Title: Describe how engineering and technology have significantly influenced contemporary society and the environment.
Course: Engineering Studies (21002) > Section: Examining the Engineering Profession

Description should include

- power (e.g., electricity, nuclear technologies)
- transportation (e.g., automobile, airplane, highways)
- water supply (e.g., water purification technologies)
- electronics (e.g., vacuum tubes, transistors)
- communications (e.g., telephone, radio, television, personal computer, Internet)
- mechanization (e.g., agriculture, manufacturing)
- data management (e.g., computer technology)
- construction (e.g., high performance materials)
- healthcare (e.g., drugs, surgical technologies)
- natural resources (e.g., petroleum and natural gas technologies)
- environmental protection (e.g., groundwater, solid-waste processing).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How have social, economic, and environmental forces shaped the development and use of new technologies?
- How have new technologies brought new problems as well as improvements to human existence?
- Why must a technological system's influence on the environment always be considered?
- Why do some cultures reject certain technologies? What are some contemporary examples of this phenomenon?