Engineering is the science, skill and

profession of acquiring and applying

scientific, economic, social and practical
knowledge in order to design, build and
maintain structures, machines, devices,
systems, materials and processes.
 The Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) has defined engineering as the
creative application of scientific principles to design
or develop structures, machine, apparatus or
manufacturing processes.
 Engineer: one who practices engineering and those
licensed to do so may have more formal
designations such as professional engineer.
 Engineers design, evaluate, develop, test, modify,
install, inspect and maintain a wide variety of
products and systems. They also recommend and
specify materials and processes, supervise
manufacturing and construction, conduct failure
analysis, provide consulting services and teach
engineering courses in colleges and universities.
 Mechanical engineering: involves design,
manufacturing, inspection and maintenance of
machinery, equipment and components as well as
control systems and instruments for monitoring their
status and performance. This includes vehicles,
construction and farm machinery, industrial
installations and a wide variety of tools and devices.
 Electrical engineering involves design, testing,
manufacturing, construction, control, monitoring
and inspection of electrical and electronic devices,
machinery and systems. These systems vary in scale
from microscopic circuits to national power
generation and transmission systems.
 Civil engineering: involves design, construction,
maintenance and inspection of large infrastructure
projects such as highways, railroads, bridges,
tunnels, dams and airports.
 Aerospace engineering involves design,
manufacturing and testing of aircraft and spacecraft
as well as parts and components such as airframes,
power plants, control and guidance systems,
electrical and electronic systems, and
communication and navigation systems.
 Nuclear engineering: involves design,
manufacturing, construction, operation and testing
of equipment, systems and processes involving the
production, control and detection of nuclear
radiation. These systems include particle
accelerators and nuclear reactors for electric power
plants and ships, radioisotope production and
research. Nuclear engineering also includes
monitoring and protecting humans from the
potentially harmful effects of radiation.
 Structural engineering involves design,
construction and inspection of load-bearing
structures such large commercial buildings, bridges
and industrial infrastructure.
 Biomedical engineering is the practice of designing
systems, equipment and devices for use in the
practice of medicine. It also involves working
closely with medical practitioners, including
doctors, nurses, technicians, therapists and
researchers, in order to determine, understand and
meet their requirements for systems, equipment and
devices.
 Chemical engineering is the practice of designing
equipment, systems and processes for refining raw
materials and for mixing, compounding and
processing chemicals to make valuable products.
 Computer engineering is the practice of designing
computer hardware components, computer systems,
networks and computer software.
 Industrial engineering: is the practice of designing
and optimizing facilities, equipment, systems and
processes for manufacturing, material processing,
and any number of other work environments.
 Environmental engineering: is the practice of
preventing, reducing and eliminating sources of
pollution that affect air, water and land. It also
involves detecting and measuring pollution levels,
determining sources of pollution, cleaning up and
rehabilitating polluted sites and ensuring
compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
 Most engineering jobs require at least a bachelor's
degree in engineering.

 Senior engineering positions and professorships

generally require a master's degree or a Ph.D.
 Do you enjoy solving problems and putting
your ideas into action?

 Are you curious about how things work and

how to make them better?

 Are you interested in improving the

environment?

 Are you socially aware and interested in

helping people live better?
 If you share some of the traits, civil
engineering may be the perfect career for
you.

 Civil engineers also are usually good problem

solvers who make sound decisions

 Civil engineers are good communicators, using

speaking, writing, and listening skills.
 From the pyramids of Egypt to the exploration of
space, civil engineers have always faced the
challenges of the future - advancing civilization and
building our quality of life
 Engineering has developed from observations of the
ways natural and constructed systems react and from
the development of empirical equations that provide
bases for design.

 Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering

fields.

Civil engineering is still an umbrella field comprised of

many related specialties
 In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of
engineering that deals with the planning, construction,
and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works,
as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and
their processes.

 Most civil engineering today deals with power plants,

bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply,
irrigation, environment, sewer, flood control and
traffic.
 Our future as a nation will be closely tied to space,
energy, the environment, and our ability to interact
with and compete in the global economy.

 As the technology revolution expands, as the world's

population increases, and as environmental concerns
mount, your skills will be needed.

 Whatever area you choose, design, construction,

research, teaching, or management, civil engineering
offers you a wide range of career choices.
 Civil engineering comprises the design,
construction, and maintenance of the physical and
natural built environments.

 The Civil Engineering Department is divided to:

1) Environmental engineering
2) Geotechnical engineering
3) Structural engineering
4) Transportation 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.
 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
 The engineering of structures that support or
resist structural loads

 Earthquake engineering: the behavior 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

 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.

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.