Engineering
For other uses, see Engineering (disambiguation). Engineering History Outline Glossary Category Portal v t e The steam engine, a major driver in the Industrial Revolution, underscores the importance of engineering in modern history. This beam engine is on display in the Technical University of Madrid. Engineering is the creative application of science, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application. See glossary of engineering. The term engineering is derived from the Latin ingenium , meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare , meaning "to contrive, devise". [1] Contents 1 Definition 2 History 2.1 Ancient ...