Engineering
Merit Badge
Engineering Merit Badge Requirements
1. Visit a construction site, a public works project, or a manufacturing or processing plant. Discuss engineering design and construction with the engineer in charge. Ask to see engineering drawings and have them explained. Tell what you learned about engineering and the day-to-day work of an engineer from this visit.
2. Visit another engineer (other than your counselor or the person in requirement 1) in his office. Tell how the work done there relates to the work done in the field.
3. Explain the work of six of the following types of engineers: civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, industrial, agricultural, aeronautical, mining, astronautical, metallurgical, nuclear, biomedical, ceramic, petroleum.
4. With your counselor's advice, select a subject for research in engineering. Do research in publications and interview experts. Tell what you learned and how you got the facts. (Notes may be used.)
5. Tell why measurements and calculations are important in an engineer's work. Explain the difference between accurate and precise measurements and calculations. Explain the values of the metric system.
6. Using an engineering college or university catalog, learn what high school courses you could take to be admitted into an accredited engineering college. Report to counselor. Tell what "accredited college" means.
7. Do ONE of the following:
- Show how the "engineering approach" to problems works by laying out plans, step by step, for your next campout. List alternative ideas on such items as cost, campsites, and transportation. Tell why decided as you did.
- Make an original design for a piece of patrol equipment. Draw plans for it. Show the plans to your counselor.
8. Do TWO of the following:
- Transforming Motion. Show how a bicycle transforms motion, or tell how a car or truck transmission transforms motion.
- Harnessing Electricity. Make a model of an electrical device. A kit may be used. Or, make a list of all electrical appliances in your home and find out approximately how much electricity each uses in 1 month. Tell five ways to conserve electricity.
- Materials Science. Do experiments to show the differences in strength and heat conductivity among wood, plastic, and metal. Discuss with your counselor what you have learned.
- Energy Conversion. Tell how a car or flashlight battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Do an experiment to show the value and potential of solar energy. Explain your results. Tell about one way to convert mechanical to electrical energy.
- Traffic Study. With the advice of your counselor, select a busy street or highway intersection in your community. Make a study of the traffic flow there in both heavy and light traffic periods. Find out your community's predicted population 5 years from now. Using all the data, tell your counselor what could be done to improve traffic flow 5 years hence.
- Build an engineering project for entry into a science-engineering fair. Show it to your counselor.
9. Study "Faith of the Engineer." Tell how this is like the Scout Oath.
Engineering Fields
Acoustics and
Vibration
Aerospace Engineering
Agriculture
Engineering
Architectural
Engineering
Automotive
Engineering
Ceramics
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Control Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
Engineering and
Technology Management
Environmental
Engineering
Fluid Engineering
Fluid Power
(Hydraulics and Pneumatics)
Genetic Engineering
Geotechnical
Engineering
Industrial
Engineering
Manufacturing
Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering
Naval Architecture
& Ocean Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Optical Science and
Engineering
Petroleum and
Geosystems Engineering
Power Engineering
Software Engineering
Software Engineering
Telecommunications
Engineering
Wastewater
Engineering
Welding Engineering
General link to investigate an engineering field – http://www.eevl.ac.uk/wwwvl.html
Engineering Resources on the Web
General Entry Point into the Web
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=engineering
Electrical Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Circuits/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Communication/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/Electronic_Computer_Aided_Design__ECAD_/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/PC_Board_Design/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Telecommunications/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Signal_and_Image_Processing/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Testing/
Mechanical Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Fluid_Dynamics/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Nanostructures/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Manufacturing/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Robotics/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Thermal_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Design/
Civil Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Hydrology/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/Dams_and_Reservoirs/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/Structural/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/Transportation/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Transportation/Tunnels/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/Construction/
Optical Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Optical_Engineering/
Software Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Programming_Tools/Software_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Scientific/Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Computers/Software/Programming_Tools/Computer_Aided_Software_Engineering__CASE_/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/Literate_Programming/
http://www.cs.wvu.edu/~jdm/research/portability/home.html
Chemical Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Chemical_Engineering/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Chemical_Engineering/Institutes/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Chemical_Engineering/Web_Directories/
Automotive Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Automotive_Engineering/
Industrial Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Industrial_Engineering/
Petroleum Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Petroleum_Engineering/
Genetic Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Biotechnology/Genetic_Engineering/
Civil Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Engineering/Civil_Engineering/
Environmental Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Environmental_Engineering/
Nuclear Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Nuclear_Engineering/
Power Engineering
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Power_Engineering/
Engineering Schools
University of Wisconsin – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Wisconsin/Cities/Madison/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_Wisconsin___Madison/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
Milwaukee School of Engineering – http://www.msoe.edu/
Marquette University – http://www.eng.mu.edu/
University of Minnesota – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Minnesota/Cities/Duluth/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_Minnesota__Duluth/Department_and_Programs/College_of_Science_and_Engineering/
University of Illinois – http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Urbana/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana_Champaign/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
University of Michigan –
University of California, Berkley – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Cities/Berkeley/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_California__Berkeley/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Cities/Los_Angeles/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_California__Los_Angeles__UCLA_/Departments_and_Programs/School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Science/
Florida State –
North Carolina State – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/North_Carolina/Cities/Raleigh/Education/College_and_University/Public/North_Carolina_State_University/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
University of Texas, Austin – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Texas/Cities/Austin/Education/College_and_University/Public/University_of_Texas_at_Austin/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
Carnegie-Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA) – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Pennsylvania/Cities/Pittsburgh/Education/College_and_University/Private/Carnegie_Mellon_University/Departments_and_Programs/Engineering/
North Eastern University (Boston) – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Massachusetts/Cities/Boston/Education/College_and_University/Private/Northeastern_University/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Massachusetts/Cities/Cambridge/Education/College_and_University/Private/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology__MIT_/Departments_and_Programs/School_of_Engineering/
Boston University – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Massachusetts/Cities/Boston/Education/College_and_University/Private/Boston_University/Departments_and_Programs/College_of_Engineering/
George Washington University – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Washington__D_C_/Education/College_and_University/Private/George_Washington_University/Departments_and_Programs/School_of_Engineering___Applied_Science/
Washington University (St. Louis, MO) – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Missouri/Cities/Saint_Louis/Education/College_and_University/Private/Washington_University/Departments_and_Programs/School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Science/
Cornell University –
http://www.engr.cornell.edu/ugAcademics/
General Links to Engineering Field
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/
http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=College+of+Engineering&hc=325&hs=2360
Specific Links to Engineering Schools
by Field
Telecommunications Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Telecommunications/Education/College_and_University_Departments_and_Programs/
Industrial Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Industrial_Engineering/Education/College_and_University/Departments_and_Programs/
Optical Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Optical_Engineering/Institutes/College_and_University_Departments/
Fluid Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Fluid_Dynamics/Institutes/College_and_University_Departments/
Agriculture Engineering - http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Agricultural_Engineering/College_and_University_Departments_and_Programs/
Nuclear Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Nuclear_Engineering/Education/College_and_University/Departments_and_Programs/
Environmental Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Environmental_Engineering/Education/College_and_University/Departments_and_Programs/
Petroleum Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Petroleum_Engineering/Education/College_and_University/Departments_and_Programs/
Power Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Power_Engineering/Education/College_and_University_Departments_and_Programs/
Electrical Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Electrical_Engineering/Education/College_and_University_Departments_and_Programs/
Welding Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Welding_Engineering/College_and_University_Departments_and_Programs/
Mechanical Engineering – http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Fluid_Dynamics/Institutes/College_and_University_Departments/