Environmental engineering uses many disciplines from both chemical and civil engineering. Some schools offer environmental engineering courses as a part of a civil or chemical engineering program. Engineers may be found at hazardous waste sites, taking soil samples, in a laboratory evaluating samples, they may be in an office developing plans for cleaning a site, or designing a treatment facility. American Academy of Environmental Engineers Return to Top Industrial Engineering Industrial engineers focus on the management and controls aspect of engineering. For example, Industrial engineers may design and develop manufacturing systems.
Industrial engineers rely heavily on statistics and operations management in their work.
Institute of Industrial Engineers Return to Top Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is a broad curriculum that focuses on the design of mechanical and thermo-mechanical devices. Mechanical engineers may design cars, airplanes, heating and cooling systems. They may work with vibrations and earthquake engineering, power plant design. Aeronautical and aerospace engineering, materials engineering, nuclear engineering, and manufacturing engineering are all specialties that derive from mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineers rely heavily on mecanics and thermodynamics in thier work.