Area of Research

Engineering research and development is the systematic process of learning about and building new technologies to design a product. The aim of research and development (R&D) is to improve the current technologies offered by an organisation or to develop innovations that strengthen the organisation’s position in the marketplace.

As opposed to scientific research, engineering research is not concerned with discovering how the world works, but rather how things can be made to function for a given purpose.

Such research might involve much scientific study; however, as engineers work to create design solutions to real-world problems.