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List Of Engineering Branches by GodswillAJudins(m): 9:53pm On Aug 17, 2014
Engineering is the discipline, art, and
profession that applies scientific theory to
design, develop, and analyze
technological solutions. In the
contemporary era, is generally
considered to consist of the major basic
branches of chemical engineering, civil
engineering, electrical engineering and
mechanical engineering.[1] There are
numerous other engineering
subdisciplines and interdisciplinary
subjects that are derived from
concentrations, combinations, or
extensions of the major engineering
branches.
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering comprises the
application of physical and biological
sciences to the process of converting raw
materials or chemicals into more useful
or valuable forms.
Subdiscipline
Scope
Major specialties
Biomolecular engineering
Focuses on the manufacturing of
biomolecules.
Materials engineering
Involves properties of matter (material)
and its applications to engineering
Metallurgical engineering, studies
metals and their applications
Ceramic engineering, the theory and
processing of raw oxide material (e.g.
alumina oxide), and advanced
material that are polymorphic,
polycrystalline, oxide, and non-oxide
ceramics
Polymer engineering, studies polymer
materials and their applications
Crystal engineering, the design and
synthesis of molecular solid-state
structures
Molecular engineering
Focuses on the manufacturing of
molecules.
Process engineering
Focuses on the design, operation, control,
and optimization of chemical processes
Petroleum refinery engineering, the
design of processes related to the
manufacture of refined products
Plastics engineering, the design of the
production process of plastics
products
Paper engineering, the design of the
production process of paper products
Civil engineering
Civil engineering comprises the design,
construction, and maintenance of the
physical and natural built environments.
Subdiscipline
Scope
Major specialties
Environmental engineering
The application of engineering to the
improvement and protection of the
environment
Ecological engineering, the design,
monitoring and construction of
ecosystems
Fire protection engineering, the
application of engineering to protect
people and environments from fire
and smoke
Sanitary engineering, the application
of engineering methods to improve
sanitation of human communities
Municipal or urban engineering, civil
engineering applied to municipal
issues such as water and waste
management, transportation
networks, subdivisions,
communications, hydrology,
hydraulics, etc.
Geotechnical engineering
Concerned with the behavior of
geological materials at the site of a civil
engineering project
Mining engineering, the exploration,
extraction and processing of raw
materials from the Earth
Foundation (engineering), the
engineering of below ground
foundations that support
superstructures
Structural engineering
The engineering of structures that
support or resist structural loads
Earthquake engineering, the
behaviour of structures subject to
seismic loading
Wind engineering, the analysis of wind
and its effects on the built
environment
Architectural engineering, application
of engineering principles to building
design and construction
Ocean engineering, the design of
offshore structures
Transport engineering
The use of engineering to ensure safe and
efficient transportation of people and
goods
Traffic engineering, a branch of
transportation engineering focusing
on the infrastructure necessary for
transportation
Highway engineering a branch of
engineering that deals with major
roadways and transportation systems
involving automobiles. Highway
engineering usually involves the
construction and design of highways
Railway systems engineering
Water resources engineering
Prediction, planning, development and
management of water resources
Hydraulic engineering, concerned with
the flow and conveyance of fluids,
principally water; intimately related to
the design of pipelines, water supply
network, drainage facilities (including
bridges, dams, levees, channels,
culverts, storm sewers), and canals.
River engineering is the process of
planned human intervention in the
course, characteristics, or flow of a
river with the intention of producing
some defined benefit—to manage the
water resources, to protect against
flooding, or to make passage along or
across rivers easier.
Coastal engineering, the study of the
processes ongoing at the shoreline
and construction within the coastal
zone, often directed at combating
erosion of coasts or providing
navigational access.
Groundwater engineering involves the
analysis, monitoring and often
modelling of groundwater source to
better understand how much remains
and if the water can be used for e.g.
recharging reservoirs and irrigation.
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering comprises the study
and application of electricity, electronics
and electromagnetism.
Subdiscipline
Scope
Major specialties
Computer engineering
The design and control of computing
devices with the application of electrical
systems.
Software engineering: the application
of a systematic, disciplined,
quantifiable approach to the
development, operation, and
maintenance of software, and the
study of these approaches; that is, the
application of engineering and
computer science to software.
Hardware engineering: designing,
developing, and testing various
computer equipment. Can range from
circuit boards and microprocessors to
routers.
Network engineering: designing,
deploying and maintaining computer
networks, such as corporate networks
or the Internet.
Electronic engineering
The design of circuits that use the
electromagnetic properties of electrical
components such as resistors, capacitors,
inductors, diodes and transistors to
achieve a particular functionality.
Control engineering, focuses on the
modeling of dynamic systems and the
design of controllers using electrical
circuits, digital signal processors and
microcontrollers
Telecommunications engineering
Optical engineering
The design of instruments and systems
that utilize the properties of
electromagnetic radiation.
Power engineering
The generation, transmission and
distribution of electricity, and the design
of devices such as transformers, electric
generators, electric motors, high-voltage
engineering, and power electronics.
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering comprises the
design, analysis and usage of heat and
mechanical power for the operation of
machines and mechanical systems.
Subdiscipline
Scope
Major specialties
Acoustical engineering
Concerns the manipulation and control of
vibration, especially vibration isolation
and the reduction of unwanted sounds
Manufacturing engineering
Concerns dealing with different
manufacturing practices and the research
and development of systems, processes,
machines, tools and equipment.
Thermal engineering
Concerns heating or cooling of processes,
equipment, or enclosed environments
Vehicle engineering
The design, manufacture and operation
of the systems and equipment that
propel and control vehicles
Automotive engineering, the design,
manufacture and operation of
motorcycles, automobiles, buses and
trucks
Naval architecture, the design,
construction, operation and support of
marine vehicles and structures
Aerospace engineering, the application
of engineering principles to aerospace
systems such as aircraft and
spacecraft
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an
interdisciplinary field of engineering that
focuses on how to design and manage
complex engineering projects over their
life cycles. Issues such as reliability,
logistics, coordination of different teams
(requirements management), evaluation
measurements, and other disciplines
become more difficult when dealing with
large or complex projects. Systems
engineering deals with work-processes,
optimization methods, and risk
management tools in such projects. It
overlaps technical and human-centered
disciplines such as control engineering,
industrial engineering, organizational
studies, and project management.
Systems engineering ensures that all likely
aspects of a project or system are
considered, and integrated into a whole.
Interdisciplinary
Discipline
Scope
Major specialties
Aerospace engineering
The application of engineering principles
to aerospace systems such as aircraft,
spacecraft, and ground control systems.
Formerly known as aeronautical
engineering, concerns the design,
construction, and science of both air and
space vehicles, primarily on the systems
level. Further concerned with the science
of force and physics that are particular
only to performance in Earth's
atmosphere and the expanse of space.
Often placed within Vehicle engineering
Aeronautics, the design and
development of aircraft and air traffic
control systems
Astronautics, the design and
development of spacecraft with an
emphasis on spacecraft systems, the
design of ground control systems for
spacecraft, and the design of orbital
mechanics for spacecraft missions
Agricultural engineering
The application of engineering principles
to agricultural fields such as farm power
and machinery, biological material
process, bioenergy, farm structures, and
agricultural natural resources
Bioprocess engineering, the design
and development of equipment and
processes for the manufacturing of
products from biological materials
Food engineering, concerns food
processing, food machinery,
packaging, ingredient manufacturing,
instrumentation, and control.
Aquaculture engineering, the study of
cultured aquatic species and the
production systems used in their
culture.
Applied engineering
The field concerned with the application
of management, design, and technical
skills for the design and integration of
systems, the execution of new product
designs, the improvement of
manufacturing processes, and the
management and direction of physical
and/or technical functions of a firm or
organization. Applied engineering
degreed programs typically include
instruction in basic engineering
principles, project management,
industrial processes, systems integration
and control, quality control, and statistics.
[2]
Automation/control systems/
mechatronics/robotics
Computer-aided drawing and design
( CADD)
Construction
Electronics
General
Graphics
Nanotechnology
Biological engineering
The application of engineering principles
to the fields of biology and medicine.
Biomedical engineering, the
application of engineering principles
and techniques to the medical and
biological sciences
Genetic engineering, the design and
development of techniques to directly
manipulate an organism's genes
Biochemical engineering, the design
and construction of unit processes
that involve biological organisms or
molecules
Tissue engineering
Protein engineering, the development
of useful or valuable proteins
Building services engineering
Building services engineering, technical
building services, architectural
engineering, or building engineering is the
engineering of the internal environment
and environmental impact of a building.
It essentially brings buildings and
structures to life.
Mechanical engineering,
HVAC: heating, ventilation and air
conditioning
Refrigeration
Plumbing or public health (MEP)
engineering: Water services,
drainage and plumbing
Electrical engineering,
Artificial lighting and emergency
lighting,
ICT: Communication lines,
telephones and IT networks
Low voltage (LV) systems,
containment, distribution,
distribution boards and switchgear
Lightning protection
Security, CCTV, and alarm systems
Vertical transportation: escalators and
lifts
Fire engineering, including fire
detection and fire protection
Natural lighting design
Building facades engineering
Energy supply – gas, electricity and
renewable sources
Energy engineering
Energy engineering is a broad field of
engineering dealing with energy
efficiency, energy services, facility
management, plant engineering,
environmental compliance and
alternative energy technologies. The
domain of energy-engineering expertise
combines selective subjects from the
fields chemical, mechanical and electrical
engineering. It is an interdisciplinary
program which has relativity with
electrical, mechanical and chemical
engineering
Solar engineering, solar energy
engineering includes designing and
building services based on solar
energy, solar energy product
development, solar PV systems, Solar
Product Manufacturing and Solar
Systems Integration.
Wind engineering, Wind engineering
analyzes effects of wind in the natural
and the built environment and studies
the possible damage, inconvenience
or benefits which may result from
wind. In the field of structural
engineering it includes strong winds,
which may cause discomfort, as well
as extreme winds, such as in a
tornado, hurricane or heavy storm,
which may cause widespread
destruction
Industrial engineering
The design and analysis of logistical and
resource systems.
Manufacturing engineering, the ability
to plan the practices of manufacturing,
to research and develop the tool,
processes, machines and equipment,
and to integrate the facilities and
systems for producing quality
products with optimal expenditure.
Component engineering, the process
of assuring the availability of suitable
components required to manufacture
a product.
Systems engineering, focuses on
issues such as logistics, the
coordination of different teams,
automatic control of machinery for
complex engineering projects
Construction engineering, the planning
and management of construction
projects
Textile engineering, Textile engineering
courses deal with the application of
scientific and engineering principles to
the design and control of all aspects of
fiber, textile, and apparel processes,
products, and machinery. These
include natural and man-made
materials, interaction of materials with
machines, safety and health, energy
conservation, and waste and pollution
control. Additionally, students are
given experience in plant design and
layout, machine and wet process
design and improvement, and
designing and creating textile
products. Throughout the textile
engineering curriculum, students take
classes from other engineering and
disciplines including: mechanical,
chemical, materials and industrial
engineering.
Safety engineering, assuring that a life-
critical system behaves as needed
even when pieces fail
Reliability engineering, optimising
asset maintenance to minimise whole
of life cost
Mechatronics
A hybrid of mechanical and electrical
engineering, Commonly intended to
examine the design of automation
systems.
Robotics
Instrumentation engineering
Avionics, the design of electronics and
systems on board an aircraft or
spacecraft
Nanoengineering
The practice of engineering on the
nanoscopic scale
Nuclear engineering
The application of nuclear processes to
engineering
Petroleum engineering
The application of engineering principles
to drilling for and producing crude oil and
natural gas
Reservoir engineering, the application
of scientific principles to study the flow
of fluids in underground reservoirs so
as to obtain a high economic recovery.
Drilling engineering, the design and
application of equipment and
techniques to drill wells.
Production engineering, the design
and application of equipment and
techniques to bring well fluids to the
surface and then separate out the
various components.
Re: List Of Engineering Branches by Ralph30: 7:45am On Feb 19, 2015
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Re: List Of Engineering Branches by Odunukwe30: 10:42pm On Feb 19, 2015
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Re: List Of Engineering Branches by Girltee1(f): 10:52pm On Feb 19, 2015
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