Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Level I Institutionally Accredited

LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)

Course Orientation To Mechanical Engineering
Sem/AY First Semester/2020-2021
Module No. 1
Lesson Title DEFINITION OF TERMS and Mechanical Engineering Program
Week
2-5
Duration
Date

Description This lesson will discuss the definition of Mechanical engineering field.
of the Prospectus for the Mechanical Engineering students.
Lesson

Learning Outcomes
Intended Students should be able to meet the following intended learning outcomes
Learning • Identify the fields of mechanical engineering
Outcomes • Determine engineering profession and the requirements for professional
Practice
• Determine the order of subjects to be taken as they enrolled in Mechanical
Engineering.
Targets/ At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Objectives • Differentiate the fields of mechanical engineering with other engineering fields
• Discuss Engineering profession and the requirements for professional practice
• Decide on how to finish the course

Student Learning Strategies

Online Activities A. Online Discussion through OBS via live streaming

(Synchronous/ (Facebook/YouTube/zoom/Google) or via Google meet
You will be directed to attend in a Three-Hour class discussion on the
Asynchronous) nature and types of educational technologies. To have access to the
Online Discussion, refer to this link: ____________________.

The online discussion will happen on September 7, 14 and 21, 2020,

from 1:00-1:30PM/ 2:00-2:30PM.

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Province of Laguna
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
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(For further instructions, refer to your Google Classroom and see the
schedule of activities for this module)

B. Learning Guide Questions:

1. What is Mechanical Engineering?
2. What are the branches of Mechanical Engineering?
3. What is Prospectus for Mechanical Engineering Students?
4. Scope of Job of Mechanical Engineers, Registered Mechanical Engineer
and Professional Mechanical Engineer?

Note: The insight that you will post on online discussion forum using Learning Management
System (LMS) will receive additional scores in class participation.

Lecture Guide

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Engineering is the profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural
sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgement to develop
ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
(ABET)
What do Engineers do?Build bridges? Make robots? Work on computers? Drive a
train? repair car engines? What do you want to do after finishing engineering program?
Engineering job Descriptions. These are just some of the job you students may
become after graduation. Analytical engineer, design engineer, test engineer, manufacturing
Offline Activities engineer, development engineer, research engineer, sales engineer, engineering manager,
(e-Learning/Self- consulting engineer.
Paced) Why Be an Engineer? For money? Or for fame? Or for fortune? Each of you may
say for money. You want to have higher salary for day to day living. Some may want it for
fame “sikat pag engineer” and some as fortune that you may have all you want if you are an
engineer. You have high goals in live and want to get a strong college education. You like
math and sciences, and would like to apply them to real world problems. Maybe you enjoy
hands-on work and tinker with things. Or maybe you were told that you can get a good job
with an engineering degree. Or you want to help humanity.
A Mechanical Engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of
Physics and Material science for analyzing. This course is design for all the people who have the
interest in designing of mechanical systems. Mechanical engineering is the second largest and
one of the oldest disciplines; broadest of all engineering disciplines.
Mechanical engineering mainly relates to machines and mechanics in the broadest
sense of the term. Since machines are involved in literally all aspects of human life right from
very basic domestic machines to complicated automated machines in big industries

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Mechanical engineers apply the principles of mechanics and energy to the design of
machine and devices: Study of Energy and Motion
Areas of interest include:
Biomedical and Engineering Fluid Mechanics.
Combustion and the Environment.
Ground Vehicle Systems.
Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Energy Systems.
Manufacturing.
Mechanical Design.
System Dynamics and Control.
Transportation Systems.
These are just some of the fields you may be into after finishing the BS Mechanical
Engineering.

Some of the famous outputs of mechanical engineers (TOP 10 ASME survey)

Automobile: High-power lightweight engines, efficient mass-manufacturing
Apollo: Saturn V launch vehicle (7.5million pound thrust), command and service module, lunar
excursion module.
Power generation: conversion of stored energy into electricity, manipulation of chemical,
kinetic, potential and nuclear energy, large scale power production.
Agriculture mechanization: Power tractors, mechanized harvesting, high capacity irrigation
pumps, computerized crops management.
Airplane: Propulsion (Jet engine), lightweight materials, electromechanically control system
Integrated circuit mass production: IC manufacturing machines, alignment systems,
temperature and vibration control, motors, bearings.
Air-conditioning and refrigeration: Compressors, refrigerants, heat exchangers
Computer-aided engineering technology: computer-aided design, analysis, manufacturing,
virtual collaborative.
Bioengineering: Imaging, prosthetics, minimally invasive surgery, tissue engineering
Codes and standards: Interchangeability, interoperability, interconnectivity.

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Famous Engineers in different fields

George Stephenson

 Popularly referred to as the Father of

Railways, pioneering work in the field of civil
and mechanical engineering led to the
establishment of the world’s first public inter-
city railway line that used steam locomotives

Alexander Graham Bell

 ‘Father of the Telephone

Aurel Stodola

 He originated the study of

thermodynamics and produced significant
work in a number of scientific fields.
Consultant in the development of the gas
turbine.

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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson

 He is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and
Mr. Bean

Geronimo Z. Velasco

 built the Philippines’ power system,

including Southeast Asia’s first nuclear
power plant, while serving as the
Minister of Energy and CEO of the
Philippines National Oil Company
 has been the President of Republic
Glass Holdings Corp.

Ramon S. Ang
 He is the Vice-Chairman, President and Chief
Operating Officer of San Miguel Corporation. He is also
Chairman of Cyber Bay Corporation and Eagle Cement
Corporation
 Graduate of BSME @ Far Eastern University
 transforming San Miguel Corp. from a beer giant into
a huge investment in infrastructure, energy and other fields

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Bayani Fernando
 former Metro Manila Development Authority
(MMDA) chairman and Marikina mayor
 Graduate of BSME @ Mapua
 he was founder of the BF Group of Companies, with
construction, steel, manufacturing and real estate
businesses.
 former secretary of the Department of Public Works
and Highways

Ramon Magsaysay
 automobile mechanic-turned-president
 Magsaysay was elected to the Philippine House of
Representatives in 1946, and was later re-elected to a
second term. During both terms, he was chairman of the
House National Defense Committee.
 secretary of defense

Ramon Magsaysay Jr.

 Golden Jubilee Awardee, PSME (2002)
 Most Outstanding Mechanical Engineer, PRC (2000)
 First Internet Man of the Year (2000), Web Magazine
 Most Outstanding De La Salle Alumnus, The
Philippine Star
 Father of Cable Television in the Philippines
 Most Outstanding Senator, Graphic Magazine

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Joseph Ejercito Estrada

 BSME Dropped out of Mapua Institute of

Technology
 Film Actor
 13th President of The Republic of the
Philippines

Henry ford

 the founder of the Ford Motor Company

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel

 German inventor and mechanical

engineer, famous for the invention of
the diesel engine

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Famous Female Engineers

Margaret E. Knight
➢ The invention of the flat-bottomed paper
bag
➢ Improvements to the rotary engine
➢ Famous inventor in the 1800s, over 26
patents in her lifetime and establishing the eastern
paper bag company.

Ada Lovelace
➢ 1st to recognized the potential of the
Analytical engine as a computer-like device
➢ She dreamed of flying and decided to
investigate how this would be possible by studying
bird wing anatomy.
➢ Hypothesized the use of steam propulsion.

Ellen Ochoa
➢ 1st Hispanic female to travel to space
➢ 3 patents in optical equipment
➢ In 1990, she was selected to become
an astronaut, going on to serve in 4
space missions, and clocking in at
almost 1000 hours in space.
➢ She even operated a robotic arm to
transfer supplies and equipment from
the shuttle to the International Space
Station.
➢ She has had six schools named after
her, and she received even the
Presidential Distinguished Rank
Award from the federal government
for senior executives

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Hedy Lamarr
➢ Frequency hopping invention
➢ Improvements to plane aerodynamics
➢ She devised a method of encrypting signals to prevent enemy
spies listening to sensitive information, the underlying method of
how we use Wi-Fi today.
➢ Without Hedy Lamarr, there would be no wireless
communication in our modern world
➢ They found that a common issue in military defense was the
enemy hijacking their torpedoes; this meant that the enemy could
reroute or disable their security.
➢ Lamar and Antheil invented a way for the command signal to
jump around on different radio frequencies, preventing anyone
from being able to follow and control it.
➢ It also served as a mean of a secret communication method that it was hard to
spy. They patented their invention, but the Navy did not use her work at the
time.

Katharine Burr Blodgett

➢ The first woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from
Cambridge University
➢ Advanced glass lens technology, revolutionizing
everything from glasses to telescopes and cameras
➢ The first woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from
Cambridge University
➢ Advanced glass lens technology, revolutionizing
everything from glasses to telescopes and cameras
➢ Development of hydrophobic coatings for almost any
item imaginable (non – scratch camera lenses and glasses,
better telescope lenses, non-reflective store windows, and
weather balloon technology.

Edith Clarke
➢ First female engineer
➢ Created the Clarke calculator for graphing electrical
properties
➢ 1st female engineer at GE (general electric)
➢ The American Institute of Electrical Engineers
awarded her the Best Regional Paper Prize and the Best
National Paper Prize.
➢ 1st female Professor of electrical engineering in
America

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Marissa Mayer
➢ American software engineer who was the first
female engineer to join Google
➢ First female CEO of a Fortune 500 company
➢ Become CEO of yahoo.
➢ Her contributions include the design of the Google
homepage, Gmail, Chrome, Google Earth, all of them while she
was one of the only three members to develop Google
Adwords
➢ She teamed up with a former colleague and founded
Lumi Labs, an incubator for artificial intelligence

Emily Warren Roebling

➢ The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
➢ She was an honorary engineer, receiving no formal
education, but that didn’t stop her from leaving her mark.
➢ She excelled so well at managing the day to day operations
and site development
➢ fter the completion of the project, Emily dedicated her time
to support many women’s causes, such as the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Committee on Statistics of the
New Jersey Board of Lady Managers.
➢ She published an essay titled “A Wife’s Disabilities,” which
advocated for women’s rights

Patricia Bath
➢ First African American doctor to receive a medical
patent
➢ Developed cutting edge technology in the treatment
and removal of cataracts
➢ One of the most famous female doctors and female
African American inventors, she reshaped the treatment of
cataracts by developing many patents to improve their
treatment and removal
➢ She was a member of the group performing Harlem
Hospital’s first eye surgery in 1969
➢ she was the first African American woman surgeon,
established the Ophthalmic Assistant Training Program, co-
founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, and became
the first female in America to lead an ophthalmology residency program
➢ She invented the Laser-Phaco Probe, an advancement in the laser technology
used to treat cataracts.
➢ When she received the patent for the Laser-Phaco Probe in 1988 (and,
subsequently, for three other developments to this innovative technology),
she became the first African American female doctor to obtain a medical
license

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Beatrix Shilling
➢ evolutionized World War II airplane engines
(Spitfire planes to dive while in combat)
➢ Fastest female race car driver
➢ She was a British mechanical engineer serving in the
Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) during World War
II.
➢ She served her entire career with the RAE, her most
notable contribution being “Miss Shilling’s Orifice.”
➢ devised a diaphragm to insert into the engine and
prevent Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft from stalling,
allowing the crew to operate the planes easier and
safer.
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The engineering design Process: (Core of Engineering)

 Problem Identification: Get with Customer.
 Conceptual Design: Ideas, Sketches and Solution Lists.
 Refinement: Computer Modeling, Data Base Development.
 Testing: Analysis and Simulation of All Design Aspects.
 Prototyping: Visualizing and Improving the Design.
 Communication: Engineering Drawings, Specifications.
 Production: Final Design, Manufacturing, Distribution.

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Below is the list of subjects you may encounter for the next years.

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After finishing all subject in the prospectus next is board exam. With or without taking the
board examination you can still land on a job you wanted to be in. But you should take some
notes to consider.

From the PSME Code:

Article 1 Section 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean as
follows:

a) Practice of Mechanical Engineering - A person shall be deemed to be practicing mechanical

engineering or rendering mechanical engineering service within the meaning and intent of this
Act when he performs the following:
(1) Consultation, valuation, investigation and management services requiring
mechanical engineering knowledge;
(2) Engineering design, preparation of plans, specifications and projects studies or
estimates for mechanical equipment, machinery, or processes of any mechanical works,
projects or plants;
(3) Management or supervision of the erection, installation, alteration, testing and
commissioning of mechanical equipment, machinery, or processes in mechanical works,
projects or plants;
(4) Management, supervision, operation, tending or maintenance of any mechanical
equipment, machinery or processes in mechanical work, projects or plants;
(5) Management or supervision of the manufacture, sale, supply or distribution of mechanical
equipment parts or components;
(6) Teaching of mechanical engineering professional subjects in government recognized and
accredited engineering schools; and
(7) Employment in government as a professional mechanical engineer, registered mechanical
engineer, or certified plant mechanic if the nature and character of his work is in line with his
profession requiring professional knowledge of the science of mechanical engineering.
b) Mechanical equipment or machinery - includes all prime movers such as steam engines and
turbines, internal combustion engines and gas engines and turbines; steam generators such as
boiler; furnaces; heat exchanger such as cooling towers, kilns and dryers coolers and heaters;
materials handling equipment, such as pumps, cranes, conveyors, hoists, elevators, escalators,
mechanized dumbwaiters, moving ramps and walkways: heating, air-conditioning, ventilating,
and refrigeration equipment and machinery, including compressors and centrifugal fans,
mechanical pollution abatement and environmental control system; piping system with a
working pressure of not less than 70 kpa., fired and unfired pressure vessels, printing machine;
mechanical working machines for metallic and non-metallic materials and other mechanical
equipment and machinery whether installed on land, underground, or on board watercraft.
c) Mechanical processes, works, projects or plants shall include steam plants, geothermal plants,
dander-thermal plants, nuclear plants, ocean thermal energy conservation (OTEC) plants,
internal combustion plants, hydraulic plants, pumping plants, compressed gas plants, all kinds
of mills, shops, factories, shipyards dry docks, heating, air conditioning, ventilating and
refrigeration plants containing any mechanical equipment, machinery or process deriving
power from steam, fossil fuels, wind, air, gas, water, solar heat, nuclear energy, ocean waves
and tides, or other energy sources.

d) Capacity of process works, projects or plant-rated capacity in kilowatt of mechanical works,

projects or plants for the purpose of this Act shall be the total kilowatt ratings of all engines,
motors, boilers, turbines, or other prime movers installed for use in such works, projects or
plants, whether in operation or not, and without regard to the number of capacities of the

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mechanical equipment, machinery or processes receiving power from or intended to be driven
by such prime movers.

Article III EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSE

Section 12. Examination Required.- All applicants for registration for the practice of mechanical
engineering shall be required to undergo and pass a written technical examination as provided
for in this Act.
Section 13. Categories.- Certificates of registration for the practice of mechanical engineering
shall be of three (3) categories and in order of rank as follows:

(a) Professional Mechanical Engineer; b) Mechanical Engineer; and (c)

Certified Plant Mechanic.

Section 14. Qualifications of Applicants for Professional Mechanical Engineer.- Any applicant to
the professional mechanical engineering examination must, at the time of filing of his
application, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that:

(a) He is a citizen of the Philippines;

(b) He must not have been convicted by a court of law of a crime involving moral
turpitude;
(c) He has a valid certificate of registration and he is a registered mechanical engineer
and a holder of a valid professional license;
(d) He has graduated from an engineering school or college of recognized standing, after
completing an approved course in mechanical engineering;
(e) He has specific record of a total of four (4) years or more of active mechanical
engineering practice, reckoned from the time he registered a mechanical engineering
practice; and
(f) He is competent to practice, as attested to by at least two (2) professional mechanical
engineers.
Section 15. Qualifications of Applicants for Mechanical Engineer - Any person applying for
examination and for a Certificate of Registration as Mechanical Engineer shall, prior to
admission to the examinations, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that:
(a) He is a citizen of the Philippines;
(b) He must not have been convicted by a court of law of a crime involving moral
turpitude;
(c) He holds the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from a
university, school, College, academy, or institute duly constituted and recognized as
such by the government.

Section 16. Qualifications of Applicants for Certified Plant Mechanic. Any person applying for
examination for certificate of registration as Certified Plant Mechanic shall establish to the
satisfaction of the Board that:

(a) He must not have been convicted by a court of law of a crime involving moral
turpitude;
(b) He has graduated from a vocational or trade school duly recognized by the
government after completing an approved course of not less than two (2) years in stationary or
power plant engineering or any mechanical plant operation; and
(c) He has specific record of an additional one (1) year or more of active practice in
mechanical plant operation of such character as indicated in an affidavit of a registered
professional mechanical engineer and, likewise establish to the satisfaction of the Board, that

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the applicant is competent to undertake the operation, tending and maintenance of mechanical
works, projects or plant of not less than one hundred (100) kilowatts.

Section 17. Scope of Examination. The scope of examination and the methods of procedure shall
be prescribed by the Board with special reference to the applicants – ability to perform the type
of engineering work pertaining to the particular category he is to be registered in.

(a) Professional Mechanical Engineer - The granting of professional mechanical engineer

Certificate of Registration shall be testimonial in nature which shall include the submission of
an enumeration of the applicants - experience including the presentation of an engineering
report/technical paper pertinent to his line of experience attested to by two (2) or more
profession mechanical engineers in an affidavit for this purpose;

(b) Mechanical Engineer - The applicant shall pass a written examination on different
subjects or group of subjects prescribed by the Board, and within the syllabi prepared by the
Board with emphasis on power plant and industrial plant engineering, mathematics,
engineering economics, economic analysis, laws and ethics and machine design. The subjects in
which the applicant for Mechanical Engineers shall be examined are:

1. Machine Design, Materials, and Shop Practice

2. Industrial and Power Plant Engineering
3. Mathematics Engineering Economics and basic engineering sciences

(c) Certified Plant Mechanic Ð The examination for Certified Plant Mechanic may be written or
oral on
subject matters based on the following submitted statement of experience:

1. Elements of Power Plant Machinery

2. Elements of Industrial Plant Machinery; and
3. Shop Machinery and Practice. Subject to the approval of the Commission, the
Board may amend or revise the subjects, their syllabi, passing average, and the
system and procedure in the licensure examinations for the practice of mechanical
engineering and the corresponding weight pursuant to implementing rules and
regulations issued for this purpose. The said subjects and their syllabi may be
amended by the Board so as to conform to technological changes brought about by
continuing trends in the profession.
Section 18. Ratings.-To pass the examination, a candidate for a professional mechanical
engineer, a mechanical engineer, and certified plant mechanic must obtain an average of
seventy percent (70%) on all subjects, with no rating below fifty percent (50%) in any of the
subjects.

Article IV
PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION

Section 33. Field of Action Authorized for Each Category: Prohibition.- It shall be unlawful for
any person, unless authorized under this Act:

(a) to be in responsible charge of the preparation of plans, designs, investigations,

valuation, technical reports, specifications, project studies or estimates or to be in performance
of other professional mechanical engineering activities unless he is a duly licensed Professional
Mechanical Engineer.

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(b) to teach professional subjects in mechanical engineering course unless he is a duly
licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer, or a Masters- degree or Doctorate degree holder in
mechanical engineering. (c) to be in responsible charge of the construction, erection,
installation, alteration, or of the performance of a mechanical engineering service in connection
with the manufacture, sale, supply or distribution of any mechanical works, project or plant
either for himself or for others, unless he is a duly registered Professional Mechanical Engineer
or Mechanical Engineer.
(d) to operate, tend or maintain, or be in-charge of the operation, tending, or
maintenance of any mechanical works, projects, plant of 100 kw., or more but not more than
300 kw unless he is a duly licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or
Certified Plant Mechanic.

(e) to operate, tend, or maintain or be in-charge of the operation, tending, or

maintenance of any mechanical equipment, machinery or process for any mechanical works,
projects or plants of 300 kilowatts or above but not more than 2000 kw unless he is a duly
licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer.
(f) to operate, tend or maintain, or to be in charge of the operation, tending or
maintenance of any mechanical equipment, machinery, process for any mechanical works,
projects or plants of over 2000 kw unless he is a duly licensed Professional Mechanical
Engineer.

Section 34. Personnel Required in Mechanical Plant.-Every mechanical work project or plant in
operation shall have not less than the following complement of resident licensed professional
mechanical engineer, mechanical engineer or certified plant mechanic:

(a) 100 kw or over but not more than 300 kw: one (1) certified plant mechanic, or one
(1) mechanical engineer, or one (1) professional mechanical engineer: Provided, That every
mechanical work, project, or plant in this category operating in more than one shift every
twenty four hours, shall have in addition to the minimum personnel herein required, one (1)
certified plant mechanic, or one (1) mechanical engineer, or one (1) professional mechanical
engineer in-charge of each and every additional shift.

(b) 300 kw or over, but not more than 2000 kw: one (1) mechanical engineer or one (1)
professional mechanical engineer: Provided, That every mechanical work, project, or plant in
this category operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours shall have, in
addition to the minimum personnel herein required at least one (1) mechanical engineer, or
one (1) professional mechanical engineer in-charge of each and every additional shift.

(c) Over 2000 kw: one (1) professional mechanical engineer: Provided, That every
mechanical work, project or plant in this category operating in more than one shift every
twenty-four (24) hours shall have, in addition to the minimum personnel herein required at
least one (1) professional mechanical engineer in-charge of each and every additional shift.

Section 35. Preparation of Plans and Supervision of Construction by Licensed Engineers

Required.- It shall be unlawful for any person to order or otherwise cause the fabrication,
construction, erection, installation or alteration of any mechanical equipment, machinery or
process for any mechanical works, projects, or plants, unless the designs, plans, layouts or
specifications have been prepared by or under the responsible charge of, and duly signed and
sealed by a Professional Mechanical Engineer. Likewise, proposals and quotations for the
supply and fabrication of mechanical equipment, works, projects, plants, mechanical pollution
abatement systems, mechanical fire protection systems, pressurized pipes with a working
pressure of not less than 70 kpa., shall be duly signed and sealed by a Professional Mechanical
Engineer.

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Engaging Activities

Brain writing:
A student should write why they choose to be in the Mechanical engineering, how they
understand the mechanical engineering field. This must not be less than 50 words.

Performance Tasks
PT 1

Directions: Write on how you see yourself 10 years from now. This must not exceed 100 words.

Understanding Directed Assess

Rubric for orientation to ME

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Learning Resources

PSME Code 2008

Prospectus of PSME
10 Famous Female Engineers and Inventors that Changed the World
July 29th, 2019 by Barbara Hogg

Prepared by:

Engr. Maricel M. Matuto

ME Instructor

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