Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering, 4th ed.c

For an additional listing of engineering-related Web sites, please see this book’s companion

Web site.

What Are Some Areas of Engineering Specialization?

There are over 20 major disciplines or specialties that are recognized by professional engineering

societies. Moreover, within each discipline there exist a number of branches. For example, the

mechanical engineering program can be traditionally divided into two broad areas: (1) thermal /fluid

systems and (2) structural /solid systems. In most mechanical engineering programs, during your

senior year you can take elective classes that allow you to pursue your interest and broaden your

knowledge base in these areas. So, for example, if you are interested in learning more about how

buildings are heated during the winter or cooled during the summer, you will take a heating, ven-

tilating, and air-conditioning class. To give you additional ideas about the various branches within

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers

http://www.asme.org

Biomedical Engineering Society

http://www.bmes.org

Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Engineers

http://www.ieee.org

Institute of Industrial Engineers

The Global Association of Productivity &

Efficiency Professionals

http://www.iienet.org

National Academy of Engineering

http://www.nae.edu

National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov

National Society of Black Engineers

http://www.national.nsbe.org

National Society of Professional Engineers

http://www.nspe.org

Society of Automotive Engineers

http://www.sae.org

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

http://www.shpe.org

Society of Manufacturing Engineering

http://www.sme.org

Society of Women Engineers

http://www.swe.org

Tau Beta Pi

(All-Engineering Honor Society)

http://www.tbp.org

NASA Centers

Ames Research Center

http://www.arc.nasa.gov

Dryden Flight Research Center

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov

Goddard Space Flight Center

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Johnson Space Center

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov

Kennedy Space Center

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov

Langley Research Center

http://www.larc.nasa.gov

Marshall Space Flight Center

http://www.msfc.nasa.gov

Glenn Research Center

http://www.grc.nasa.gov

Inventors Hall of Fame

http://www.invent.org

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov

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