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Assignment3. Discuss engineers' roles, responsibilities and the need to employ principles ofsustainable development.Sustainable development is the development that meets the need of the present without harming theenvironment, ecosystem and natural resources for coming generation (Barkemeyer et al., 2014).‘Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of the resources ofnature to benefit man. The words engineer and ingenious are derived from the same Latin root“ingenerate” meaning “to create”.Associated with engineering is a great body of special knowledge; preparation for professional practiceinvolves extensive training in the application of that knowledge (Luederitz, Lang and Von Wehrden,2013). Engineering is an art requiring the judgment necessary to adapt knowledge to practical purposes,the imagination to conceive original solutions to problems, and the ability to predict performance andcost of new devices or processes.The function of the scientist is to know, while that of the engineer is to do. The scientist adds to thestore of verified, systematized knowledge of the physical world; the engineer brings this knowledge tobear on practical problems. Engineering is based principally on physics, chemistry & mathematics andtheir extensions into materials science, solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, transfer and rateprocesses, system analysis, computer programming, electronics and optronic.’ (Reid, 2013)Engineers roles and responsibilities:Engineers vision is made broad during making them technically strong. Where engineering study andcodes make sure the integrity and safety of the development there developing the sustainabledevelopment is the primarily focused priority of engineers. Engineers primary role is to seek out thesolution that leads the best development solution regarding need and consumption. If we look back inhistory, we will come to know the things that were being used cannot be classified as sustainabledevelopments but now development of things is now finding its way to sustainable developments(Smith, Gardoni and Murphy, 2014). For example, tetra fluorocarbon gas was used as a refrigerant which was playing its role in the depletionof the ozone causing environmental hazards and non-securing environmental future. Engineerssuccessfully replaced it with ecofriendly gas making refrigeration a sustainable development. The firstused engine efficiency was merely 4% causing environmental pollution and increase in entropy while notengines with high efficiency are being developed. Moreover, the concept of hydrogen fuel is going tomake engines purely sustainable development (Borenstein, Herkert and Miller, 2017). These all thingsare done with the help of engineering principles that is need of the present and future and is done byEngineers. Engineers create things and then refine it to the best product regarding economy, socially,and health impact.
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b. How do you understand sustainability in engineering? Discuss one way in whichsustainability can lead to a 'better' engineering solution? How did you define‘better’?Engineering refines product and try to make them sustainable. For example, if we would be able tocontrol fusion reaction and harness its energy in electrical way by using super conductor products then itcan bring the prosperity to the society. It can reduce the poverty as the energy will be very cheap andendless with no environmental pollution (Haapala et al., 2013).Sustainable engineering should be based on principles that support sustainable development, as definedin the upper sections of this lesson. Engineering forms an interface between the design (i.e., the ideahow to provide a sustainable solution to a technical problem) and implementation and production. Incase of technology development, engineering phase is linked to almost every level of technologyreadiness spectrum. Sustainable engineering principles should be contemplated and applied early toensure that technology development and scale-up follow the environmentally benign route. It will behard to turn back to redo and redesign things from later stages! In that sense, the sustainableengineering principles should be considered in decision making for both research and industrial projectsas well as in policy making and decisions regarding funding of technological research (Miller et al., 2014).There have been multiple attempts by academic and industrial institutions to formulate sustainableengineering principles. All of them fall within the triangle with Environmental, Social, and Economicvalues as cornerstones. The overarching goal is to generate abalanced solutionto any engineeringproblem. If an engineering project benefits one of these three aspects, but ignores the others, we have alopsided system which creates tension, instability, and new problems in the long run.c. Your values are important in determining how you might respond if you foundyourself in a situation of ethical conflict. Try to identify at least two values that youbelieve have an impact on how you live and work.Respect, honesty, dignity and integrity makes your character professional. The impact of these values will be in such a way that by grasping these values makes your social life better and strong resulting in good living and working environment.4. Manage information and documentation.a. Having many members of a team work on a project together means that you canachieve a great deal more than if you were working by yourself. However, it alsocreates some challenges. One challenge is ensuring version control of reportsand drawings. What processes has your team put in place to share information andensure that everyone works on the most recent version of a document?
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