2015_16
Educational guide 
School of Chemical Engineering
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english 
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2010)
 Subjects
  TECHNICAL ENGLISH
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
UNIT 1: HISTORY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 1.1 Chronological description: narrative texts.
1.2 Review of verb tenses: ways to express time sequence.
1.3 Genres: Encyclopedias
1.4 Texts: History of Engineering, Luddites and Techies, History of Mechanical Engineering, James Watt and the Steam Engine, The First Mechanical Clocks / Podcasts: Hero of Alexandria, Nikola Tesla.
UNIT 2: FLUID MECHANICS 2.1 Process description. Review of the passive voice. Linking words used in process description.
2.2 Review of prepositions of place and movement. Suffixes in Adjectives and Nouns used in mechanical engineering.
2.3 Genres in Engineering: Audience and purpose. The Magazine article
2.4 Texts: Fluid Dynamics, Carburetors, Flow in Pipes, Bernouilli’s principle, What Does a Carburetor Do? Heat Transfer / Podcasts & Videos: Carburetors, Bernoulli's Theorem and Its Applications, Pascal’s Law and the Hydraulic Brake System, Heat Transfer.
UNIT 3: MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY 3.1 Physical description.
3.2 Making definitions: relative clauses and relative pronouns. Reduced relative clauses. Defining and Non-defining relative clauses.
3.3 Use ans Structure of Compound Nouns.
3.4 Genres: The Research Article.
3.5 Texts: Smart Materials, Mechanical Properties and Performance of Materials, Nanomaterials /Videos: Smart Materials Demo, A Quick Guide to Smart and Modern Materials, What is Nanotechnology? /Podcast: Nanotechnology
UNIT 4: MACHINES AND POWER GENERATION 4.1 Expressing the function and parts of a device, and how something works. Expressions indicating purpose.
4.2 Expressing the advantages and disadvantages of something. Adjectives and adverbs. Linking words to express comparison and contrast.
4.3 Genres and text layout: headings in texts.
4.4 Texts: AC Generator Components, Whats is a DC Motor? Wind Power, Alternative Sources of Energy, Advantages and Disadvantages of Battery-powered Motors, Advantages of Owning an Electric Car / Videos: AC Generator, How Electric Motors Work (DC Motors) / Podcast: Early Dynamos, Hybrid Cars.
UNIT 5: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION 6.1 Expressions used in classifications. Giving examples.
6.2 Review of modal verbs expressing obligation, probability and deduction.
6.3 Review of conditional sentences to express a hypothesis (types 1, 2, 3).
6.4 Genres: textbooks.
6.5 Texts: Robotics, Types of Robots, Social Robots, The Three Laws of Robotics, Robots: The Future is Now, Miniature Robotics / Podcasts & Videos: Engineering Projects, Biologically-inspired robots.