TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Ivor TI - English for Science and Engineering SN - 9781413020533 (Student book) PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - Heinle Cengage Learning KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Technical English KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Engineering KW - Terminology KW - Science KW - B1-B2 (CEFR) KW - Intermediate N1 - Copyright on sound disc, 2010; Includes Unit reviews, Grammar resource, Glossary and Audio script; "English for Science and Engineering is an integrated skills book designed to provide 40 hours of teaching and practice material for university students and professionals specializing or working in any of the fields of Science or Engineering ; Science and/or Engineering majors can practice their English language skills in the following job-related scenarios ; Research and Development ; Design and Testing ; Construction and Manufacturing Production ; Quality control and inspection, Operation and Maintenance ; Management." (Book Cover); CONTENTS ; To the Teacher ; Unit 1 - Research and Development ; Lesson 1 : Congress and the National Science Foundation ; Lesson 2 : Measuring and comparing R&D activity ; Lesson 3 : Coordinating the members of the team ; Lesson 4 : Working out a logical sequence ; Lesson 5 : Gradually increasing expenditure ; Lesson 6 : Developing a new product ; Team project 1 ; Unit 2 - Design and Testing ; Lesson 1 : Establishing industrial design as a profession ; Lesson 2 : No single, unified style of industrial design ; Lesson 3 : Compromises and engineering designs ; Lesson 4 : Value engineering ; Lesson 5 : Testing your products ; Lesson 6 : Choosing to performance test products ; Team project 2; Unit 3 - Manufacturing and Industry ; Lesson 1 : Expert knowledge in a variety of fields ; Lesson 2 : Working for an electric utility company ; Lesson 3 : Coordinating their computer systems ; Lesson 4 : Describing chemical engineering tasks ; Lesson 5 : Combining semiconductors with phosphors ; Lesson 6 : Mechanical engineers also design tools ; Team project 3; Unit 4 - Safety, Maintenance, and Quality Control ; Lesson 1 : What caused the explosion ; Lesson 2 : The prevention of accidents ; Lesson 3 : Wearing special clothes ; Lesson 4 : The amplitude of motion ; Lesson 5 : Quality and a finished item ; Lesson 6 : A "total quality control" approach ; Team project 4; Unit 5 - Careers and Employment ; Lesson 1 : Computerization and its role ; Lesson 2 : Physicists and biotechnology firms ; Lesson 3 : Still a male-dominated profession ; Lesson 4 : Many engineers are licensed PEs ; Lesson 5 : Median annual earnings ; Lesson 6 : Seeing an increase in opportunities ; Team project 5; Unit Reviews ; Grammar Resources ; Glossary ; Audio Script; "Suitable for university students and professionals specializing or working in any of the fields of science or engineering."--Cover p. 4 UR - https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=4294918395+200&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=244803813152153990416843987431364552553&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false ER -