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Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically.

L. M. K. Boelter
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The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.

N. W. Dougherty
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Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege. -Herbert Hoover
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Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society...

Dean Gordon Brown
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Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind.

S. E. Lindsay
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Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth. -T. J. Hoover and J. C. L. Fish
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Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity.

R. E. Hellmund
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Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

James A. Michener
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Engineering is the art of organizing and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race. -Henry G. Stott
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Engineering is the science of economy, of conserving the energy, kinetic and potential, provided and stored up by nature for the use of man. It is the business of engineering to utilize this energy to the best advantage, so that there may be the least possible waste.

William A. Smith
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Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man.

Ralph J. Smith
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That's where we have our engineering and product development resources. We'll be able to provide better service there. -Rick Clancy
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Is this just for the engineering agreement and not to move forward?

Margaret Moggio
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Engineering was always a part of this institution and now it's back again.

Sarah Denman
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There are a couple of issues yet. We had both the electrical and civil sanitary engineer here last Friday. -Scott Langel
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The idea that engineering is dead [in the U.S.] is hype.

Ahmad Bahai
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He is an unusually detail-oriented software engineer.

Steve Capps
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I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers, ... They use my tools. -Robert Moog
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He was so smart; in his engineering classes he just understood it and did well. He was made to be an engineer.

Joe Micucci
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I always knew he was interested in engineering, and in what I was doing, but he surprised me by calling me to say he had accepted a job here.

Walter Brisken
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It's not really an engineering or cost issue. It truly comes down to being a highway safety issue. -Kyle Johnson
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I have heard of local authorities without a single engineer.

Rudolf Gouws
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So in all cases our assumptions are based on our engineering judgment with input from the people that we consulted.

Alan Richardson
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An engineer should never have to choose between personal integrity and keeping their job. -Cynthia Cole
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We brought in an engineer to work with L&I. You have to be careful when you're dealing with an old building.

John Rago
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It's the inevitable path of all software engineering.

Grady Booch
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It's just engineering technical issues at this point. -Mark Knight
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He could have been an engineer and he would have been a great one, but he decided to be a catcher and he was a good one. Then he decided to be a bench coach and he was a good one. Now he is going to be a manager and he is going to be a good one.

Don Zimmer
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Everybody knows that engineering is male dominated.

Amanda Baker
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If engineering companies related to the students on Centennial Campus are here, it is a benefit for students. -Chris Healy
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