List of basic engineering topics

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Engineering is the practice and method of applying scientific and empirical knowledge to the service of humanity, and is distinct from the physical sciences, which are studies of the natural universe.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to engineering:

Contents 1 Essence of engineering 2 Branches of engineering 3 Fields of engineering 3.1 Biological engineering 3.2 Chemical engineering 3.3 Civil engineering 3.4 Electrical engineering 3.5 Engineering Science 3.6 Financial engineering 3.7 Fire protection engineering 3.8 Industrial engineering 3.9 Mechanical engineering 3.10 Military engineer 3.11 Nuclear engineering 3.12 Ocean engineering 3.13 Optical engineering 3.14 Petroleum engineering 3.15 Planetary engineering 3.16 Reverse engineering 3.17 Software engineering 3.18 Social engineering 3.19 Stellar engineering 3.20 Textile engineering 4 History of engineering 5 Basic engineering concepts 5.1 Education and certification 6 Engineering scholars 7 Leaders in engineering 8 Engineering lists 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Essence of engineering

Main article: Engineering

[edit] Branches of engineering

Architectural engineering Biological engineering Building engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Electrical engineering Engineering Science Financial engineering Fire protection engineering

Industrial engineering (includes manufacturing and production engineering) Mechanical engineering Military engineer Nuclear engineering Ocean engineering Optical engineering Petroleum engineering

Planetary engineering Reverse engineering Software engineering Social engineering Stellar engineering Textile engineering

[edit] Fields of engineering

[edit] Biological engineering

Agricultural engineering Biochemical engineering Biomedical engineering Biomechanical engineering Computer engineering Clinical engineering Ergonomics

Food engineering Bioprocess engineering Bioenergy Genetic engineering Human genetic engineering Information Technology(I.T.) Metabolic engineering Molecular engineering

Neural engineering Protein engineering Rehabilitation engineering Tissue engineering

[edit] Chemical engineering

Micro process engineering Paper engineering

Plastics engineering

Process engineering

[edit] Civil engineering

Aquatic and environmental engineering Construction engineering Architectural engineering Climate engineering Earth systems engineering and management Ecological engineering Environmental engineering Facilities engineering

Geomatics engineering Geotechnical engineering Highway engineering Hydraulic engineering Landscape engineering (landscape architecture) Pavement engineering Railway systems engineering

River engineering Sanitary engineering Sewage engineering Structural engineering Surveying Traffic engineering Transportation engineering (transport engineering) Urban engineering

[edit] Electrical engineering

Broadcast engineering Building engineering Communications system engineering Computer engineering

Control engineering (control systems engineering) Electronic engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering

Electronics engineering (includes microelectronics engineering, microelectronics and semiconductor engineering) Instrumentation engineering Network engineering

[edit] Engineering Science

Engineering physics (engineering science)

Engineering Technology

Integrated engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

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[edit] Financial engineering

Computational finance (financial engineering)

Value engineering

Cost engineering

[edit] Fire protection engineering

[edit] Industrial engineering

(includes manufacturing and production engineering)

Behavioral engineering Domain engineering Engineering economics Engineering management Engineering psychology

Logistic engineering Model-driven engineering Performance engineering Product Family Engineering Quality engineering (quality assurance engineering)

Reliability engineering Safety engineering Security engineering Support engineering Systems engineering (systems design engineering)

[edit] Mechanical engineering

Acoustical engineering Aerospace engineering Audio engineering Automotive engineering (automotive systems engineering) Ceramic engineering

Crystal engineering Forensic engineering Materials engineering (includes metallurgical engineering) Mechatronics

Nanoengineering Sports engineering Structural engineering Surface engineering Vacuum engineering

[edit] Military engineer

Combat engineering

[edit] Nuclear engineering

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

[edit] Ocean engineering

Naval architecture

Marine engineering

[edit] Optical engineering

[edit] Petroleum engineering

Geophysical engineering Mineral engineering

Mining engineering

Reservoir engineering

[edit] Planetary engineering

[edit] Reverse engineering

[edit] Software engineering

Computer-aided engineering Cryptographic engineering Information engineering

Knowledge engineering Language engineering Release engineering

Teletraffic engineering Usability engineering Web engineering

[edit] Social engineering

Political engineering

[edit] Stellar engineering

[edit] Textile engineering

[edit] History of engineering

Main article: History of engineering

• Greatest Engineering Achievements
• History of chemical engineering
• History of electrical engineering
• History of software engineering
• Roman engineering
  • Roman military engineering

[edit] Basic engineering concepts

• Compensation
• Crystallization
• Earthworks
• Exploratory engineering
• Fasteners
• Flexibility
• Freeze
• Gate
• Good Engineering Practice
• Hand tools
• Machine tools - Punch
• Measuring -- measurement
• Materials -- material science -- Tie
  • Corrosion
• Design
  • Drawings -- drawing -- CAD -- drafting
  • Cost
• Ecological engineering methods
• Engineering, procurement and construction
• Engineering economics
• Engineering overhead
• Engineering society
• Engineering system
• Management -- planning -- teamwork -- peopleware
• Model engineering
• Non-recurring engineering
• Process
• Quality -- validation -- quality control
• Retro-engineering
• Risk analysis
• Systems engineering process
• Tolerance
• Traction
• Yield

[edit] Education and certification

• Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
• Certified Engineering Technologist
• Engineer's degree
• Engineering doctorate
• Engineering education
• Engineering Management Certification International
• Engineering science and mechanics
• Fundamentals of Engineering exam
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

[edit] Engineering scholars

[edit] Leaders in engineering

[edit] Engineering lists

Main article: List of engineering topics

• Greatest Engineering Achievements
• List of engineers
• List of aerospace engineering topics
• List of electrical engineering topics (alphabetical)
• List of electrical engineering topics (thematic)
• List of genetic engineering topics
• List of mechanical engineering topics
• List of nanoengineering topics
• List of software engineering topics (alphabetical)
• List of software engineering topics (thematic)

[edit] See also

• Architecture
• Construction
• Design
• Science
• Science and technology
• Technology

[edit] External links

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