 Problem Solving and Decision Making -- 5.1 Why is this Section Important? -- 5.2 The Simplest Solution First -- 5.3 The 80-20 Relationship -- 5.4 The Five WHY's used in Problem Solving -- 5.5 Being the Devil's Advocate -- 5.6 An Engineering Approach: Use the Scientific Method for Problem Solving. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.7 You Need to know the Whole Story -- 5.8 Failure Analysis and Accident Investigations Differ -- 5.9 Why Decision Making is Important in Engineering -- 5.10 Decision on Several Choices -- 5.11 The Importance of Personal Checklists -- 5.12 Confirmational Bias or Self-fulfilling Prophecies -- References -- Chapter 6 How an Engineering Consultant can help your Company -- 6.1 Why Use a Consultant? -- 6.2 What a Consultant can do -- 6.3 The Cost of a Consultant -- Chapter 7 Consulting Engineering as a Career -- 7.1 Consulting as a Career -- 7.2 Compensation will Probably be less than you Expected -- 7.3 How much should my Billing Rate be? -- 7.4 The Job Contract -- 7.5 You must Understand the Companies' Politics -- 7.6 Documenting the Consulting Effort -- 7.7 Useful Equipment for a Mechanical Engineering Consultant -- 7.8 Verifying an Analysis -- Chapter 8 Precautions on Purchasing First of its Kind Equipment -- 8.1 Initial Design Specifications -- 8.2 Question Everything and Understand the Design -- 8.3 Document all Changes and Trust no one -- 8.4 Assign Responsibilities -- 8.5 When things don't Work as Expected -- References -- Chapter 9 Useful Information to Consider -- 9.1 Various Types of Equipment and their Failure Loads -- 9.2 Cracking of Welds due to Cyclic Stresses -- 9.3 Remember to Consider all Forces and Moments -- 9.4 Phantom Failures: Some Failures are very Elusive -- 9.5 The Art of Hammer Tapping -- 9.6 Development of Some Simple Energy Equations -- 9.7 Maintaining Proficiency in your Analytical Abilities -- 9.8 Safety Concerns to be Aware of -- 9.9 Should I Pursue a Patent? -- References -- Chapter 10 Case Histories using Analytical Models -- 10.1 Building an Analytical Model of a Material Processor -- 10.2 Determining the Loads on the Processor Structure -- 10.3 Determining the Life of the Processor. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 10.4 Discussion of Failure and Potential Fix of Processor -- 10.5 Understanding the Sloshing Equation -- 10.6 Failure of Agitator Coupling Bolts -- 10.7 Causes of Auger Feeder Screw Failures -- 10.8 Temperature of a Blocked in Centrifugal Pump on Bypass -- 10.9 Heat up Rate and Rubs on a Steam Turbine -- 10.10 Pneumatic Testing Dangers and Beware of Safe Distances -- 10.11 Containment of a Wrecked Internal Part -- 10.12 A Catastrophic Disaster -- 10.13 Why are Parts out of Tolerance on the Production Line? -- 10.14 Failures Caused by an Impact Force -- 10.15 Design of an Aircraft Tow -- 10.16 Shaft Failures and Crack Growth -- References -- Chapter 11 Benefits of Continuing your Education -- 11.1 Benefits of an Advanced Degree -- 11.2 Importance on Selecting your Academic Advisor -- 11.3 Difference between an Engineer and a Scientist -- 11.4 Benefits of Continued Education -- Reference -- Chapter 12 Closing Guidance -- 12.1 Determine what you want to Achieve -- 12.2 Most of my Success was due to others -- 12.3 It's not so much what you do as what you Haven't Done -- 12.4 Become a Mentor to Someone -- 12.5 Remembering those before us -- 12.6 Thoughts on the Future of Engineering -- References -- Index -- EULA. | |
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