Fields of engineering
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[[Engineering]] is a collective term to describe the application of scientific theory in the design, creation, and maintenance of technology. According to 1992 NSF data, the largest fields of engineering are [[Civil Engineering|Civil]], [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical / Electronic]], [[Industrial Engineering|Industrial]] and [[Mechanical Engineering]] (by number of full-time employees).<ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind93/chap3/atab/at30793.xls NSF 1992 data] Accessed 25 July 2007</ref>
=== List of fields ===
The following is a list of, and links to, articles on the various engineering subdisciplines. General information can be found in the [[engineering]], [[engineer]], and [[engineering society]] articles. Alternative names and sub-fields are in parentheses.
* [[Acoustical engineering]]
* [[Aquatic and environmental engineering]]
* [[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace (Aeronautical) engineering]]
* [[Agricultural engineering]]
* [[Architectural engineering]]
* [[Automotive engineering]] (automotive systems engineering)
* [[Biological engineering]]
* [[Biological systems engineering]]
* [[Biomedical engineering]]
* [[Biomaterials engineering]]
* [[Bioresource engineering]]
* [[Ceramic engineering]]
* [[Chemical engineering]]
* [[Civil engineering]]
* [[Coastal engineering]]
* [[Combat engineer]]ing
* [[Communications system engineering]]
* [[Computer engineering]]
* [[Computer science]] ([[Informatics engineering|considered a field of engineering]] in some countries)
* [[Construction engineering]]
* [[Control engineering]] (control systems engineering)
* [[Cost engineering]]
* [[Ecological engineering]]
* [[Electrical engineering]]
* [[Electronics engineering]] (includes microelectronics engineering, microelectronics and semiconductor engineering)
* [[Electromechanical engineering]]
* [[Engineering science and mechanics]]
* [[Engineering physics]] (engineering science)
* [[Environmental engineering]]
* [[Computational finance]] (financial engineering)
* [[Fire protection engineering]]
* [[Food engineering]]
* [[Forensic engineering]]
* [[Forest engineering]]
* [[Genetic engineering]]
* [[Geomatics engineering]]
* [[Geotechnical engineering]]
* [[Hydraulic engineering]]
* [[Industrial engineering]] (includes production engineering)
* [[Information engineering]]
* [[Instrumentation engineering]]
* [[Integrated engineering]]
* [[Industrial engineering]]
* [[Landscape engineering]] ([[landscape architecture]])
* [[Marine engineering]]
* [[Materials engineering]] (includes metallurgical engineering)
* [[Mechanical engineering]]
* [[Manufacturing engineering]]
* [[Mechatronics]]
* [[Microsystems engineering]]
* [[Military engineer]]ing
* [[Minerals process engineering]]
* [[Mineral engineering]]
* [[Mining engineering]]
* [[Nanoengineering]]
* [[Neural engineering]]
* [[Naval architecture]]
* [[Nuclear engineering]]
* [[Optical engineering]]
* [[Ocean engineering]]
* [[Packaging engineering]]
* [[Paper engineering]]
* [[Photovoltaics engineering]]
* [[Petroleum engineering]]
* [[Plastics engineering]]
* [[Polymer engineering]]
* [[Power engineering]]
* [[Process engineering]]
* [[Quality engineering]] (quality assurance engineering)
* [[Reliability engineering]]
* [[Safety engineering]]
* [[Sanitation engineering]]
* [[Security engineering]]
* [[Sewage engineering]]
* [[Software engineering]]
* [[Structural engineering]]
* [[Surveying]]
* [[Systems engineering]] (systems design engineering)
* [[Thermodynamic engineering]]
* [[Tissue engineering]]
* [[Traffic engineering]]
* [[Transportation engineering]] (transport engineering)
* [[Vacuum engineering]]
* [[Value engineering]]
* [[Textile engineering]]
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[List of engineering topics]]
[[Category:Engineering disciplines]]
[[Category:Occupations]]
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