Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Tasks one, two, and three of Component three

Component three, Task One

Provide a forecast of what the workforce demand would be over a five-year period to produce and market your team's technical application or process. Include the impact such production would have on the marketplace.

 

· Robotic welding arms to weld lithium aluminum alloy (prevent human error).

· Engineers to design new chassis.

· Workers familiar with automobile industry (assembly lines).  

· Scientists with degrees in Metallurgy, Aerospace, etc.

· Mechanics to fix and run robotic machines.

· Investors to get company started.

· Robotic arms to spray corrosion proof coating.

· Lithium aluminum alloy supply.

· Plasma cutter (to cut lithium aluminum into right lengths) 

 


Component Three, Task two
Give two examples of undergraduate or graduate degree programs in science or engineering that directly relate to your team's NCT technical application. For each program

· School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/

Aerospace engineering

Using alloys to further advancements in aerospace engineering

· Missouri University of Science and Technology

  http://www.mst.edu/

  Metallurgical Engineering

   Students in the Missouri S&T materials science and engineering department test ultra-high temperature materials and environmentally friendly coatings for aerospace applications; develop new ways to cast molten metals.


Component three, task three

Develop an idea for a new science and/or engineering degree program that might emerge given the advancements in scientific knowledge that the team has identified. Provide a title and 100-word description of this new degree program


 
Help wanted…forging metals for alloys. Do you have any experience or desire to forge metals for car, train, aircraft, or marine parts? If you do, then come to the University of Washington in Seattle to forge mixtures of many different metals of the periodic table of elements, mostly lithium and aluminum. We are building parts that will withstand high temperatures, resist corrosion and tarnish, reduce friction, weigh little, and be able to support heavier loads. You will be learning and working to improve vehicles by manufacturing parts. If you are unable to forge and mix metals properly, you will not be accepted into the university.

  Workers will be paid $100 per hour. In the building there may be slight radioactivity, as there will be an area for separating metals from the ores we receive. Therefore no smoking, eating, or drinking will be allowed in the building. Lunch will be at 12:15 P.M. And in case of an emergency, disabled personnel should be evacuated first. Make sure you keep your hands and feet away from moving parts. Please be courteous to your fellow workers and don't start up conversations not related to forging. Finally don't leave and personal belongings in the vicinity. Be helpful. Be careful. Be safe. Remember, more lives may be saved with your experience.