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A Reflective Look at the Impact of Engineering on Society

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Australian Engineering Practice Unit code: ENEG20001 Term 2, 2018 Reflective Writing Task 1 Student Name: Student ID: Week of Submission: ............ Date of Submission: 22/03/2018 School of Engineering and Technology Central Queensland University Learning Outcomes 1: Explain the historical impact of engineering on society What? Hereinafter, a reflective look at the impact of engineering in the society is undertaken; discussions on various engineering innovations that have tremendously shaped the society are examined. However, negative effects such as cyber

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© Dr Kalam AzadAustralian Engineering PracticeUnitcode:ENEG20001Term 2, 2018ReflectiveWritingTask1Student Name:Student ID:Week of Submission: ..............Date of Submission: 22/03/2018School of Engineering and TechnologyCentral Queensland University
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Learning Outcomes 1: Explain the historical impact of engineering onsocietyWhat?Hereinafter, a reflective look at the impact of engineering in the society is undertaken; discussions on various engineering innovations that have tremendously shaped the society are examined. So What?These innovations came to the fore with little consideration to the other side of its effects on the society. For example, with the creation of the information technology systems, companies have tremendously improved their business operational efficiency and even boosted profitability (Elrabaa, 2018). However, negative effects such as cyber crimes have led to some companies incurring huge losses due to online theft of data and even money via hacking. To respond to such social vices, software engineers are on top of the game to have the security systems water tight such that safety of private data can be maintained. This has seen technologies such as cloud computing gaining momentum in the software engineering world. Mechanical engineering has also greatly changed the world. According to Elrabaa (2018), some of these innovations occur when the innovators had only a limited view of the solutions they were developing but later it impacted the world beyond their expectation. For example, Elrabaa (2018) opines that the impacts of climate change could have been avoided if the innovators of the CFC coolant could have thought twice about the effects of this coolant on the ozone layer. Additionally, Mechanical engineers are also directly involved in the design and development of sustainable energy generation systems. Notably, the introduction of wind turbines in most parts of Europe changed the climatic condition of the continent as the free natural flow of air was interfered with leading to noticeable high temperatures as natural heat path was changed by these man-made obstacles. Although it ensured the energy being harnessed was clean; substantially, it has lowered the carbon footprints however in the long run, it interfered with the natural heat transfer systems. In the automobile industry, engineers designed and developed automobiles to solve the transportation problems. From the era of companies like Ford to the Toyotas of today, this field
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has seen tremendous growth courtesy of mechanical engineering. There has been increased mobility and exchange of goods between markets and the households thereby contributing to thegrowth of the world economy. However, engineers have also been blamed for the harmful effect of some of these solutions. Admittedly, cars are one of the major contributors to urban pollution. This has increased concern for public safety and health. Besides, they have caused more accidents and contributed to loss of lives and properties. Secondly, robotics and automation is being viewed as a threat to existing work cultures. For example, most modern industries are now replacing the human worker with robots and automated systems in managing a string of operations (Engineering Weekly. (2018). Consequently, the work environment is gradually changing to that of virtual reality. In Chemical Engineering, destruction of civil order and harmony in most countries has been encouraged more by readily available chemical weapons. Additionally, there are concerns in Genetic Engineering in which case it is being viewed as an unnatural field and may lead to irreparable damage in the society as they may cause defects in organism make up. Besides, thereis often life threatening experiments in genetic engineering. Lastly, Software engineering often contributes to loss of critical information, data and even money due to online manipulation and bullying by hackers (UConn Today, 2018). What else?Additionally, one of the modern technologies being fronted is the use of driverless cars. These cars provide superior features of driving control and communication with their environment. From the numerous test outcomes, it is promising to solve some of the challenges that have come up as a result of the traditional cars. Combined with the electric car technology, this wouldbe the next big thing globally. The integrated approach in its design makes it a noble idea and much-needed car in the 21st century.However, as a result of the complexity in technological advancements, engineering education is expected to be at par with the happenings in the industry and corporate world. There has to be a shift from the traditional learning approach which encourages ‘a plug-and-play’ strategy yielding straight jacket techniques (Hajshirmohammadi and Zarei, 2015). Rather, engineering training should inculcate more of iterative approaches that generate multifaceted solutions. In
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