engineer

1. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems (synset 109638837)
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • aeronautical engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft
   • aerospace engineer - an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles
   • army engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
   • automotive engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles
   • civil engineer - an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)
   • electrical engineer - a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
   • marine engineer, naval engineer - a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
   • mechanical engineer - a person trained to design and construct machines
   • metallurgical engineer, metallurgist - an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
   • mining engineer - an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines
   • coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
   • rocket engineer, rocket scientist - an engineer who builds and tests rockets
   • surveyor - an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
   specific instances:

   • daimler, gottlieb daimler - German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)
   • diesel, rudolf christian karl diesel, rudolf diesel - German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
   • bryan donkin, donkin - English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
   • alexandre gustave eiffel, eiffel - French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)
   • buckminster fuller, fuller, r. buckminster fuller, richard buckminster fuller - United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
   • george washington goethals, goethals - United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928)
   • hugo junkers, junkers - German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)
   • charles franklin kettering, charles kettering, kettering - United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
   • da vinci, leonardo, leonardo da vinci - Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
   • john augustus roebling, john roebling, roebling - United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
   • claude e. shannon, claude elwood shannon, claude shannon, shannon - United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
   • karl wilhelm siemens, siemens, sir charles william siemens - engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
   • elmer ambrose sperry, sperry - United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)
   • richard trevithick, trevithick - English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)
   • thomas augustus watson, watson - United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
   • james watt, watt - Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
   same as: applied scientist, technologist
2. The operator of a railway locomotive (synset 110077522)
   is a type of: manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
   specific instances: casey jones, john luther jones, jones - United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
   same as: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer

1. Design as an engineer (synset 200713379)
   "He engineered the water supply project"
   is a type of: design, plan - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
2. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (synset 200711834)
   "he masterminded the robbery"
   is a type of: plan - make plans for something
   subtypes: choreograph - plan and oversee the development and details of
   same as: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize

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