Ever wondered where the word engineering comes from? Well, it evolved from Old French as a compound of the words \u201cingenious\u201d and \u201cdevise.\u201d So, engineers are IQ-rich builders, creators and inventors. How apt!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true! Without highly skilled individuals rationalising the adventures in another galaxy far, far away, there would be no lightsaber battles, no droids battling giant monsters and certainly no Millennium Falcon dogfights. You\u2019d probably just be watching pajama-clad actors looking bored in a desert. See, even the Dark Side needs engineers! In fact, it\u2019s safe to say that without the skills of mechanical, chemical, lighting or software engineers<\/a>, no moderately budgeted action or sci-fi film would get made at all. You need all those people to make props, light props, blow the props up safely and then render them digitally just for added measure. So it\u2019s thanks to engineering\u2019s multi-faceted and flexible skills reach that we even have Hollywood blockbusters.<\/p>\n Mega-tall atmosphere-busters, such as the Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates, aren\u2019t knocked up overnight by your local builders and a team of fearless scaffolders. It\u2019s construction that\u2019s taken years of painstakingly precise planning<\/a> by ruthlessly efficient engineers. And guess what? Ambition doesn\u2019t stop at 828 metres. Blueprints for a moon-tickling kilometre high rival<\/a> have been drawn up and prepped already. Thanks to an inherently curious nature, engineers are learning and discovering faster than record books can be written.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Isambard Kingdom Brunel never got to see the Clifton Suspension Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n One of history\u2019s most prolific and accomplished engineers (and the UK\u2019s second favourite Briton<\/a>), Isambard Kingdom Brunel achieved a serious amount<\/a> during his relatively short lifetime, but arguably one of his most impressive achievements is the majestic wonder of Bristol\u2019s engineering masterpiece, the Clifton Suspension Bridge. A technical marvel and landmark in both historical and literal sense<\/a>, Brunel\u2019s chasm-straddling stunner was something his eyes never got to see during his lifetime. Sadly, he died five years prior to its completion.<\/p>\n Whilst we\u2019re on structures that stretch across bodies of water, have you seen what engineering is capable of when it puts its sums to it? With bridges that resemble roller coasters and viaducts that look like they\u2019ve just tumbled out of implausible science fiction<\/a>, engineering often defies not only water, but belief too.<\/p>\n Or, to put it less crudely, engineering is a sector of economic prosperity. It\u2019s a skill highly sought after in the job market, demands lucrative salaries and contributes a whopping 27% of the UK\u2019s total GDP<\/a>. An engineering career is no park stroll, but it can be a wallet-stretcher if you\u2019re prepared to put in the graft.<\/p>\n![\"6](\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/Picture1-615x345.png\")
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