ENGINEER AND ENGINEERS DAY

September 14, 2017

ENGINEER AND ENGINEERS DAY

ENGINEER:

Engineers are people who design, construct and test structures, materials and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety, and cost.^[1]^[2] The word engineer (Latin ingeniator^[3]) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness").^[4]^[5] The foundation education of an engineer is typically a 4-year bachelor's degree or in some countries, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus 4–6 years peer-reviewed professional practice culminating in a project report or thesis.

DEFINITION:

A professional engineer is competent by virtue of his/her fundamental education and training to apply the scientific method and outlook to the analysis and solution of engineering problems. He/she is able to assume personal responsibility for the development and application of engineering science and knowledge, notably in research, design, construction, manufacturing, superintending, managing and in the education of the engineer.

Roles and expertise

Design:

Engineers develop new technological solutions. During the engineering design process, the responsibilities of the engineer may include defining problems, conducting and narrowing research, analyzing criteria, finding and analyzing solutions, and making decisions. Much of an engineer's time is spent on researching, locating, applying, and transferring information.

Analysis:

Engineers apply techniques of engineering analysis in testing, production, or maintenance. Analytical engineers may supervise production in factories and elsewhere, determine the causes of a process failure, and test output to maintain quality. They also estimate the time and cost required to complete projects.

Specialization and management:

Most engineers specialize in one or more engineering disciplines.Numerous specialties are recognized by professional societies, and each of the major branches of engineering has numerous subdivisions. Civil engineering, for example, includes structural and transportation engineering and materials engineering include ceramic, metallurgical, and polymer engineering. Mechanical engineering cuts across just about every discipline since its core essence is applied physics. Engineers also may specialize in one industry, such as motor vehicles, or in one type of technology, such as turbines or semiconductor materials.

ENGINEERS DAY

ABOUT ENGINEERS DAY:

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, KCIE (popularly known as Sir MV; 15 September 1861 – 12 April 1962)^[was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. He is a recipient of the Indian Republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good. 15 September is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India in his memory. He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mandya district as well as the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.

Career timeline of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya:

Joined service as Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1885; served in Nasik, Khandesh and Poona;

services lent to Municipality of Sukkur in Sind, 1894: designed and carried out the water works of that Municipality, 1895;

Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896;

Assistant Superintending Engineer, Poona, 1897–99; visited China and Japan, 1898;

Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Poona, 1899;

Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and Member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901;

Designed and constructed automatic gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as the "Block System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at the Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905;

Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada. United States of America and Russia, 1908;

Services lent as Special Consulting Engineer, Hyderabad, to supervise and carry out engineering works in connection with the Musi floods, 1909;

Retired from British service, 1909;

Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Mysore, 1909;

Dewan of Mysore, P. W. and Railway Department, 1913;

Board of director of Tata Steel, 1927–1955.