• Question: what part of engineering is to do with science

    Asked by 445amph22 to Andres, Andy, Emma, Shahil, Sheryl, Zoe on 10 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Andy Woods

      Andy Woods answered on 10 Mar 2017:

      Engineering is the application of scientific principles to solve practical problems. You might use physics equations to calculate how fast a train can accelerate and break and use that to make sure you keep the trains far enough apart to stop them crashing into each other.

    • Photo: Andres Rivero

      Andres Rivero answered on 11 Mar 2017:

      Hi!

      Yes, like Andy says, it the principles come from science. Then, engineering takes part of using those principles (like Newton laws, for example) to turn it into products.

      Andres

    • Photo: Sheryl Williams

      Sheryl Williams answered on 12 Mar 2017:

      Hi 445amph22,

      Exactly what Andy and Andres have said already. You can think about it like this Science is the theory and Engineering is putting the theory into practice to solve the problems of society.

      Sheryl

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