Component 3, Task 1

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.

Although our project’s goals are to create larger, lighter airplane wings to decrease the usage of gas in the aiplane, it is something that cannot happen overnight. There would be a high workforce demand to produce and market our team’s technical application--our product. The creation of our product, EcoWings would be around a 5-year period. This process would create a good amount of jobs, which would impact  the marketplace. The EcoWings would cost around $5 million to produce, and around $12 million for the entire airplane to be developed with the EcoWings. We would have the airplane manufacturers produce our product because our product would primarily affect those who specialize more with air transportation and aircraft structures; the aircraft field. Also we will need a maximum of 1,500 people to manufacture, advertise, and put our product out in the public. Our product would possibly be advertised the same way many other airplane products are advertised--through magazines, websites, and television advertisements.

Component 3, Task 2

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, be sure to include the following.

• the URL address of the institution,
• the department (for example, chemical engineering, electronic engineering) where the program is offered, and
• a brief description of the program of study.

Materials Science engineering is a graduate degree program department for the University of Virginia. The URL address of the institution is http://www.seas.virginia.edu/acad/programs/. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UVa offers the degrees of Master of Materials Science and Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The MS and PhD degrees involve extensive research, leading to a thesis or dissertation, respectively.

Mechanical and Aerospace engineering is a graduate degree program department for the University of Virginia. The URL address of the institution is http://www.seas.virginia.edu/acad/programs/. The faculty of the department strives to offer graduate courses that will challenge the students’ capabilities, inform them of cutting-edge innovations, and develop in them an appreciation of the deep beauty and history of our discipline.

Component 3, Task 3

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.

Computational Structural Mechanics Innovations in the Real World

Structures are everywhere. From sky-high buildings to the tiny memory chips, structures are becoming more complex because of the constant advancements of modern technology and scientific knowledge. In this degree program, students will develop skills that will allow them, in the future, use and understand computers more efficiently, and  to be the best future engineers. They will learn about and develop computational structural mechanics technologies, and understand the importance about the concept, especially its role in seeking methods for finding solutions beyond human perception for complex design problems. Students will also acknowledge the technologies developed from computational structural mechanics, and apprehend skills that surround computational structural mechanics. Other classes that are related to computational structural mechanics that students would take are computer explorations, industrial technology, and multi-disciplinary structural optimizations. This degree program is a good choice for anyone interested about the world of computers and engineering.