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2007-05-08 21:13:32 · 6 answers · asked by damtex 1 in Science & Mathematics Engineering

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Engineers use science to build and manufacture useful items for society. Engineers strive to improve society using science.

2007-05-09 06:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There exists an overlap between the sciences and engineering practice; in engineering, one applies science. Both areas of endeavor rely on accurate observation of materials and phenomena. Both use mathematics and classification criteria to analyze and communicate observations. Scientists are expected to interpret their observations and to make expert recommendations for practical action based on those interpretations.[citation needed] Scientists may also have to complete engineering tasks, such as designing experimental apparatus or building prototypes. Conversely, in the process of developing technology engineers sometimes find themselves exploring new phenomena, thus becoming, for the moment, scientists.
In the book What Engineers Know and How They Know It,[13] Walter Vincenti asserts that engineering research has a character different from that of scientific research. First, it often deals with areas in which the basic physics and/or chemistry are well understood, but the problems themselves are too complex to solve in an exact manner. Examples are the use of numerical approximations to the Navier-Stokes equations to describe aerodynamic flow over an aircraft, or the use of Miner's rule to calculate fatigue damage. Second, engineering research employs many semi-empirical methods that are foreign to pure scientific research, one example being the method of parameter variation.

2007-05-09 04:30:41 · answer #2 · answered by nelaq 4 · 0 0

science is the base of engineering.

2007-05-09 10:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by eshaghi_2006 3 · 0 0

Science tries to discover the rules, engineering tries to implement them.

2007-05-09 06:39:09 · answer #4 · answered by John E 3 · 0 0

science is the big picture
engineering is only a small part of it

2007-05-09 06:00:23 · answer #5 · answered by koki83 4 · 0 0

Scientists theorize. Engineers make devices to prove, disprove or utilize the theories.

2007-05-09 04:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1 0

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