Masterpiece Essay #1

Today Americans live in a world where nearly everything is man-made, engineered. The things we use nearly every day were at some point made somehow, someway, by somebody. We don’t notice how ordinary thing in everyday life took years and years to finally allow them for public use. Everything possible that we use today was made through engineers, whether it was from the simple wheel to the space satellites that allow us to connect to the rest of the world. We have been very successful as a world and we should be grateful of the things we have because it took hard work and engineering.

Starting from ancient times, man has always seemed to have the brilliance to make things happen. We have succeeded far more than any other being on Earth, we create things help us live a better an easier life but some of us don’t see it. Bridges for example, first made with tree logs by man was one of the beginning foundations of civil engineering as we know it today. Buildings, houses, cities, states, nations, all built by some type of engineer. Civil engineering today built some of the major building we need to functions as a society. For example, me personally, I have two major buildings, my house and school. My house is the foundation of the type of person I become when I leave of to the real world. School is what gives what I say and the things I do quality, quality that is put on paper for the rest of the world to see. We don’t notice how these engineered structures contribute so much as tools that help us.

My Vocabulary #2

1. Aerospace-  research, design, development, construction, testing, science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
ex.- many aerospace engineers are responsible for the rockets use in NASA's space launches.
2. colloquially- characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
ex.- Using the expression "rocket science" is an example of colloquially.
3. Avionics- are the electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft
ex.- Aerospace engineers use avionics to design air vehicles.
4. bore- make (a hole) in something, esp. with a revolving tool.
ex.- Hand drills are made make bores.

Launch

1. I want to be able to pursue engineering and know exactly the career i'm getting myself into.

2. I think the best tool that will help me in this path is the blog. The blog is a way for me to keep track of what i am learning and the thing i will be posting. All that I post will stay longer than any paper assignment that I can do, not loosing my work. I want to use the blog in order to inform others and myself on what engineering is about, the math and science it takes to achieve the level of success you want to be at.

My Vocabulary #1

1. traverse- travel across or through.
ex.- Thousands of cars traverse the golden gate bridge everyday.
2. ferment- incite or stir up (trouble or disorder)
ex.- Little kids ferment situations in order to get attention.
3. span- the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers.
ex.- Kids span play doh just for the curiosity of how much it could stretch.
4. convey- transport or carry to a place.
ex.- Military convey use it for stealth missions.
5. ambiance- the character and atmosphere of a place.
ex.- Mood is sometimes mistaken for ambiance.
6. encompass- surround and have or hold within.
ex.- The case of a glue stick encompasses the glue with special chemicals.
7. exploiting- make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
ex.- Indians exploited the Buffalo when killed.
8. abutment- a structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g., at the ends of a bridge.