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We have a great resource nearby - the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences. This broad focus is ideal to blend these into Engineering also known as "applied science". Looking through the galleries, it is easy to make the connection between artifacts displayed as art that have a function, purpose and/or some practical application to culture and community.

Currently on display are a number of items associated with NASA and the space program. Although the NASA accomplishments are frequently promoted as great science, they are first and foremost engineering accomplishments.

Much of scientific research has be made possible through engineering. Scientists come up with great theories about time, space and the universe. They work with engineers to devise equipment. And instrumentation to measure and test their theories. Some discoveries have had to wait until the engineering and technology advance to provide the sensitivity and definition necessary for these predictions.

In the Cuban exhibit, there is a scale model of a sugar processing factory. This elaborate model includes all the elaborate piping necessary for the process. This was how complex manufacturing plants were designed prior to computer-aided design. All elements of the process were included in the model. When everyone was satisfied that the process had been adequately modeled and all the major components fitted together, they built the actual factory with all the processing. Thousands of hours of work went into the model.

The visible storeroom displays hundreds of items from the Museum's collection that are not formally displayed in the galleries. This is a great collection of artifacts that show the diversity of cultural and household items over time and space. There are examples of early settles effects, items brought to Florida from other parts of the United States and Europe, illustrating the craftsmanship of the people of the times.

The Root collection includes a vast array of glass bottles manufactured in the late 800s band early 1900s including the iconic Coca Cola bottles. The design problem was spelled out for those wishing to present submissions to the design competition. The bottle had to be ...

Design process (engineering - there are many variations on the design process. They generally include identifying the problem, coming up with lots of ideas, selecting something to try, planning and building, testing, refining and improving on all requirements within project constraints - time, cost resources.