what exactly is IT engineering??
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Information Technology Engineering is more commonly called Software Engineering (SE).\n\nSoftware Engineering is the design, development, and documentation of software by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, engineering, application domains, interface design, digital asset management and other fields.\n\nPlease see the Wikipedia article below.
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This is the new term for industrial engineer.\n\nWork in this field (which is what I do!) is filled with statistics, process control, and quality adherance. You could spend days calculating BOMs, routings, optimizing capacity and schedules, or inventory. Many process engineers like puzzles and like to continue to work at the same problem, trying to improve on specific value measures over time- things like machine down time, usage rates and batch efficiencies, days on hand of inventory, etc.\n\nI find the field to be a more people oriented form of engineering, more interactive and creative. I migrated to it from the lab-techy engineering areas of chemical and mechanical. I enjoy it!
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Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that includes the application of mechanical principles and mathematics for the design, analysis, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical components. Typically, most mechanical engineers work in design, maintenance, sales, processing, or a combination. I work in maintenance which is a good combination of mechanical design and field maintenance. If you want a textbook definition check out wikipedia. Here are a couple of other good starting points:\nhttp://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm\nhttp://www.asme.org/
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1.  Engineering has become the saviour of humanity.  Any large investment of capital will always wisely consult an array of engineers to determine the most efficient designs.\n\n2.  Yes.  Consider hanging a light weight picture.  Do you tear down the wall and constuct a columm to the basement to support the load?  Or do you use a typical picture hanger?  You are essentially engineering when you make that choice.  To actually engineer that choice, you have do calculations to prove your intuition.\n\n3.  Engineering defines, mathematically, everyday life.  A typical way engineering applies in everyday life is cooking.  One has to calculate for the next meal the demand, the quantity and materials of food to meet said demand, the sanitary requirements, the required cooking tools, the heat transfer of the heating tool.  One has to know how to measure out the materials and the heat.  Should the project be a success, then a part of engineering is documenting the process for future use and record a recipe.\n\n4.  If you look around you, every structure, even the gutter, electronic device, communication infrastructure, power pole, house you live in, car you drive, battery you use is engineered.\n\nEngineering is applying math to everyday problems.  The way an engineer proves his recommendation is with mathematical calculations backed by laborotory tests.  The engineer will also have to consider the level of public safety necessary and determine, and, if prudent, apply a factor of safety to his assumptions and calcs.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nIn modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with roads, structures, water supply, sewer, flood control and traffic. In essence, civil engineering is a profession which makes the world a more habitable place to live.\n\nEngineering has developed from observations of the ways natural and constructed systems react and from the development of empirical equations that provide bases for design. Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering fields. In fact, engineering was once divided into only two fields--military and civil. Civil engineering is still an umbrella field comprised of many related specialties.\n\nengineering, profession devoted to designing, constructing, and operating the structures, machines, and other devices of industry and everyday life.\n\nCivil engineering includes the planning, designing, construction, and maintenance of structures and altering geography to suit human needs. Some of the numerous subdivisions are transportation (e.g., railroad facilities and highways); hydraulics (e.g., river control, irrigation, swamp draining, water supply, and sewage disposal); and structures (e.g., buildings, bridges, and tunnels).\n\nJob Definition\n    Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.\n\nTasks\n    Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities, using calculator or computer.\n    Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications.\n    Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.\n    Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.\n    Prepare reports and document project activities and data.\n    Confer with supervisor to determine project details, such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.\n    Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.\n    Plan and conduct field surveys to locate new sites and analyze details of project sites.\n    Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.\n    Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.\n    Conduct materials test and analysis, using tools and equipment, and applying engineering knowledge.\n    Respond to public suggestions and complaints.\n    Evaluate facility to determine suitability for occupancy and square footage availability. \n\nKnowledge\n    Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.\n    Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.\n    Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.\n    Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.\n    English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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technical? yeah its a poem.
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When you are an engineer.
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In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with roads, structures, water supply, sewer, flood control and traffic. In essence civil engineering is the profession which makes the world a more habitable place to live.\n\nEngineering has developed from observations of the ways natural and constructed systems react and from the development of empirical equations that provide bases for design. Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering fields. In fact, engineering was once divided into only two fields--military and civil. Civil engineering is still an umbrella field comprised of many related specialties.
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Information technology (IT) or Information and communication(s) technology (ICT) is a broad subject concerned with technology and other aspects of managing and processing information, especially in large organizations.
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Since you've asked the question in the Programming & Design section...\n\nIT is Information Technologu, and it's the "department" that is responsible for the proper application of technology towards business solutions.\n\nThe true power of IT rests in it's ability to sucessfully services the data processing requirements of the income producing cost centers of the organizations.
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Pi is right.  I.T. is not really engineering.  \n\nI disagree with thatha when he said that the three you listed are one and the same.  They definitely are not.  Electrical engineers create the electronics that make the work of computer scientists, IT people, and communications engineers possible.  Further, communications engineers are also electrical engineers.  Computer science requires a deep knowledge of algorithms and programming, while IT only requires knowledge of the specs of the products that electrical engineers design.\n\nFrom your list, I would cross off I.T.  Your career will always be in support of what your company is actually creating...not what they are actually creating.  For this reason, companies tend to be frugal when it comes to I.T.  \n\nElectronics, computer science, and communications all overlap somewhat, but can be very different from one another.  If you start out as an electrical engineering major you can find out what you like after some classes.  You may find you hate programming, and love circuits, or vice versa.  If you're interested in both, you might try computer engineering.  You won't get a good feel for communications until your last few semesters as an electrical engineering major, if you stick with it.\n\nBut aside from your list, there are many other areas of engineering, I just assumed you had narrowed your interest down to those three.  If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!
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Why is this under engineering?
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IT = information technology
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IT\nEngineering \nMedical
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Nowhere. Engineering is quite hands on, and you have to do many projects. With nobody to check your work engineering has many dangerous applications in the real world. \n\nIf you want ME, go to a physical college.
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Industrial engineering has to do with manufacturing methods. Industry must always be improving the way they do things from both a quality and cost standpoint. For this reason Industrial Engineering is something industry can't do without.
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yep.. but its not the same math as engineering.. more like stats and formula analysis and tons of graphs