ENGINEERING AND OUR WORLDby Victor eke mba | 08-02-2018 03:11 |
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 Engineering is a very important discipline in the world of today. The importance of this area of specialization by many people is felt all over the world. In the current world we exist in, no country will succeed without the adoption of engineering practices. The importance of engineering in our world is numerous. This piece is just an introduction to the topic under discussion because splitting the topic in detail will occupy a large volume of text. What is engineering? Engineering is a profession in which scientific knowledge and mathematics, gained through study, experiment and practice are applied with intuition or judgment to develop ways to use economically, the materials or forces of nature for the benefit of mankind. So many authors have given their personal definitions on their understanding of the word ?engineering?. This word has turned the face of the earth to look more interesting and accommodating. In the years back, there was nothing like electricity, which has made work easy and improves the standard of living. As of then, our forefathers were timid and live in the society that was not transformed through electricity. Because of the efforts of engineering, electricity has advanced and man utilizes it to achieve his goals in life. The Major Importance of Engineering Engineering have some many aspects in our environment that it is related to, I can even said it relates with all aspects or sectors in our environment which some of the examples are, Agricultural; Banking; Automobile; Educational; Marketing; Health sectors etc. But we will look at three most important sectors. Agricultural Sector Agriculture simply put is the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals. This definition is as related to agricultural science. Due to the advancement in the agricultural practice, agriculture has developed a strong link with the field of engineering. It is because of the magnitude of this link that leads to the creation of agricultural engineering, which is among the branches of engineering . This engineering branch takes care of agricultural related affairs. In our today?s world, hardly will you see a commercial agricultural farmer that does not make used of machines to increase the rate of his or her agricultural output. This importance added by engineering has really promoted the practice of agriculture all over the world. There are specific kinds of fertilizers for specific kinds of crops. These fertilizers in most cases are products of chemical engineers. They look into the chemical constituents of the manure and used the result generated from the scientists to know which will have good effects on crops and go into their productions. In the dry season, there is no rainfall, yet agricultural products are being supplied to markets where they are being sold to the consumers. The question is: how are these products made available irrespective of the fact that is usually no rainfall in the dry section of the year? Drilling engineers are among the people that make those products available as through the work they do generate water from beneath the ground. It is the water that is used to keep the crops growing through the irrigation system. Educational Sector Education is very important in the life of every intelligent individual, and it has been spiced up with the contributions of engineering. It will be boring without the presence of engineering in it. The works of the engineers are seen in all levels of education; primary, secondary and in the tertiary level. People on many occasions have got involved in debates based on the positive contributions of engineering in the education department. Starting from the clothes that teachers and the lecturers wear to classes where they teach the students on the knowledge they need to acquire, the clothes would not have been made if engineering is ignored. That you as are a reader of this piece of write-up wear cloth on your body right now is a product of textile engineering field. In various institutions of learning, it has been made compulsory that every school will have computers integrated as part of their academic study or curriculum. These computers being talked about are made possible because of the efforts being put by the computer engineers. Some higher institutions have air-conditioners installed in their lecture halls to make the students feel comfortable learning in a good environment. This machine that maintains a certain level of temperature in lecture halls and offices in educational institutions are all products of engineering. Marketing What business does engineering have with marketing? Has engineering in any way contributed to the level of marketing activities in our society? The answer to the questions is yes. Engineering in totality has greatly impacted much in the marketing sector. Marketing is the action or the business of promoting and selling products or services. The promotions of services and products have been made possible as engineering continues to advance on the daily basis. The internet has helped many businessmen in the marketing of products and selling some useful services to their customers. People sit with their computers and advanced mobile phones and promote their businesses through this channel. Presently, there are many websites created where people go and render services to get paid in turn for the work well done. An example of such website is the one called Fiverr. This is a website that has been a source of daily bread to people from different parts of the world. There are dozens of services being offered by sellers in that website including web and graphics designs, promotion of books and other tangible goods, application designs, sound cloud works, writing businesses, and so many others. Because of the importance of engineering in the field of marketing, people can use their mobile phones, which are the products of engineering, to order for goods from other countries which get supplied to them within few days. Also, some business owners have hosted many websites on the web where they tell people all over the world of products and services they sell without the buyers visiting the location of the business company. |
