1. Engineering responsibilities in Disasters
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2. Introduction When disaster strikes, who is held accountable?
Group #9: William Heffner
Derek Sheridan
Shane Moser
Philip Svehla
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3. Topics of Discussion Who is responsible for Engineering disasters
The History of Engineering Disasters
What can be done to prevent disasters
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4. Engineer’s responsibilities
It is the engineer’s responsibility to help prevent disasters
What to do:
Inform management
Warn end-users
Design products well
Engineers can save lives
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5. Disasters in Engineering
Disasters will always occur, they are inevitable
Previous disasters
Tacoma Narrows bridge
Titanic
Challenger
We can learn from past mistakes
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6. What can be done? Engineers have a critical role in stopping disasters
Preventative steps:
Train engineers well
Review work with colleagues
Be attentive to the situation
Learn about new engineering resources
Engineers can minimize the chance of disasters occurring
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7. Real Life It is not always the engineer’s fault if a disaster strikes.
Often times it is the managements fault, or the customer may not use the product properly
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8. What This Means Mistakes will occur in engineering, it is inevitable.
The disasters from these mistakes can be minimized
Engineers have a great power in preventing these disasters
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9. Next Steps
It is our job as engineers is to minimize mistakes and disasters.
Engineers must be perfectionists to prevent future disasters
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