What is Engineer: Definition and 840 Discussions

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. The word engineer (Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to create, generate, contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications of an engineer typically include a four-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or in some jurisdictions, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus four to six years of peer-reviewed professional practice (culminating in a project report or thesis) and passage of engineering board examinations.
The work of engineers forms the link between scientific discoveries and their subsequent applications to human and business needs and quality of life.

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    Engineering Electrical and electronics Engineer

    Hello, What to do to get good job after Electrical and electronics Engineer?
  2. Weightofananvil

    Next step C coding for electrical engineer Stuff

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  3. E

    Engineer hopeful- Does my IB Extended Essay topic matter?

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    Calculus What is a good book for learning rigorous calculus?

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  5. R

    Hello My name is Rami Rouhana

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    Engineering Physicist or Mechanical Engineer?

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  7. M

    Engineering Questions for an aeronautical/space engineer

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  8. Aerodave

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  9. L

    Engineering Engineer switching from Mechanical to Marine

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  10. Astronuc

    RIP Bob Ebeling - Engineer of Shuttle Booster Rockets

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  11. Docscientist

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  12. Eclair_de_XII

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  13. Joose

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    Programs Best Undergrad degree for Biomedical engineer

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  15. Adrian Silaghi

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  17. nikirock021

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  18. J

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  20. jamalkoiyess

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    Engineering Switching from R&D Engineer to Validation Engineer Concerns

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  25. nandodean

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  26. E

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  27. Aero_Arnendu

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  28. Aero_Arnendu

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  29. M

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  30. AmyForbis

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  32. M

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  33. pioneerboy

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  34. ujjwal3097

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  36. pankaj66866

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    Programs Can an ME Technology degree be upgrade to an ME degree

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  38. Meron

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  39. Z

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    A passenger train is traveling at 27 m/s when the engineer s

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    Engineering Help with becoming a Mechanical engineer

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  42. Willelm

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  44. Liechtenstein

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  45. S

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  46. Tone L

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  47. J

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  50. B

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