Fields of engineering 423785 217352754 2008-06-05T17:39:55Z 203.222.198.202 [[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 == <references/> == See also == * [[List of engineering topics]] [[Category:Engineering disciplines]] [[Category:Occupations]] [[th:รายชื่อสาขาของวิศวกรรมศาสตร์]]