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  2. List of modern Arab scientists and engineers - Wikipedia

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    Essam E. Khalil, Egyptian engineer and professor at Cairo University.; Essam Heggy, Egyptian NASA scientist. [14]Edward Said, Palestinian-Lebanese-American, a former professor of literature at Columbia University, a literary critic, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.

  3. Biological engineering - Wikipedia

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    Biological engineering is a science-based discipline founded upon the biological sciences in the same way that chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering [7] can be based upon chemistry, electricity and magnetism, and classical mechanics, respectively.

  4. History of engineering - Wikipedia

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    The ziggurats of Mesopotamia, the pyramids and Pharos of Alexandria in ancient Egypt, cities of the Indus Valley civilization, the Acropolis and Parthenon in ancient Greece, the aqueducts, Via Appia and Colosseum in the Roman Empire, Teotihuacán, the cities and pyramids of the Mayan, Inca and Aztec Empires, and the Great Wall of China, among many others, stand as a testament to the ingenuity ...

  5. Timeline of biotechnology - Wikipedia

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    1919 – Károly Ereky, a Hungarian agricultural engineer, first uses the word biotechnology. [4] In 1919, a pivotal milestone was reached with the production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger, marking the inception of the first aerobic fermentation process. This breakthrough spurred the development of technologies to ensure the supply of ...

  6. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

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    The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.

  7. Environmental engineering - Wikipedia

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    Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline related to environmental science.It encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and also improve the health of living organisms and improve the quality of the environment.

  8. Biochemical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Bioreactor. Biochemical engineering, also known as bioprocess engineering, is a field of study with roots stemming from chemical engineering and biological engineering.It mainly deals with the design, construction, and advancement of unit processes that involve biological organisms (such as fermentation) or organic molecules (often enzymes) and has various applications in areas of interest ...

  9. List of scientists in medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    "The Arab Contribution to the Music of the Western World" (PDF). Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilization; Deuraseh, Nurdeen; Abu Talib, Mansor (2005). "Mental health in Islamic medical tradition". The International Medical Journal. 4 (2): 76– 79.