Engineering and Knowledge!

It is my honour to write the blog for Zumbeel, the brainchild of Mohsin and the result of his untiring efforts. For the last 8 years, Mohsin has been creating new features, handling memberships and moderating emails spending hours of his valuable time. Now, Zumbeel has a new enchanting face, serving students, telecom managers, engineers and technicians in a brilliant manner. Zumbeel is a platform for all those who wish to achieve excellence in telecom career. Its power lies in its members and it can serve to the best by the help, support and sharing spirit among its members

For this months’ blog, let’s have a look at the word engineering and an engineer.

According to Wikipedia “Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices and systems.

According to dictionary.com, “Engineering is the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants”.

One who practices engineering is called an engineer. He may have licenses such as Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer.

Having read the definitions of engineering, the importance of scientific knowledge becomes clear for the practice of engineering. In fact, it is the first step of acquiring scientific knowledge that is required to develop and to practice the skill of engineering.

You cannot apply the engineering skills without knowing its first hand. Therefore, it is must for every aspiring engineering student and engineer to study and get knowledge about engineering sciences.

Of course, knowledge acquisition is not only necessary in engineering. We need it in life, religion, social interaction, medical knowledge etc. You name a situation and we can handle that situation better if we know more. Our prophet (PBUH) had said: “Learn even if you have to go to China”. 1500 years back, China was considered a very far away destination and popular for knowledge and wisdom. People could only think that they might go to China for learning but it was seldom a possibility. Now, we have many more resources. Books are available around the world. We can get knowledge and educate ourselves at universities in countries never possible before. Internet has made it possible to learn quickly, cheaply and without leaving your home or office.

So, my brothers and sisters, learn while you live your life. It is not only engineering that requires learning but in fact in everything we do in our day to day living need knowledge.

References:

1. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/engineering

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

Posted on Zumbeel: 2 September 2008