Engineering and it’s Branches
Engineering is a discipline, profession, and art that usually applies scientific theory to develop, design and analyze technological solutions. Engineering is a far-reaching field that consists of a number of dissimilar specialties. Most of these specialties have their own educational requirements and each one has its own intricacies and specific knowledge required. If you know the different categories of engineering that you can pursue at your college or university, it will help you to figure out the right degree to pursue so you can reach your goals.
In the past, engineering could be divided into four major branches: Mechanical, Chemical, Civil and Electrical, with sub branches of each discipline.
There are about 200 types of engineering! Explore some of the major ones here.
Just like music can be grouped into areas like rap, rock or country and western, the different types of engineering can be grouped into seven different areas. Use the drop-down filter to view the different types of engineering in each category.
Aerospace Engineering:
Aerospace engineers design, analyze, model, simulate, and test aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, missiles, and rockets. Aerospace technology also extends to many other applications of objects moving within gases or liquids. Examples are golf balls, high-speed trains, hydrofoil ships, or tall buildings in the wind. As an aerospace engineer, you might work on the Orion space mission, which plans on putting astronauts on mars by 2020. Or, you might be involved in developing a new generation of space telescopes, the source of some of our most significant cosmological discoveries. But outer space is just one of many realms to explore as an aerospace engineer. You might develop commercial airliners, military jets, or helicopters for our airways. And getting even more down-to-earth, you could design the latest ground and sea transportation, including high-speed trains, racing cars, or deep-sea vessels that explore life at the bottom of the ocean.
Agricultural Engineering:
Agricultural engineering is also known as biological engineering, and it covers subjects from aquaculture (raising food sources that thrive in water), to land farming and forestry. These engineers also develop bio fuels, plan animal environments, and find better food processing methods. Often they work in offices, but they are also outdoors and traveling to worksites where they oversee equipment function in agricultural settings, and assure that government regulations are met.
Mechanical Engineering:
A Mechanical Engineering involves the design of mechanical systems. These systems assist industries such as: manufacturing, aeronautics, nanotechnology, nuclear power production, heating and cooling. A primary focus is on thermodynamics, structural analysis, materials science, and kinematics. This is arguably the broadest of all engineering degrees available today and takes in a wide range of engineering disciplines.
Chemical Engineering:
Chemical engineers work for a variety of companies that use chemicals to manufacture things we use every day.
Chemical Engineers are involved in:
Developing unscratchable plastics for PlayStation or Nintendo game systems
Creating fade resistant dyes for jeans and clothing
Inventing new dyes to color toothpaste
Analyzing materials for sports equipment
Making sure that factories don't pollute our water, soil or air.
Biomedical Engineering:
Biomedical engineers study biology and medicine to develop technologies related to health care. they develop medical diagnostic machines, medical instruments, artificial organs, joint replacement parts, and prosthetic devices. Rapid advances in these areas will undoubtedly continue throughout your lifetime.
Computer Engineering :
These degree trains you to design software and hardware that helps in the development of computers. You will gain a solid understanding of computer and circuitry science, while also learning some major elements of electrical engineering. This will enable to students to select either electrical or computer engineering jobs upon graduation. Even though this 4 to 6 year degree is normally seen as extremely rigorous and difficult, it is in high demand among telecommunications, software and hardware design firms on a global scale.
Civil Engineering:
What would it feel like to have the expertise to build a school that could withstand an earthquake, a road system that puts an end to chronic traffic jams, or a sports stadium that offers everyone a great view? As a civil engineer, your job would be to oversee the construction of the buildings and infrastructure that make up our world: highways, skyscrapers, railways, bridges, and water reservoirs, as well as some of the most spectacular and high-profile of all engineering feats—think of the world’s tallest building, the towering Burj Khalifa in Dubai, or the Chunnel, the thirty-one-mile-long tunnel beneath the English Channel. Civil engineers are fond of saying that it’s architects who put designs on paper, but it’s engineers who actually get things built.
Software Engineering:
A Software engineer may:
Cooperate with computer analysts to develop software solutions for specific needs
Draw up detailed design documentation including charts and diagrams that outline how software works
Prepare instructions for software installation
Test software on various computer platforms and operating systems.
Electrical Engineering:
As an electrical engineer, you could develop components for some of the most fun things in our lives (mP3 players, digital cameras, or roller coasters), as well as the most essential (medical tests or communications systems). This largest field of engineering encompasses the macro (huge power grids that light up cities, for example), as well as the micro (including a device smaller than a millimeter that tells a car’s airbags when to inflate).As an electrical engineer, you might work on robotics, computer networks, wire-less communications, or medical imaging—areas that are at the very forefront of technological innovation.
Environmental Engineering:
Environmental engineers use science and engineering principles to protect and improve the environment. The quality of air, water, and soil is their primary focus. They seek solutions to water-borne diseases, wastewater management, and air pollution. They work to improve recycling, waste disposal, and industrial hygiene. They analyze soil and water samples. They understand the law as it applies to protecting the environment.
Mining Engineering :
Mining engineers, as you might imagine, design mines. Some scrutinize underground materials, others design equipment and others work on regulation and safety of the mines. Their purpose is to find the most efficient and safe ways to extract the raw materials that are used in industries around the world.
Petroleum Engineering:
A petroleum engineer handles the extraction of oil and gas from beneath the earth. They are also involved in developing new extraction methods and technologies including new methods that are more efficient and less damaging to the environment. Petroleum Engineering is one of the highest paid engineering positions available. Petroleum engineers play a significant role in locating reservoirs beneath the earth’s surface for gas and oil companies.
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