Why Engineering is so Important to Society
INNOVATION, Education and Employment
Technological innovation has long been the key to any society’s growth and prosperity, and engineering has been an important driver of this innovation. Indeed, the development and institutionalization of the engineering disciplines provided much of the talent for world markets during the 20th century. Engineering disciplines integrate scientific principles with practically oriented research, providing systems and processes that themselves create ways of acquiring new knowledge. This integration makes engineering critical to successful industrial innovation.
Engineering is a profession in which scientific knowledge and mathematics is used and experimented with to develop ways that benefit mankind, making it extremely important to society for several reasons.
Engineering encompasses a whole range of industries that could include on-site, practical construction work as well as evaluating safety systems from an office. They use the knowledge they have within a specific industry in order to make things work and solve problems, whether this be with transport, medicine, entertainment, space or the environment. In fact, engineering is behind everything. Mobile phones? They’re down to engineers. Make-up? Also, down to engineers. Cars, computers, shoes and even cutlery? It’s all down to engineers.