This book gives freshman engineering students a solid foundation for all their future coursework. It provides an overview to the engineering profession, an introduction to the skills they will need to develop, as well as to fundamental engineering topics such as thermodynamics, rate processes, and Newtons laws. An important aspect of the books approach is the method of Engineering Accounting, which casts the basic conservation laws (e.g., of energy or mass) as simple "accounting" procedures. This is a unifying concept that facilitates problem-solving across all engineering disciplines.
Section I Introduction to Engineering 1 The Engineer 2 Engineering Ethics 3 Problem Solving 4 Understanding and Using Computers 5 Introduction to Design 6 Engineering Communications Section II Mathematics 7 Numbers 8 Tables and Graphs 9 Statistics Section III Engineering Fundamentals 10 Newtons Laws 11 Introduction to Thermodynamics 12 Introduction to Rate Processes 13 SI System of Units 14 Unit Conversions 15 Introduction to Statics and Dynamics 16 Introduction to Electricity Section IV Engineering Accounting 17 Accounting 18 Accounting for Mass 19 Accounting for Charge 20 Accounting for Linear Momentum 21 Accounting for Angular Momentum 22 Accounting for Energy 23 Accounting for Entropy 24 Accounting for Money Appendix A Unit Conversion Factors Appendix B NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers Appendix C z Table Appendix D Summary of Some Engineering Milestones