types of engineering

Mechanical

As a mechanical engineer, you might develop a bike lock or an aircraft carrier, a child’s toy or a hybrid car engine, a wheelchair or a sailboat—in other words, just about anything you can think of that involves a mechanical process, whether it’s a cool, cutting-edge product or a life-saving medical device.

Mining

Mining engineers study all phases of extracting mineral deposits from the earth. They design mines and related equipment and supervise their construction and operation.

Geological and Geophysical

Geological and geophysical engineers draw on the science of geology to study the earth, using engineering principles to seek and develop deposits of natural resources and design foundations for large buildings, bridges, and other structures. Related engineering fields include civil, mineral, mining, and petroleum.

Electrical

As an electrical engineer, you could develop components for some of the most fun things in our lives (mP3 players, digital cameras, or roller coasters), as well as the most essential (medical tests or communications systems). This largest field of engineering encompasses the macro (huge power grids that light up cities, for example), as well as the micro (including a device smaller than a millimeter that tells a car’s airbags when to inflate).As an electrical engineer, you might work on robotics, computer networks, wire-less communications, or medical imaging—areas that are at the very forefront of technological innovation.

Biomedical

Biomedical engineers study biology and medicine to develop technologies related to health care. they develop medical diagnostic machines, medical instruments, artificial organs, joint replacement parts, and prosthetic devices.

Bioengineering and Biochemical

Bioengineers study living systems and apply that knowledge to solve various problems. they study the safety of food supplies, keep desirable organisms alive in fermentation processes, and design biologically based sensors.

Industrial/ Manufacturing

Industrial engineers determine the most effective ways to use people, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or to provide a service. 

Aerospace

Aerospace engineers design, analyze, model, simulate, and test aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, missiles, and rockets. Aerospace technology also extends to many other applications of objects moving within gases or liquids.

Agricultural and Biological

Agricultural engineers apply knowledge of engineering technology and science to agriculture and the efficient use of biological resources.

Audio

Most people take the sounds we hear every day for granted. But it may surprise you to learn that the creation of audio is a unique endeavor that blends both art and science.