What is the historical development of engineering and what drove engineering?

Industrial engineering has developed in the past 250 years. Five different phases of industrial engineering have almost passed. These phases are: Phase 1: Pre-Industrial Revolution Era (up to early 1800s) Phase 2: Industrial Revolution (early 1800s to late 1800s) Phase 3: Scientific Management Phase (1890 to 1940) Phase 4: Operations Research and Quantitative Phase (late 1940s to early 1980s) Phase 5: Automation and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Phase (since early 1980s) The future trend is towards more automation, computer controlled manufacturing, information handling through computers, and integration of manufacturing systems.

I like to say that Engineering is an Applied Science. Engineers use knowledge gained from pure science to provide products and services.

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