Unit 1 Research and Development Topic 1 Research and development investmen Topic 2 Measuring and comparing R&D activity Topic 3 Coordinating the members of the team Topic 4 Working out a logical sequence Topic 5 Gradually increasing expenditure Topic 6 Developing a new product Unit 2 Design and Testing Topic 1 Establishing industrial design as a profession Topic 2 No single, unified style of industrial desigr Topic 3 Compromises and engineering designs Topic 4 Value engineering Topic 5 Testing your products Topic 6 Choosing to performance-test products Unit 3 Manufacturing and Industry Topic 1 Industrial engineering Topic 2 Electrical & aerospace engineers Topic 3 Coordinating their computer systems Topic 4 Describing chemical engineering tasks Topic 5 Combining semiconductors with phospho Topic 6 Mechanical engineers also design tools Unit 4 Safety and Quality Control Topic 1 What caused the explosion Topic 2 The prevention of accidents Topic 3 Wearing special clothes Topic 4 The amplitude of motion Topic 5 Quality and a finished item Topic 6 A "total quality control" approach Unit 5 Career and Employment Topic 1 Computerization and its role Topic 2 Physicists and biotechnology firms Topic 3 Still a male-dominated profession Topic 4 Many engineers are licensed PEs Topic 5 Median annual earnings Topic 6 Seeing an increase in opportunities
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