ENGINEERING
A Career of Human Significance

WHAT IS ENGINEERING?

Broadly defined, ENGINEERING is the science based profession by which the physical forces of nature and the properties of matter are made useful to mankind in the form of structures, machines and other products or processes at a reasonable expenditure of time and money.

THE ENGINEER

An ENGINEER is a person trained or skilled in designing and planning the implementation of such apparatuses as machines and structures and in supervising their implementation.

Engineering Disciplines

Given the rapid advances in science and technology in recent years the number of engineering disciplines has been expanded to include the following:

  • AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

  • BIOENGINEERING

  • CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

  • CIVIL ENGINEERING

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

  • GEOLOGICAL and MINING ENGINEERING

  • INDUSTRIAL and MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

  • MATERIALS and METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING

  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

  • NAVAL OR MARINE ENGINEERING

  • NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

What it takes to be an Engineer?

  • Courage, integrity, responsibility, accountability

  • Thirst for KNOWLEDGE

  • Imagination

  • Sound judgment

  • Accuracy of thought and action

  • Instinct for economy

  • Habit of thinking back from Effects to their Causes

  • Aptitude for leadership

  • Instinct for economy

  • Ingeniousness

  • Capacity for Hard Work

  • Ability to think and speak lucidly