Origins of Engineering and Beginning of Engineering Education

We can define engineering as the discipline and profession of applying scientific knowledge."Engineer" comes from "ingeniousness" which means cleverness, resourcefulness, inventiveness.The first engineers ,employed by the government, who concerned themselves with subjects such as road,bridges and fortifications.These engineers were called "military engineers".Secondly "civil engineers" whose works on buildings were appeared.The concept of engineering has existed since ancient times as humans devised fundamental inventions such as the pulley, lever, and wheel. Each of these inventions is consistent with the modern definition of engineering, exploiting basic mechanical principles to develop useful tools and objects.
The first schools of engineering were founded in France in the middle of the 18th century.By the turn of the century,France had established military and polytechnic schools to teach engineering that produced such notables as Laplace, Lagrange, and Fourier.The first engineer known by name and achievement is Imhotep, builder of the Step Pyramid at Saqqarah,Egypt, probably in about 2550 BC.

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