Editing Engineer (section)

==Types of engineers==
{{Main|List of engineering branches}}
[[File:Albert_Memorial_-_Engineering_Group.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of the Engineering group, sculpted by [[John Lawlor (sculptor)|John Lawlor]], [[Albert Memorial]]]]
There are many branches of engineering, each of which specializes in specific technologies and products. Typically, engineers will have deep knowledge in one area and basic knowledge in related areas. For example, mechanical engineering curricula typically include introductory courses in electrical engineering, computer science, materials science, metallurgy, mathematics, and software engineering.

An engineer may either be hired for a firm that requires engineers on a continuous basis, or may belong to an engineering firm that provides [[engineering consulting]] services to other firms.

When developing a product, engineers typically work in interdisciplinary teams. For example, when building robots an engineering team will typically have at least three types of engineers. A mechanical engineer would design the body and actuators. An electrical engineer would design the power systems, sensors, electronics, embedded software in electronics, and control circuitry. Finally, a software engineer would develop the software that makes the robot behave properly. Engineers that aspire to management engage in further study in business administration, project management and organizational or business psychology. Often engineers move up the management hierarchy from managing projects, functional departments, and divisions, and some eventually become CEOs of multi-national corporations.

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! Branch
! Focus
! Related sciences
! Products
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| [[Automobile engineering]]
|Focuses on the development of automobiles and related technology 
| [[Structural engineering]], [[electronics]], [[materials science]], [[automotive safety]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[thermodynamics]], [[engineering mathematics]], [[ergonomics]], [[environmental compliance]], [[road traffic safety]], [[chemistry]]
|Automobiles
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| [[Aerospace engineering]]
| Focuses on the development of aircraft and spacecraft
| [[Aeronautics]], [[astrodynamics]], [[astronautics]], [[Avionics engineering|avionics]], [[control engineering]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[kinematics]], [[materials science]], [[thermodynamics]]
| Aircraft, [[robotics]], [[spacecraft]], [[Trajectory|trajectories]]
|-
|[[Agricultural engineering]]
|Focuses on the [[engineering]], [[science]], and [[technology]] for the production and processing of food from agriculture, such as the production of arable crops, soft fruit and livestock. A key goal of this discipline is to improve the efficacy and sustainability of agricultural practices for food production.
|Agricultural engineering often combines and converges many other engineering disciplines such as [[mechanical engineering]], [[civil engineering]], [[electrical engineering]], [[chemical engineering]], [[biosystems engineering]], [[soil science]], [[environmental engineering]]
|[[Livestock]], food, [[horticulture]], [[forestry]], [[Renewable energy|renewable energy crops]].
[[Agricultural machinery]] such as tractors, [[combine harvester]]s, [[forage harvester]]s.

[[Agricultural technology]] incorporates such things as [[robotics]] and [[Vehicular automation|autonomous vehicles]].
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| [[Architectural engineering]] and [[building engineer]]ing
| Focuses on building and construction
| Architecture, [[architectural technology]]
| Buildings and bridges
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|[[Biomedical engineering]]
|Focuses on closing the gap between engineering and medicine to advance various health care treatments
|[[Biology]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], medicine
|[[Prosthesis|Prostheses]], [[medical device]]s, [[Stem-cell therapy|regenerative tissue growth]], [[Seat belt#Technology|various safety mechanisms]], [[genetic engineering]]
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| [[Chemical engineering]]
| Focuses on the transformation of raw materials into useful products in large scale 
| [[Chemistry]], [[thermodynamics]], [[chemical thermodynamics]], [[process engineering]], [[transport phenomena]], [[nanotechnology]], [[biology]], [[chemical kinetics]], [[genetic engineering]] medicine, [[fluid mechanics]], textiles 
| [[Synthetic chemical]]s, [[fuel]]s, [[medicines]], [[raw material]]s, foods and beverages, [[Waste treatment|waste]] and [[water treatment]], pure gases, plastics, coatings, textiles 
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| [[Civil engineering]]
| Focuses on the construction of large systems, structures, and environmental systems
| [[Statics]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[soil mechanics]], [[structural engineering]], [[transportation engineering]], [[geotechnical engineering]], [[environmental engineering]], [[hydraulic engineering]], [[construction engineering]]
| Roads, bridges, dams, buildings, [[structural system]], [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]], [[Earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]], [[waste management]], [[water treatment]]
|-
| [[Computer engineering]]
| Focuses on the design and development of computer hardware & [[software systems]]
| [[Computer science]], [[mathematics]], [[electrical engineering]]
| [[Microprocessors]], [[microcontrollers]], [[operating system]]s, [[embedded system]]s, [[computer network]]s
|-
| [[Electrical engineering]]
| Focuses on application of electricity, [[electronics]], and [[electromagnetism]]
| [[Mathematics]], [[probability]] and [[statistics]], [[engineering ethics]], [[engineering economics]], [[instrumentation]], [[materials science]], [[physics]], [[Network analysis (electronics)|network analysis]], [[electromagnetism]], [[linear system]], [[electronics]], [[electric power]], [[logic]], [[computer science]], [[data transmission]], [[systems engineering]], [[control engineering]], [[signal processing]]
| [[Electricity generation]] and equipment, [[remote sensing]], [[robotics]], [[control system]], computers, [[home appliances]], [[internet of things]], [[consumer electronics]], [[avionics]], [[hybrid vehicle]]s, [[spacecraft]], [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s, [[optoelectronics]], [[embedded system]]s
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| [[Fire protection engineering]]
| Focuses on application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.
| [[Fire]], [[smoke]], [[fluid dynamics]], [[thermodynamics]], [[heat transfer]], [[combustion]], [[physics]], [[materials science]], chemistry, [[statics]], [[dynamics (mechanics)|dynamics]], [[probabilistic risk assessment]] or [[risk management]], [[environmental psychology]], [[engineering ethics]], [[engineering economics]], [[systems engineering]], [[Reliability engineering|reliability]], [[fire suppression systems|fire suppression]], [[fire alarm system|fire alarms]], building fire safety, [[wildfire]], [[building code]]s, measurement and simulation of fire phenomena, [[mathematics]], [[probability]] and [[statistics]].
| [[Fire suppression systems]], [[fire alarm system]]s, [[passive fire protection]], smoke control systems, [[Fire sprinkler system|sprinkler systems]], [[Building code|code consulting]], [[Fire Dynamics Simulator|fire and smoke modeling]], [[emergency management]], [[Water supply network|water supply systems]], fire pumps, structural fire protection, [[Firefighting foam|foam extinguishing systems]], [[Gaseous fire suppression|gaseous fire suppression systems]], [[Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention|oxygen reduction systems]], [[Flame detector|flame detection]], [[Condensed aerosol fire suppression|aerosol fire suppression]].
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| [[Industrial engineering]]
| Focuses on the design, optimization, and operation of production, logistics, and service systems and processes
| [[Operations research]], [[engineering statistics]], [[applied probability]] and [[stochastic process]]es, [[automation engineering]], [[methods engineering]], [[production engineering]], [[manufacturing engineering]], [[systems engineering]], [[logistics engineering]], [[ergonomics]]
| [[Statistical process control|quality control systems]], manufacturing systems, [[warehousing]] systems, [[supply chain]]s, [[logistics|logistics networks]], [[queueing theory|queueing systems]], [[business process management]]
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| [[Mechatronics engineering]]
| Focuses on the technology and controlling all the industrial field
| [[Process control]], [[automation]]
| [[Robotics]], [[PID controller|controller]]s, [[CNC]]
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| [[Mechanical engineering]]
| Focuses on the development and operation of energy systems, transport systems, manufacturing systems, machines and [[control systems]]
| [[Dynamics (mechanics)|Dynamics]], [[kinematics]], [[statics]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[materials science]], [[metallurgy]], [[strength of materials]], [[thermodynamics]], [[heat transfer]], [[mechanics]], [[mechatronics]], [[manufacturing engineering]], [[control engineering]]
| Cars, airplanes, machines, [[power generation]], [[spacecraft]], buildings, [[consumer goods]], manufacturing, [[HVAC]]
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| [[Metallurgical engineering]]/[[materials engineering]]
| Focuses on extraction of metals from its ores and development of new materials
| [[Material science]], [[thermodynamics]], extraction of metals, physical metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, nuclear materials, steel technology
| Iron, steel, [[polymers]], [[ceramics]], metals
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| [[Mining engineering]]
| Focuses on the use of [[applied science]] and technology to extract various minerals from the earth, not to be confused with [[metallurgical engineering]], which deals with [[mineral processing]] of various ores after they have already been mined
| [[Rock mechanics]], [[geostatistics]], [[soil mechanics]], [[control engineering]], [[geophysics]], [[fluid mechanics]], [[drilling and blasting]]
| Gold, silver, coal, iron ore, [[potash]], [[limestone]], diamond, [[rare-earth element]], [[bauxite]], copper
|-
|[[Military engineering]]
|Focuses on constructions and repairs of military structures (such as [[Aerodrome|airfield]], naval [[shipyard]]s,[[barracks]], [[Missile launch facility|missile silos]] etc.) as well as repairing damaged structures or producing/repairing combat [[vehicle]]s, [[aircraft]] or [[Watercraft|seacraft]]
|[[Military science]]
|[[Weapon]], [[ammunition]], [[tank]]s, [[attack helicopter]]s, [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]], [[bomber]]s, [[military base]]s, [[warship]]s, [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]], [[submarine]]s, [[ballistic missile]]s
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| [[Software engineering]]
| Focuses on the design and development of [[software systems]]
| [[Computer science]], [[Computing]], [[information theory]], [[systems engineering]], [[formal language]]
| [[Application software]], [[Mobile app]]s, [[Website]]s, [[operating system]]s, [[embedded systems]], [[real-time computing]], [[video game]]s, [[virtual reality]], [[aI|AI software]], [[edge computing]], [[distributed systems]], [[computer vision]], [[music sequencer]]s, [[digital audio workstation]]s, [[software synthesizer]]s, [[robotics]], [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]], [[medical software]], [[computer-assisted surgery]], [[internet of things]], [[avionics software]], [[computer simulation]], [[quantum programming]], [[satellite navigation software]], [[antivirus software]], [[electronic design automation]], [[computer-aided design]], [[self-driving car]]s, [[educational software]]
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