Careers

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.

WHAT IS AN 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 does it take to be an engineer?

COURAGE, INTEGRITY, RESPONISIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY

THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

IMAGINATION

SOUND JUDGEMENT

ACCURACY OF THOUGHT AND ACTION

INSTINCT FOR ECONOMY

HABIT OF THINKING BACK FROM EFFECTS TO THEIR CAUSES

APTITUDE FOR LEADERSHIP

INGENIOUSNESS

CAPACITY FOR HARD WORK

ABILITY TO THINK AND SPEAK LUCIDLY