History of engineering

Engineering in History (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering), a book by Richard Shelton Kirby

Mechanical engineering technology is for the doers. Or as author James A. Michner puts it, "Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them." Much the same, mechanical engineering technologists apply engineering principles with technological developments to plan and develop useful products and machines. This means focusing less on scientific theories and more on direct application of skills and knowledge – i.e. making things happen! How is this important to current and future…

What are the qualities of an engineer? If you want to be an engineer, act like one! When I was a new teacher first starting out, I had dreams of becoming a professor one day (which I am now!). In talking with my mentor teacher one day, she told me. “If you want to be […]

In the annals of technological history, the steam engine is often associated with the Industrial Revolution, a groundbreaking invention of the 18th century that transformed industries and transportation. However, what if we told you that a rudimentary form of the steam engine existed well over a thousand years before that, in ancient Greece? Around 0 CE, Hero of Alexandria, an ancient Greek mathematician and engineer, described what is now known as Hero’s Aeolipile – a remarkable dev...

In the past sixty years or so, computers have migrated from room-size mega boxes to desktops to laptops to our pockets. But the real history of machine-assisted human computation (“computer” originally referred to the person, not the machine) goes back even further. This week is Computer Science Education Week, and to kick things off the World Science Festival celebrates the long history of man’s best friend, the computer.

Architects and civil engineers work together to give the world a beautiful final product. But what is the difference between these two closely related professions?

Discover and download free images Architectural Vision: #Engineer Overseeing #Blueprint Plans https://aifusionart.com/architectural-vision-engineer-overseeing-blueprint-plans/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

#ThrowbackThursday - Civil Engineers posing with surveying equipment during the early 1900's. #engineering.

An overview of the different engineering jobs within the various fields of engineering, from architectural and civil to electrical, environmental and even software.