Now that you have a general sense of what engineers do, you may be wondering about the var- ious branches or specialties in engineering. Good places to learn more about areas of special- ization in engineering are the Web sites of various engineering organizations. We will explain in Chapter 2 that as you spend a little time reading about these organizations, you will discover many share common interests and provide some overlapping services that could be used by engineers of various disciplines. Following is a list of a few Web sites that you may find useful when searching for information about various engineering disciplines.
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Nuclear Society
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Biomedical Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Industrial Engineers
The Global Association of Productivity & Efficiency Professionals
National Academy of Engineering
National Science Foundation
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Society of Manufacturing Engineering
Society of Women Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
(All-Engineering Honor Society)
NASA Centers
Ames Research Center
Dryden Flight Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Glenn Research Center
Inventors Hall of Fame
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
For an additional listing of engineering-related Web sites, please see this book’s companion Web site.
