• Question: How do the principles of science and mathematics apply to your everyday tasks?

    Asked by KatiePage to Dominic, Maedeh, Matthew, Matt, Monica on 8 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Matthew Oldfield

      Matthew Oldfield answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      I would say that I apply so many and often without realising it. This question made me think about all of the different times I have to use these principles.

      Mostly the ones I use are mathematical like calculation of matrices, calculus and trigonometry. Fortunately most of that is done by a computer but I have to know a bit of what is going on under the surface.

      The Engineering principles that I use most are related to materials and how they stretch and break. The principles of how and why things vibrate are also useful to me.

    • Photo: Monica Rozeik

      Monica Rozeik answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      They apply to a lot of my tasks. As Matthew said, a lot of what’s done now is through a computer but if I didn’t know the principles, I can’t use a computer to solve it as I wouldn’t know where to start or what to look for!

    • Photo: Dominic Eggbeer

      Dominic Eggbeer answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      Probably yes, but it’s not always obvious how. Science has been used to develop and validate most of the materials I use and maths has been used to assist in the development of software and hardware I use. I use the end result of all that hard work, but my skill set is more design and application of engineering.

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