Engineers today work on tomorrow's problems. For example:
Chemical engineers seek to make our world better by devising systems to control pollution by trapping harmful pollutants before they spread into the air; looking for hardier strains of wheat, rice and corn that will survive drought, insects, and disease and thus ease world hunger; designing high strength plastic composites that are stronger but lighter than steel; and joining the war against cancer, AIDS, and other deadly diseases.
Civil engineers design solutions to cope with many of our planet's most serious problems--foul air; decaying cities, roadways, and bridges; clogged airports and highways; polluted streams, rivers, and lakes. They also design the transportation systems we will use to colonize the moon and the buildings we will live in.
Electrical engineers design products that meet human needs for today and tomorrow--huge power-generating systems in dams as well as the tiny electronic circuits that keep spacecraft on correct trajectory a billion miles from Earth. They create the electronic components that run computers, TVs, stereo systems, and automated factories and seek ways to improve the transmission of messages by laser beams.
Mechanical engineers can make our lives more comfortable by designing more efficient transportation and delivery systems for raw materials or products--improving the use of cryogenic techniques for super-conductivity; improving the work environment through increased use of automation and robotics, more efficient heating, ventilation or refrigeration. They may even completely redesign the manufacturing process with special machinery to make production easier and more efficient.
Other Engineering Specialties include:
- Automotive engineering
- Aerospace engineering (Aero or Astronautical)
- Agricultural engineering
- Bio-engineering (Bio-medical, Bio-mechanical, Bio-chemical)
- Ceramic engineering
- Computer engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Fire protection engineering
- Geological engineering
- Geothermal engineering
- Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration engineering
- Industrial engineering
- Manufacturing engineering
- Materials engineering
- Metallurgy and Materials engineering
- Mineral and Mining engineering
- Naval engineering
- Nuclear engineering
- Ocean engineering
- Optical engineering
- Petroleum engineering
- Plant engineering
- Plastics engineering
- Robotics and Automated Systems engineering
- Safety engineering
- Software engineering
- Transportation engineering
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