Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.
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Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.
Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it.
Engineering stimulates the mind.
Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution.
You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.