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Appendix 1

Discuss the following questions.

1. What is bioengineering?

2. Why is bioengineering important for people?

3. How old is bioengineering?

4. What engineering fields are connected with bioengineering? Why?

5. Do you know any examples from everyday life or different spheres of science when bioengineering changed people’s life for the better?

Key Vocabulary for Module II

(Fundamentals of Engineering)

apply automation(n)

astute (adj) assume(v)

affect (v) be concerned with

amplify (v) = reinforce (v) biological control system

branch (n) bioengineering(n)

breakthrough (n) bionics(n)

burn fossil fuels biochemical engineering

consume (v) bioenvironmental engineering

consumption (n) construct(v)

conserve energy civil engineer

demand (for) (n) communication(n)

destroy (v) damage(v) design criteria design(v)

emerge (v) deal with

electrical power engine(n)

electrical appliance electrical installation

enable (v) fermentation(n)

field (n) fluid mechanics

human-factors engineering generation (n)

force (n) instrumentation(n)

generate electricity install (v)

handle (v) improve (v)

innovate (v) investigate (v)

insulate (v) life-support fields

manufacture (v) maintain (v)

non-renewable manufacture (v)

perform (v) microscopic systems

power(v) occupation (v)

plug (into) (v) operate (v)

replace (v) prevent accidents(v)

remove (v) personality (n)

renewable pose danger

resist (v) robotics (n)

surgery (n) safety engineering

supply (v, n) sensor(n)

store (v) the system of health care

shape (v) subfield (n)

wall socket

(From “Oxford English for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering” Answer Book)

1. I work in a power station. I’m responsible for turbine maintenance. I work shift: midnight to eight o’clock this month.

2. I design body scanners. They give doctors far more information than X-rays and there’s no risk to the patient.

3. I work on jet engines. Onboard computers record readings every five hours and every twenty-five take-off. This information allows us to carry out servicing before defects or reduction in performance occurs.

4. The best thing about my job is that I get to go on sea trials after the refit is finished.

5. I’m working with the architects of a new hospital. Getting the heating and ventilation right is important. I have to make sure that the working environment will be comfortable for the patients and staff.

6. Safety is very important in my job. Everything must be earthed to make sure that no one gets a shock.

7. My main areas of expertise are fuel consumption and engine emission. International pressures are really making things difficult for us.

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