ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE

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As the word entails, Engineering is the discipline,art,skill,profession and technology of acquiring and applying scientific,mathematical,economic,social,and practical knowledge,in order to design and build structures,machines,devices,systems,materials and processes.
The American Engineer's Council for Professional Development (ECPD),has defined "engineering "as:The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures,machines,apparatus,or manufacturing processes,or works utilizing them singly or in combination:or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design;or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions;all as respects an intended function,economics of operation and safety to life and property.
Associated with engineering is a great body of special knowledge;preparation for professional practice involves extensive training in the application of that knowledge. Engineering is an art requiring the judgement necessary to adapt knowledge to practical purposes, the imagination to conceive original solutions to problems,and the ability to predict performance and cost of new devices or processes.