Usually people think that engineers are engaged in technology and scientists are engaged in scientific research.
People who have a certain understanding of the scientific field will say that engineers are people who apply scientific research results and scientists are people who discover scientific laws.
In fact, the boundary between engineers and scientists can be completely broken. Some excellent scientists are also excellent engineers, and some excellent engineers often do the work of scientists. So we can understand these two identities in a narrow sense and a broad sense.
Thinking direction Scientists' research projects are not specific to production results and can be considered divergent. They will build various theoretical models, do a lot of calculations and experiments, verify the theoretical results and try various methods to find the best explanation. Scientists don't know the final result in advance, so they have to broaden their thinking. For example, study the algorithm of the best flight route and the preparation method of alternative energy.
A scientific research achievement has come and needs engineers to put it into practice, so engineers generally know the final result-for example, engineers know how good the equipment can be, how much the budget is, feasibility, product safety, the longest acceptable production cycle and so on. In a word, engineers have to consider the actual situation.
Take a different stand
Scientists study the existing world and engineers create the future world. This is a famous saying by von Carmen.
What scientists need is free thinking, which will help them explore the laws of the world, lay the foundation for creating future productive forces, and be beneficial to the development of mankind. Engineers are more market-based than scientists. They should learn to pay attention to the market, find the demand, and learn how to meet a market demand with the least money and the fastest speed.
Pay tribute to the scientists and engineers who have contributed to human progress!