Engineering is an Activity other than purely manual & physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity. Engineering – discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and proce
sses that safely realize improvements to the lives of people. Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.
~ T. Fish
Engineering is the art or science of making practical.
~ Samuel C. Florman
Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind.
~ S. Lindsay
Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man.
~ Ralph J. Smith
Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity.
~ R. Hellmund
The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.
~ N. Dougherty
Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically.
~ L. Boelter
Engineering is the art of organizing and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race.
~ Henry G.
