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10/22/2014
Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman
Engineering
10/22/2014
Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman
Apple, Microsoft, GE Aviation, Walt Disney, etc. Apple is a leading company in computational
technology. A mechanical engineer working for Apple would design, develop, and test consumer
electronics and gadgets like next generation displays. Being a mechanical engineer employed by
NASA is very hard and a very prestigious opportunity, these mechanical engineers collaborate
with top-notch scientists to invent and improve many space and spacecraft projects. All of that
relate to the discourse community because it is like extra advantages.
Mechanical engineers all share common goals of improvement. They all strive to make
the world a better place through their designs and ideas. Most people dont picture an engineer as
someone who strives to better society, but through their innovative mindsets they all want to
make products that are more efficient and reliable to the consumers. For example, Thomas
Edison, he invented the incandescent light bulb and also filed over a thousand patents, which
totally redeveloped the way we live today versus the way people, lived before the light bulb.
Leonardo Da Vinci, was known best for his art but was an undercover engineer; many of his
drawings for inventions were not discovered until centuries later. However, one of his drawings
was a flying machine that worked very similarly to a modern day helicopter.
Since we joined high school, our passion for creative problem solving joined with our
interest in math and science and this has continued to inspire and motivate us to pursue an
engineering degree. Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines in creative problem
solving with math and science. Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest and broadest
engineering majors and its future is very bright. At the end, being an engineer is not only having
a degree, or sharing a love for solving problems. Being an engineer means accepting our life to
improve societies and enhance human progress. Being a part of this discourse community is such
Engineering
10/22/2014
Rawan Alabbas
Jacob Holman
a gift from god because the role of an engineer is extremely important, as an engineer has the
duty to push the limits of humanity's practical knowledge.