- Suggest an engineering-related use for
JavaScript.
- Choose three competing products in some industrial
market and explain which of the three (if any)
stands out and why.
- Does the USA need to extend more visas to international
high-tech temporary workers? Why or why not?
- How can a professional society improve its advocacy
efforts for its members? Choose one and demonstrate.
- Should fastening and joining be considered early in
the mechanical design phase for an engineered system?
Why or why not?
- Is rapid
prototyping cost-effective? Why or why not?
- Which work environment promises the best career growth
for the engineer? Choose from (small, medium, large);
and from (government, private industry, academia, self).
- Are engineers made or born?
- Justify the purchase of a new desktop software
application.
- Describe drawing standards for a new design project.
- Justify R&D expenditure for a potential new product line.
- Differentiate between what an engineer must report to a
line manager and to a
project manager.
- How do you decide what goes into a major company
Web site upgrade?
- An OSHA representative has scheduled an inspection of your
manufacturing processes. Do you have any reason to be
concerned?
- You have to purchase a solid modeling program for
your design department. On what basis do you
choose?
- You have a long-standing relationship with a vendor
who supplies you with critical components, and who's
going out of business. What will you do next?
- You are establishing a design database for your
engineering department. Should it be handled in-house
or by a contract firm?
- You're the manager of an engineering group whose
most experienced project manager has just passed
away. What strategy do you propose?
- You're having problems with PC board failures
resulting from short circuits caused by fasteners
getting too close to chips. Any ideas?
- Define "quality."
- How would you determine whether a new design project
(engineering drawings) should be handled in-house or
via contract?
- You've experienced a prototype failure during testing.
How do you report it to management?
- You need a major piece of machinery (say, $250K US to
buy). How would you decide whether to buy or lease?
- Justify a safety factor in new construction.
- Define "reliability."
- Resolve a manufacturing
bottleneck.
- Justify "flex-time" for a programming group.
- Your product has a 10% rejection rate by customers.
DO something!!!
- Propose and justify a preventive maintenance
schedule for your machinery.
- Provide an "appropriate use of the Internet"
policy for your employees.
- Your shop has a problem with misplaced tools.
DO something!!!
- You're seeking a manufacturer for a new product
-- one you can't produce yourself. Describe
what you're looking for.
- What's the single most important skill you want
in your next new employee?
- Two engineers sharing an office disagree on points
of religion. Resolve the conflict.
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