When I first started taking this class I literally thought that I would be learning a lot about the engineering in equipment in our history such as war vehicles, and other types of old operations pieces throughout history. Turns out I was completely wrong and there is much more to the word engineering that I thought that there was. Engineering does not strictly mean the engineering of things like vehicles or equipment like most people things. It means so much more, engineering means the building of something. One example that we have studied this year is Hagias Sophia, this is a famous structure that was engineered by humans and hold a very significant spot in our history. Also a good example of engineering is water. Humans have engineered water into so many different things and have made it extremely helpful and important to things in our everyday life that we would have never thought of before.
I agree with you, I to think most people view an engineer as a builder of a tangible object. It seems to me that they are more of creative problem solvers who look at a current issue and try to learn as much as they can about the past, present and future along with other disciplines to figure out a solution. I also think other disciplines could be considered engineers