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September 22 , 2006 Vol. 77, no.
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What’s the difference between an engineer and a scientist ? | |
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Eliseo Estrada, CEE senior Scientists are people like chemists and physicists who deal more with microscopic things, whereas engineers deal with the macroscopic. |
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Lauren Huey, CEE senior Scientists problem solve, but engineers problem solve solutions that apply to the real world or society. |
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Tony Yang, Eng. Undeclared freshman Scientists are mostly involved in one area of research, but engineers combine things together. They’re innovators.
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Ehsan Adabi, EECS Ph.D. student Science goes to the core of something, whereas engineering is more of an art that uses mathematical models to solve a particular problem or application.
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