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  2. Engineer boot - Wikipedia

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    Engineer boots, also known as engineer's boots or engineering boots, are an American type of traditional leather work- boots. Their lace-less, rugged construction made them popular among motorcycle riders. Originally developed in the 1930s for firemen working on steam locomotives, the boots gained substantial popularity in the post– World War ...

  3. Conductivity (electrolytic) - Wikipedia

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    Conductivity (electrolytic) Conductivity or specific conductance of an electrolyte solution is a measure of its ability to conduct electricity. The SI unit of conductivity is siemens per meter (S/m). Conductivity measurements are used routinely in many industrial and environmental applications as a fast, inexpensive and reliable way of ...

  4. Systems engineering - Wikipedia

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    Product Systems Engineering (PSE) is the traditional systems engineering focused on the design of physical systems consisting of hardware and software. Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE) pertains to the view of enterprises, that is, organizations or combinations of organizations, as systems. Service Systems Engineering (SSE) has to do with ...

  5. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center - Wikipedia

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    Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. Part of United States Navy. Coordinates. 34°10′00″N 119°12′30″W. /  34.16667°N 119.20833°W  / 34.16667; -119.20833. NFESC, the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (Formerly NCEL, Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory) in Port Hueneme, California, provides engineering services ...

  6. Electrodialysis - Wikipedia

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    Electrodialysis ( ED) is used to transport salt ions from one solution through ion-exchange membranes to another solution under the influence of an applied electric potential difference. This is done in a configuration called an electrodialysis cell. The cell consists of a feed (dilute) compartment and a concentrate ( brine) compartment formed ...

  7. Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. [1] It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering branches .

  8. Adam Savage - Wikipedia

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    Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) [1] is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer, best known as the former co-host, with Jamie Hyneman, of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters and Unchained Reaction. [2]

  9. Electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Electronic engineering. Printed circuit board. Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow. Previously electrical engineering only used passive ...