Engineers whose defining technological contribution is the integration and management of a large, multi-part technical system as a whole, rather than any single component of it: systems architecture, interface management across subsystems built by different teams, and the methods that keep a complex system reliable across its full lifecycle. Belongs here: engineers credited specifically with a systems-integration method or the architecture of a system spanning multiple engineering disciplines. Does not belong here: a single subsystem or component considered on its own, which belongs to the specific field that built it, such as Aerospace or Computer Engineering, even when that subsystem is part of a larger integrated system.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Systems engineering
WikipediaHistory, 1940s Bell Labs originQuote, History, 1940s Bell Labs origin
The term systems engineering can be traced back to Bell Telephone Laboratories in the 1940s.
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