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Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. Engineers use imagination, judgment and reasoning to apply science, technology, mathematics, and practical experience. The result is the design, production, and operation of useful objects or processes.

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The crucial and unique task of the engineer is to identify, understand, and integrate the constraints on a design in order to produce a successful result. It is usually not enough to build a technically successful product; it must also meet further requirements. Constraints may include available resources, physical or technical limitations, flexibility for future modifications and additions, and other factors, such as requirements for cost, marketability, producibility, and serviceability. By understanding the constraints, engineers derive specifications for the limits within which a viable object or system may be produced and operated.

Problem solving

Engineers use their knowledge of science, mathematics, and appropriate experience to find suitable solutions to a problem. Creating an appropriate mathematical model of a problem allows them to analyze it (sometimes definitively), and to test potential solutions. Usually multiple reasonable solutions exist, so engineers must evaluate the different design choices on their merits and choose the solution that best meets their requirements. Genrich Altshuller, after gathering statistics on a large number of patents, suggested that compromises are at the heart of "low-level" engineering designs, while at a higher level the best design is one which eliminates the core contradiction causing the problem.

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@jackconte Are you looking for an iTunes LP to be designed. I'm nifty with Apple software engineering :)
Kraig_Walker (Kraig Walker) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:40:31 -0000
@jackconte Are you looking for an iTunes LP to be designed. I'm nifty with Apple software engineering :)
@espinet Look out for Milad Dakka then! He'll be there tomorrow. Carleton U student. Engineering. Not software though. but he's normal!!!
Japman_Bajaj (Japman Bajaj) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:17 -0000
@espinet Look out for Milad Dakka then! He'll be there tomorrow. Carleton U student. Engineering. Not software though. but he's normal!!!
@michaelg - lol, I am shocked at the speedup for "software engineering" tasks that an SSD brings. Only con is size (mine is 80GB).
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@michaelg - lol, I am shocked at the speedup for "software engineering" tasks that an SSD brings. Only con is size (mine is 80GB).
@Scotttay The problem rises long before it comes to games. Look at the statistics for girls taking maths or software engineering courses.
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@Scotttay The problem rises long before it comes to games. Look at the statistics for girls taking maths or software engineering courses.
CFP Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications, Cape Town, May 2010 http://scienceevent.free.fr/?p=417
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CFP Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications, Cape Town, May 2010 http://scienceevent.free.fr/?p=417
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