n populated urban areas. ( Kirby 68) They did this with a system called aqueducts. Now they are called “The Aqueducts of Italy”. (Kirby 69) In England the Elizabethan period was a time of great advances in science and art. (Kirby72) As time passed engineering branched off into many new categories as science became a new field. Society began to ask questions concerning its existence instead of making assumptions. (Kirby 74) The most rapid development in our civilization has come in our own century. With the rapid advances in the materials we use, the field of engineering has become wide spread.Our greatest achievement is the invention of the computer. These machines have enhanced our lives in ways never before conceived. These are becoming the future of engineering and the destruction as we look ahead. (Kirby 78)The future of engineering is computers. (Basta 120) These machines have changed the way the whole industry works. From the way, a blue print may be read, to the way it was produced, computers have made it possible to test the structural integrity of building design so that modifications can be made if it fails to hold up in a simulated earthquake (Basta 125). Computers have made the drawing of plans much simpler than drawings by hand. Instead of having four draftsmen, you can employ one person at a computer doing the same amount of work, only faster. As a result, many engineering jobs are being replaced by computers and putting many engineers out of work (Kirby 78). Many companies wanting to keep their employees are willing to train them to work with computers, but some companies want to lay off hundreds of employees at a time.: I would have to say the career of engineering has been changed the most by the computer. I remember the first time they started using one. It was incredible! One person could sit at a computer and do the same amount of work that four others were doing by hand. The education required to bec...
