Engineering and Technology
Subject Heading
Scope Note
Selector
E-Journal Only
Aerospace Engineering
Aerodynamics, combustion, aerospace controls and design. For fluids, see mechanical engineering
David Schmitt
         
  Bioinformatics   Sue McGuinness  
Biomedical Engineering
Tools of traditional engineering applied to biomedical problems. Includes: bioinformatics, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering.
Mary Linn Bergstrom/Dominique Turnbow
Biotechnology
Biological science when applied especially in genetic engineering, and also in industrial processes such as industrial microbiology. Related terms include molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemical engineering.
Jennifer Reiswig
Chemical Engineering
Applied chemistry, process engineering
Teri Vogel
Computer Science
Theory and design of algorithms, software, computer systems, computational science
SuHui Ho
Electrical Engineering
Computer engineering and hardware, communication systems, circuit and signal design
Deborah Kegel
         
  Engineering and Technology (General) Used for engineering and technology journals that are broadly based and do not have any other appropriate tertiary headings   E-journal only
Environmental Studies
Environmental engineering, pollution, remediation
Rebecca Hyde (SSH), Deborah Kegel (S&E), Jennifer Reiswig (BML)
Fluid Mechanics
E-journal only
  Industrial Engineering and Technology     E-journal only
         
Materials Science
Materials properties, synthesis, testing, modeling and computation
Deborah Kegel/Teri Vogel
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics, fluids, control theory, mechanical design. For combustion, see aerospace engineering
David Schmitt
Nanotechnology
[New subject; to be established in July 2008]
Teri Vogel
Ocean Engineering
All aspects of the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of structures, equipment, tools, and devices for doing work on and in the ocean. Includes coastal engineering, marine engineering, naval architecture, ocean and offshore technology.
Peter Brueggeman
Structural Engineering
Civil structures, earthquake engineering, composite structures
David Schmitt

rev. 4/23/08
Elliot Kanter