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Hello again!
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The last time I was here on Crash Course we spent a year working our way through the wonders of physics.
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I'm excited to be back again to talk about something even dearer to my heart: engineering.
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Why am I excited? Because I'm an engineer!
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But what exactly is engineering?
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A lot of things, actually.
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For now, we'll just say that the history of engineering encompasses
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the creation of everything from the physical objects around you to the processes allowing you to watch this video right now.
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That's like, really broad, I know.
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Don't worry – we'll talk about what that means in a little more detail in our first episode.
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There are actually multiple fields of engineering and we're going to spend some time with each of them.
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We'll explain the difference between and the history of civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering.
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And those four disciplines still don't account for all of engineering.
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But over the next year we're going to try to get to the heart of what all of that means.
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We'll look at how engineers see problems in the world and then try to solve them.
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That problem-solving mindset has helped engineers create everything from spaceships to coffee cups, wireless earbuds to dog whistles, artificial hearts to roads and bridges.
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Before we do that, though, allow me to reintroduce myself.
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I'm Dr. Shini Somara, and I started my science career studying maths and physics at college.
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I then went on to study Mechanical engineering.
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And out of everything I learned during my first degree, what fascinated me the most was fluid dynamics, and understanding how gases and liquids flow.
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So I researched this topic at depth for 4.5 years, earning myself a Doctorate of Engineering in the process.
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Since then I've worked as a science communicator for the BBC, Al Jazeera and even right here on Crash Course.
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I'm excited to be back to talk about something that has meant the world to me.
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Over the next 46 episodes, we're gonna get a feel for how engineering and engineers have shaped our world.
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I hope you'll join me – and our friends at PBS Digital Studios – on this journey with Crash Course: Engineering.