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engineeringThe application of science to the design, construction, and maintenance of works, machinery, roads, railways, bridges, harbour installations, engines, ships, aircraft and airports, spacecraft and space stations, and the generation, transmission, and use of electrical power. The main divisions of engineering are aerospace, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, electronic, gas, marine, materials, mechanical, mining, production, radio, and structural. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Wilkes is University Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) with the Department of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Memo to Harvard President Lawrence Summers, who got into trouble recently when he questioned whether women were biologicially suited for hard sciences: An all-female class of six chemical engineering majors has graduated from Caltech for the first time in the institute's history. Bousfield, Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine |
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