Links to Industry Associations Return to Top Architectural Engineering Architectural Engineering is the application of engineering principles to the design of technical systems of buildings. The profession of architectural engineering includes practicing engineers designing, managing, and constructing mechanical, electrical, or structural systems for buildings. The profession also includes engineers educated as mechanical, electrical, or civil engineers who practice the application of engineering principles to the design of building systems. Some of the great architectural engineers of past and present are Gustave Eiffel, Buckminster Fuller, Ove Arup, and Santiago Calatrava. National Society of Architectural Engineers Return to Top Biomedical Engineering Return to Top Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineers apply the principles of chemistry and engineering to solve problems involving the production or use of a plethora of products.
Most work involves the production of chemicals and chemical products.
Typical responsibilities of a chemical engineer involve developing chemical processes, designing process equipment, planning and testing methods of manufacturing products, and supervising production activities and personnel. Because the knowledge and duties of chemical engineers cut across many fields, the engineer applies principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanical and electrical engineering in their work. Major types of industries include refining petroleum, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, synthetic fibers, and polymers. Civil engineering is a people-serving profession, concerned with the planning, design, construction and operation of large, complex systems such as buildings, dams, roads, water purification and treatment systems, highways, rapid transit and rail systems, bridges, ports and harbors, airports, tunnels, power generating systems, and structural components of aircraft and ships. Civil Engineers understand the structure of materials such as concrete and soil, and need to understand the codes associated with building large structures.