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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

For subheadings that overlap those in the SCIENCE section, use subjects in this section for works dealing with practical applications and use subjects in the SCIENCE section for works of a theoretical or historical nature.

Use subjects beginning with "TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture" for works aimed at farmers or agronomists (or for general works on the specified topics). For works on practical operations in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants, use subjects in the GARDENING For works on the commercial cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and ornamental plants, use "SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture".

Use subjects beginning with "TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction" for works concerning the technical or trade aspects of construction. For historical works and/or works aimed at architects or design professionals, use subjects in the ARCHITECTURE For similar works aimed at nonprofessionals, use subjects in the HOUSE & HOME section.

TEC000000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General

TEC001000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Acoustics & Sound

TEC002000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics

TEC003000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

TEC003080

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General

TEC003030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science

TEC003060

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science

TEC003020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry

TEC003100

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Beekeeping

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Business Aspects see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness

TEC003110

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Enology & Viticulture

TEC003040

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry

TEC003050

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Irrigation

TEC003090

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Organic

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Pest Control see Pest Control

TEC003070

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture

TEC003010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture

TEC003120

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Urban Farming

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aquaculture see Fisheries & Aquaculture

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Astronautics see Aeronautics & Astronautics

TEC004000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation

TEC009090

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive

TEC059000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical

TEC048000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography

TEC009010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical

TEC009020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General

TEC009100

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Bridges

TEC009110

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs

TEC009120

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake

TEC009130

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Flood Control

TEC009140

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Highway & Traffic

TEC009150

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock

TEC009160

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation

TEC005000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General

TEC005010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Carpentry

TEC005020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Contracting

TEC005030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Electrical

TEC005040

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Estimating

TEC005050

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

TEC005060

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Masonry

TEC005070

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Plumbing

TEC005080

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Roofing

TEC071000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Data Transmission Systems / General

TEC071010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Data Transmission Systems / Broadband

TEC006000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing

TEC007000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical

TEC008000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General

TEC008010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / General

TEC008020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / Integrated

TEC008030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / Logic

TEC008050

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / VLSI & ULSI

TEC008060

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Digital

TEC008070

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Microelectronics

TEC008080

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Optoelectronics

TEC008090

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Semiconductors

TEC008100

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Solid State

TEC008110

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Transistors

TEC065000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Energy Resources see headings under Power Resources

TEC009000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)

TEC010000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General

TEC010010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control

TEC010020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management

TEC010030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply

TEC074000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Explosives & Pyrotechnics

TEC011000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fiber Optics

TEC045000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fire Science

TEC049000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture

TEC012000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General

TEC012010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Chemistry & Biotechnology

TEC012020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Packaging & Processing

TEC012030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Safety & Security

TEC012040

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Types

TEC013000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fracture Mechanics

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Geographic Information Systems see Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems

TEC056000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History

TEC050000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Holography

TEC014000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydrology see SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology

TEC015000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Imaging Systems

TEC016000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General

TEC016010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / Packaging

TEC016020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / Product

TEC009060

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering

TEC017000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety

TEC018000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology

TEC057000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions

TEC019000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics

TEC046000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Machinery

TEC020000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing

TEC060000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval

TEC021000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General

TEC021010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Ceramics

TEC021020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Electronic Materials

TEC021030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Metals & Alloys

TEC021040

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Thin Films, Surfaces & Interfaces

TEC022000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Measurement

TEC009070

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical Drawing see Drafting & Mechanical Drawing

TEC023000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Metallurgy

TEC024000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Microwaves

TEC025000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science

TEC026000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining

TEC061000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications

TEC027000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS

TEC029000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations Research

TEC030000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics

TEC058000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pest Control

TEC047000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum

TEC072000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pharmaceutical

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Polymers see Textiles & Polymers

TEC031000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General

TEC031010

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable

TEC031020

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Electrical

TEC031030

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels

TEC028000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear

TEC062000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Project Management

TEC032000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control

TEC033000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radar

TEC034000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radio

TEC035000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference

TEC036000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems

TEC066000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research

TEC037000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics

TEC064000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Sensors

TEC067000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Signals & Signal Processing

TEC052000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Sound see Acoustics & Sound

 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Spectroscopy see SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis

TEC063000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural

TEC039000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Superconductors & Superconductivity

TEC054000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Surveying

TEC073000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Systems Engineering

TEC040000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades

TEC044000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical Writing

TEC041000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications

TEC043000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video

TEC055000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers

TEC070000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / 3D Printing

TEC068000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Tribology

TEC069000

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Welding

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