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Engineering Sections

The National Academy of Engineering is organized in twelve sections representing broad engineering categories; the names and scopes of these sections are below. Members are required to select a primary section affiliation, and may also choose a secondary affiliation.

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    Section 01 - Aerospace
    Engineering, development, and system integration of aeronautical, astronautical, and space systems.
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    Section 02 - Bioengineering
    Engineering applied to biological or medical systems.
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    Section 03 - Chemical
    Engineering applied to chemical and/or biomolecular processes, or systems.
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    Section 04 - Civil & Environmental
    Engineering related to infrastructure systems, natural and built environments, and facilities that require environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, construction, water resources, coastal, or ocean engineering.
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    Section 05 - Computer Science & Engineering
    Science and engineering of computers, computation, communication, and information, including its impact on other disciplines, society, and individuals.
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    Section 06 - Electric Power/Energy Systems
    Engineering and applied sciences associated with the development and use of resources for the generation, storage, delivery, application and conversion of electric energy and power.
  • image for Section 07 - Electronics, Communication & Information Systems
    Section 07 - Electronics, Communication & Information Systems
    Engineering applied to devices (electronic, photonic, magnetic and quantum); electronic materials and processing; applied physics; circuit theory; control systems; communication systems; signal processing systems; radiation, propagation and antennas.
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    Section 08 - Manufacturing, Services, and Human Systems
    Develop and build processes and systems that produce goods and/or provide services for society.
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    Section 09 - Materials
    The production, processing, structure and property relationships, and life-cycle performance of materials of engineering significance.
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    Section 10 - Mechanical
    Design, control, testing, optimization and manufacturing of mechanical, mechatronic, robotic and thermal/fluid devices and systems.
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    Section 11 - Natural Resources Engineering
    Engineering for the utilization and management of Earth and space resources.
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    Section 12 - Special Fields & Interdisciplinary
    Emergent and integrative disciplines offering solutions to inherently complex engineering problems not solved by single disciplines; including agricultural, military and ocean engineering, acoustics, atmospheric and hydrologic sciences, innovation in education and systems engineering and management.