Lecture 1 Introduction To Profession (ME SM)

Batch 2020-24
Introduction to the Profession
By
Dr. Puneet Tandon
Professor & Head of Mechanical Engineering
November 27, December 3, 4, 2020
Welcome 2020 Batch
to
IIITDM Jabalpur
Introduction
⚫ Introduction to Engineering as a Profession

⚫ Technological Innovations
⚫ Smart Manufacturing
⚫ What is the essential difference between the
“Science”, “Engineering” and “Technology” ?
⚫ Can you image what is the “Engineering

Science” ?
Science, Engineering, Technology
⚫ Science – Knowledge about the structure and behaviour of
the natural or physical world, based on the facts that you
can prove, for example by experiments
⚫ Science (origin: Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge")
creates and manages knowledge related to explanation
and / or predictions that can be tested
⚫ Engineering – The activity of applying scientific knowledge
to the design and manufacturing
⚫ Set of people, techniques and processes that develop the
technology
⚫ Engineering: The creative application of scientific
principles to design or develop
▪ structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing
processes,
▪ …; or
▪ to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of

their design; or
▪ to forecast their behavior under specific operating
conditions …
⚫ Technology – Scientific knowledge used in practice / in
industry, e.g., in designing new machinery or equipment –
Efforts to modify the human conditions or natural
environment
⚫ Technology comes from Greek word (technología);
from téchnē, meaning "art, skill, craft", and logía, meaning
"study of-"
⚫ The distinction between science, engineering and
technology is not very clear
⚫ Science is the investigation or study of phenomena, aimed
at discovering principles behind various phenomena
⚫ Engineering is the goal-oriented process of designing and
making tools and systems to exploit natural phenomena,
often (but not always) using results and techniques from
science
⚫ Technology is the application of latest knowledge and skill
in doing or making things
⚫ Technology ?
⚫ is not product of science, but it has to satisfy the
requirements such as utility, usability and safety
⚫ The development of technology may draw upon
many fields of knowledge, including scientific,
engineering, …
⚫ Technology is often a consequence of science and

engineering — although technology as a human activity
precedes both science and engineering
⚫ Technology is a capability acquired with practical

application of knowledge
⚫ For ECE / CSE students: Science might study the flow
of electrons in electrical conductors, by using already-
existing tools and knowledge
⚫ This new-found knowledge may then be used by engineers
to create new tools and machines, such as
semiconductors, computers, etc.
⚫ In this sense, scientists and engineers may both be
considered technologists
⚫ Earlier, technology was simply considered as "applied

science" and that to fund basic science was to reap
technological results in due time
⚫ An articulation of this philosophy could be found explicitly

in Vannevar Bush's treatise on postwar science policy,
Science—The Endless Frontier
⚫ "New products, new industries, and more jobs require

continuous additions to knowledge of the laws of nature...
This essential new knowledge can be obtained only through
basic scientific research."
⚫ In the late-1960s, however, this view came under direct

attack, leading towards initiatives to fund science for specific
tasks (initiatives resisted by the scientific community)
⚫ The issue remains contentious—though most analysts resist

the model that technology simply is a result of scientific
research
⚫ We very frequently use “Science and Engineering” and

“Science and Technology” – this implies that Science
precedes both Engineering and Technology; but
Engineering is not “applied science” and Technology is not
“applied research”
⚫ Examples – James Watt Steam Engine in 1765 preceded by

30 years the birth of Nicholas Carnot (one of the pioneers
of thermodynamics)
⚫ Similarly, Robert Fulton’s successful steamboat design in

the early 1800s was based on experiments and inspired
scientific research on fluid mechanics
⚫ Engineering Science – The study of engineering as a subject

Smart Manufacturing
⚫ Smart Manufacturing focuses on some of the
disruptive innovations that the last decade has been
witnessed to, namely,
▪ Internet of Things (IoT)
▪ Robotics
▪ Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
▪ Industrial Automation
▪ Artificial Intelligence
▪ Machine Learning
▪ …
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing

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Batch 2020-24

Introduction to the Profession

⚫ Introduction to Engineering as a Profession

⚫ Can you image what is the “Engineering

▪ to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of

⚫ Technology is often a consequence of science and

⚫ Technology is a capability acquired with practical

⚫ Earlier, technology was simply considered as "applied

⚫ An articulation of this philosophy could be found explicitly

⚫ "New products, new industries, and more jobs require

⚫ In the late-1960s, however, this view came under direct

⚫ The issue remains contentious—though most analysts resist

⚫ We very frequently use “Science and Engineering” and

⚫ Examples – James Watt Steam Engine in 1765 preceded by

⚫ Similarly, Robert Fulton’s successful steamboat design in

⚫ Engineering Science – The study of engineering as a subject

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