what is an engineer?

Question

how many different fields of engineering is it?

Answer 1

Wiki:

An engineer is someone who practices the profession of engineering. Engineers use creativity, technology, and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. The title "engineer" is normally used only by individuals who have an academic degree (or equivalent work experience) in one of the engineering disciplines. In some countries of Continental Europe the title is limited by law to people with an engineering degree, and the use of the title by others (even persons with equivalent work experience) is illegal. Similar laws exist in most if not all American states and Canadian provinces; they usually dictate that only those who have passed the Professional Engineer examination may call themselves engineers. However, the reach of such laws is often limited to cover only situations involving intentional deceit or fraud. The word "technologist" is sometimes used synonymously as it derives from the prefix Techno- and the suffix -ologist, hence, someone who studies technology. This applies particularly to those European countries with laws regulating the use of the title engineer, since the term technologist is not regulated. However in some Latin countries, "technologist" is a somewhat lower certification at a level between technician and engineer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

Answer 2

An engineer is the person who uses verified techniques to accomplish a specific goal. They do not invent techniques; that's a researcher. They do not invent and prove or disprove theories; that's a scientist. They do not spend everyday using the exact same technique; that's a technician.

But in reality people wander back and forth through these various titles. An engineer can find themselves researching, proving theories, and stuck on tired technique in the course of a career.

Don't get too hung up on titles.

There are as many types of engineers as there are technique classifications. Some examples include: civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical, electro-optic, process, control, computer, optical, etc...

Answer 3

An engineer is someone versed in the art of applying science to everyday object. From principle coming from pure sciences and laws of nature that pure sciences describes, the engineer derives practical solutions. It is the art of doing the most with the least; using the least concrete to build the longest bridge, using the least metal to build the best car, to use the least fuel for an aircraft to fly as far as possible, to use the least time in a program to compute a solution, and so on.

If I was not an engineer already, I'd want to be one.

Answer 4

Basically, an engineer is someone who uses mathematics and various sciences to solve a problem, e.g., to create or modify designs to perform various functions for mankind. For example, a mechanical engineer uses math and science to devise machinery that will perform various tasks that man himself either may not be able to perform, or perform them more easily and efficiently. A mechanical engineer designs or modifies the designs of airplanes, printing presses, food processors, and power plants to name a few.

A civil engineer, using math and science, designs bridges, buildings, and other structures.

An electrical engineer...motors, generators, transformers and the distributions systems for power plants.

Chemical engineers..chemical plants...and so on. Within these disciplines (mechanical, civil, electrical, etc.), there are a multitude of different tasks that engineers perform besides design, e.g., testing, maintenance, and operations. But at some point they all have to use their creative abilities in conjunction with the sciences to solve a particular problem.

If you have ever packed your automobile trunk with luggage that at first seemed like it would not fit, you solved a problem using your creative abilities and logical organization (math)...hence, you're an engineer.

Answer 5

Engineer- an individual that turns malfunction into abstraction.

Somebody who brushes his girlfriends hair just to know the coefficient of friction.

Somebody who hugs you to know the coefficient of heat transfer.

Someone who could tell you "I love you" for the purpose of calculating the equality of your feelings.

Someone whose love for science is like a circle without end.

Someone who is able to prove to you that you are wrong even you are correct.

An individual that turns complexity into simplicity.

An individual who could shorten the solution of a physicist from a page to a single equation.

The greatest enemy of an architect.

I am a mechanical engineer

Answer 6

before the defination of an engineer- let all men know this-- a country is known by its engineers not doctors or businessmen.
Engineer- he develops the country with hand in hand with other engineers. he is the most vital part in everything that happens on the soil or air.
he develops good war planes- and his country becomes proud by saying- that our air force is the best!!!!
he develops perfect ships- his country says- we have the most modern equipment for our navy.
he builds the best of the buildings- and his country loves to show them to the rest of the world.
he is also in your everyday life - you brush your teeth with water he has purified
you switch on the bathroom lights by using the electricity he has produced for you
you eat your toast in the toaster he has build for you, while watching the morning news on the sleek tv's he has specially designed for you.
now you are ready to go the work- he has really made 1000000000000000 car keys, but yet yours is unique.
you reach work place- worry not, he has made a lift/elevator which works on your fingre tips.
oohh your room at work place- its all his job- air conditioner, computer, fan, lights.......yes you guessed it right- the telephone.. press a few buttons and talk to anyone in this world.
your lunch break is fantastic becasue you used his coffee machine.
now your job time is over... go back to home- just catch the train he has improved for you with displays and audio signals.
home- wont you surf some internet he has developed for you and your kids?
give your kids some thing to eat- engineer has made a mirowave oven for you. your kids eat too much junk food- worry not he has equipped the dentist with the latest machines to work on their teeth.
days, months..years pass by- now your parents are getting old- worry not he has already taken care of this. it is his duty- remember he had supplied the best machines when your baby was born, he will keep his words- he has the best life saving equipment ready for everyone.
he works in both the dimensions- he is finding new things for you everyday, hes going to space to search something better for you (expanding) and he is on the otherhand bringing the world closer to you by fast planes and phone and internet.
HE IS JUST NOT CAPABLE OF ONE THING- CONTROLLING THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH- THIS GOD HAS KEPT FOR HIMSELF.
your question was- what is an engineer... my answer is- the person who does everything except controlling the cycle of fate.

Answer 7

engineer finds suitable solutions to every problem that you everywhere by using matematical procedures.Engineer is not a scientist;he or she solves our problems and makes the life easier.

Answer 8

the person that makes the world go around,
but credit is taken by the other a'rseholes, like doctors who cant function without any form of tools, pilots who cant fly s'hit without of which...

Answer 9

Someone who says that the "glass is twice as big as it should be" when asked whether the glass is half full or half empty.

Answer 10

the person whom apply science for better humanity