Architectural engineering is a professional engineering designation in the United States. The architectural engineer applies the knowledge and skills of broader engineering disciplines to the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and renovation of buildings and their component systems while paying careful attention to their effects on the surrounding environment.
With the establishment of a specific "Architectural Engineering" NCEES Professional Engineering registration examination in the 1990s, and first offering in April 2003, Architectural Engineering is now recognized as a distinct engineering discipline in the United States.
Note that in the United States "architectural engineering technology" is different from architectural engineering; in the United States architectural engineering technologists tend to be drafters or assistants for the design and construction process, while in Europe, Canada, South Africa and other countries Architectural Technologists have a role similar to Architects and Architectural Engineers.
Architecture (if licensed as an Architect)
Structural engineering
Construction engineering
Construction management
Project management
Green building
Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
Plumbing and piping (hydronics)
Energy management
Fire protection engineering
Building power systems
Lighting
Building transportation systems
Acoustics, noise & vibration control
A common combined specialization is Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, better known by its abbreviation MEP. An MEP design engineer has experience in HVAC, lighting/electrical, and plumbing systems' analysis and design.
Building construction
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Efficient energy use, Energy conservation, or Energy demand management
Renewable energy
Solar energy
Green buildings
Intelligent buildings
Autonomous buildings
Indoor air quality
Thermal comfort
Programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, and that are members of AEI, are denoted below.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California (ABET, AEI)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABET, AEI)
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois (ABET, AEI)
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (ABET, AEI)
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ABET, AEI)
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina (ABET, AEI)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (ABET, AEI)
Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania (ABET, AEI)
Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee (ABET, AEI)
Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas (ABET, AEI)
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado (ABET, AEI)
University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (ABET, AEI)
University of Miami, Miami, Florida (ABET, AEI)
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri (ABET, AEI)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (ABET, AEI)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma (ABET)
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (ABET, AEI)
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (ABET, AEI)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
