Here is the summary of the article I read regarding technology:
Many engineers work at their forefront of their occupation. For Peter Brett, a professor of biomedical engineering at Aston University, extensive knowledge is needed to develop medical innovations. The innovations have to be compatible and safe, on top of maintaining its basic uses. The head of engineering at the Diamond synchrotron, Jay Kay, explains that precision is very important to keep machinery workable. A functioning synchrotron will require fine tuning at nano-metric level.
In order to maintain airworthiness for battle, Mark Hunt, a RAF squadron leader, states that it is important for his planes to be made available for flight. Planes are flown in drastic climate condition and require precise tests and maintenances before they are fit to fly. Hunt feel that engineering is not just a great help in his work, but also the key to life opportunities.
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Here are some interesting facts from the site:
Engineers’ feats
1698 Thomas Savery patents the basic steam engine
1712 Thomas Newcomen develops a working atmospheric steam engine
1769 James Watt patents a steam engine with a separate condenser
1803 Richard Trevithick builds the first steam locomotive to undertake practical work
1825 George Stephenson runs Locomotion, the first passenger steam locomotive, between Stockton and Darlington
1847 Institution of Mechanical Engineers founded
1860 Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir develops the first successful internal combustion engine
1863 The world’s first underground railway, the Metropolitan Line, opens in London
1903 The Wright Flyer becomes the first heavier-than-air machine to fly in a sustained, controlled way with a pilot onboard
1937 Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
1953 John Gibbon develops the heart-lung machine
1954 The world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human being in space
1983 The world’s first maglev train begins operating in Birmingham
1991 Opening of Delabole, the UK’s first wind farm
2 comments:
I agreed that engineers must be innovative and precise in creating their product. These are some of the necessary qualitites which we have to acquire to be a succesful engineers. Good quotation in the summary.
One grammatical error,Hunt feels that..
Gxian,good effort here, but i think it is not necessary to include who said this or who said that. You can ommit who the speaker is and go straight to the main point. By doing that, it helps to reduce the word count for your summary.
Come on, i believe you can do a better job!
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