Re:MIT students build a roller coaster in one week
by tomsaffell on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @10:45AM
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Agreed, getting signoff is a skill too. But my comment about engineering using minimal resources was aimed equally at the professional engineer as the students. Imo, he too has an engineering duty to minimize resource use. So it's not moot.
Yes, that is my personal definition, which i gained whilst studying engineering in the UK. Its similar to the one on wikipedia, except shorter and slightly broader :)
Re:MIT students build a roller coaster in one week
by buckbova on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @04:01PM
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> engineering is, after all, the science of achieving the stated objectives with the least resources
With a factor of safety at 2+.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_of_safety#Choosing_desi...
Re:MIT students build a roller coaster in one week
by tomsaffell on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @10:35AM
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Absolutely. Though i would consider the factor of safety to be one if the stated objectives too.
I've never heard that definition of engineering before -- is that your personal definition? Regardless, it's moot. One of the required objectives was to get engineer signoff -- the need to get signoff from others, even others you may disagree with, is something these engineers will need to do in their careers as well.