Smart Futures - Engineers Ireland

My talk on engineering careers given at a secondary school in Ballsbridge, Dublin during Engineers Week 2011.

I volunteered for Engineers Ireland to go to schools and talk to pupils about the profession of the engineer, telling my story and background, in order to introduce more students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) college subjects.

It was fun! I had lots of questions by pupils. I'd recommend it to everyone. Also a great chance for me to understand what I do and why, in order to explain it to others :-)

Transcript

1. Fiona Bruce Chartered Engineer Spruce Pharmaceuticals Claudio Procida Software Engineer IBM Ireland
2. WHAT IS AN ENGINEER?
3. Do they work on trains?
4. Do they fix washing machines?
5. Do they work on cars?
6. 3 TYPES OF ENGINEERING
7. Civil Structural Mechanical Electrical Traditional Engineering
8. Technical Engineering ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Computer & software Electronic Mechatronic Building services Aeronautical Chemical & process Manufacturing & industrial
9. Environmental Biomedical Biosystems Energy Future Engineering
10. Claudio Procida Software Engineer Lead User Experience Developer I'm an IBMer
11. Fiona Bruce Chemical Engineer studied engineering at UCD Claudio Procida Software Engineer I studied Computer and Software Engineering at University of Palermo (Italy) I became Chartered Engineer in 2006
12. Claudio Procida Software Engineer Then I spent a year abroad as Erasmus student at Polithecnic Unversity of Valencia (Spain)
13. My work Software Engineer I work with • I am a software developer, that means, I apply techniques of software engineering to solve complex problems. • I work in a team of several software developers and testers • We build IBM Connections — Social Business Software • Like Facebook for the enterprise • I collect requirements from customers and guide them to choose the right solution • I design, and implement software written in JavaScript, Java, and several other languages and technologies
14. My work Software Engineer I work with My day-to-day work is mainly • I am scrum master in my team, we have daily status meetings in the morning where everybody reports their progress • I report to a manager, a technical leader, a software architect and a release manager about the team's status • I review other developer's code and correct it before it goes into the product • I design the architecture of components which my team and other teams will implement and deliver
15. Let’s look at engineering & ICT How intelligent do you need to be to become an engineer? Watch closely
16. HOW MANY ENGINEERS DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A ROLLERCOASTER?
17. Civil Design of the support structure
18. Structural Design of the main structure
19. Mechanical Design of the steelworks
20. Industrial Design of moving parts
21. Aeronautical Design of the car
22. Electronic Control and communications
23. Electrical Power to drive the ride
24. HOW DID THEY MAKE THE ROLLER COASTER SAFE?
25. Maths
26. WHY IS MATHS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL TECHNOLOGY?
27. Without maths, it wouldn’t fly
28. Without maths, it wouldn’t fly
29. Without maths, it wouldn’t work
30. Without maths, it wouldn’t work
31. Without maths, the special effects in Avatar wouldn’t be possible
33. Path to an exciting and dynamic career Lets look at a career in ICT
34. Top ICT companies constantly creating jobs in Ireland…
35. Mobile phones – software and hardware Without the ICT industry we wouldn’t have…
36. iTunes Without the ICT industry we wouldn’t have…
37. High tech entertainment and movie industry Without the ICT industry we wouldn’t have…
38. GPS systems Without the ICT industry we wouldn’t have…
39. Social networking Without the ICT industry we wouldn’t have…
40. Let’s look again Let’s move away from the ICT sector and look at Biomedical engineering Have a look at this video
41. Doctor has a 3D high definition view of what is going on inside the patient How do engineers save our lives? Da Vinci robot
42. Cutting edge engineering translates the surgeon’s hand movements into precise micro movements of the robot’s arm How do engineers save our lives? Da Vinci robot
43. Jointed wrist far exceeds the range of motion of human hand How do engineers save our lives? Da Vinci robot
44. Allows surgeons to use minimal invasive procedures for major surgeries such as heart bypasses How do engineers save our lives? Da Vinci robot
45. 15 of the top 20 biomedical companies in the world are based in Ireland Biomedical engineering Combing engineering, biology and medicine
46. What do these companies do?
47. Artificial hips What do these companies do?
48. What do these companies do?
49. What do these companies do? Prosthetic limbs
50. What do these companies do?
51. Heart monitors What do these companies do?
52. What has engineering got to do with medicine? What do these companies do?
53. What do these companies do? Medical instruments
54. What do these companies do?
55. Imaging techniques What do these companies do?
56. Routes to Engineering
57. Why are engineers so important? Have a look at this video
58. Questions?
59. Thanks! “stay young, stay foolish!”