Spacecraft

The launch and return of spacecraft, from the Apollo to the Shuttle, is a monumental engineering triumph. The space program…

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from Science Kids – Engineering Facts   The Hoover Dam, built along the Colorado River between 1931 and 1936 reaches…

Water slide

A civil engineer created the slippery part of the water slide. A civil engineer designed a pumping system to circulate…

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from Science Kids – Engineering Facts   The building of the Panama Canal, which links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,…

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Engineers solve practical problems by applying mathematical and scientific knowledge. The word engineer comes from a Latin word meaning ‘cleverness’.…