• Question: When you heard the word engineer what did you think the word ment

    Asked by 533srge25 to Dominic, Maedeh, Matthew, Matt, Monica on 8 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Matthew Oldfield

      Matthew Oldfield answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      When I was younger I thought of someone who built bridges or new how a car engine worked. That was probably because my dad is a Mechanical Engineer and those were the kinds of things he talked to me about. At that age, I never considered Engineers helping to solve medical problems though.

    • Photo: Maedeh Borhani

      Maedeh Borhani answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      I thought of someone who design and build stuff.

    • Photo: Monica Rozeik

      Monica Rozeik answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      I guess when I was young I thought an engineer was someone who fixed things like a mechanic. In a way engineers do fix things, but we use a lot of equations, problem solving, computers and design to build better medical devices for people.

    • Photo: Dominic Eggbeer

      Dominic Eggbeer answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      When I was young, it conjured images of people who build large structures, cars, planes etc. I’ve since learned in encompasses a huge spectrum of specialties from healthcare to space exploration, software development.

    • Photo: Matthew Round

      Matthew Round answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      When I was younger I thought an engineer was someone who fixed big machinery in factories. Over time I’ve seen how there can be so many aspects and types of engineering.

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