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Engine placement and mounting configurations

Engine placement and mounting configurations are the classes of location and attachment by which aircraft engines are installed, affecting safety, drag, flutter, structural weight, and growth potential.

Engine placement on water-capable aircraft

Engine placement on water-capable aircraft puts engines and propellers high, in wings, gull-wing breaks, or pylons, to clear hull spray, at the cost of unusual handling and pusher efficiency.

Engine-generator

An engine-generator, or genset, is a generating set in which an internal combustion engine drives an AC generator to convert fuel into electrical power, from small residential units to large standby diesels.

EngineAI (众擎)

EngineAI (众擎), fully Shenzhen EngineAI Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese humanoid robotics company founded in 2023, known for the SE01 and T800 humanoids.

Engineer

An engineer is a professional who applies mathematics, science, and design to create objects, processes, and systems that meet human needs under constraints of cost, safety, and law.

Engineered Arts

Engineered Arts is an English robotics company founded in Falmouth in 2004 by Will Jackson, which builds expressive humanoid robots including RoboThespian and Ameca, released in 2021.

Engineered barrier system

An engineered barrier system is the set of engineered materials in a geological repository, including canisters, buffer, and backfill, that isolates radioactive waste from the biosphere.

Engineered cementitious composite

Engineered cementitious composite (ECC), also called strain-hardening cementitious composite or bendable concrete, is a fiber-reinforced cement material that stretches over 300 times more than ordinary concrete.

Engineered living materials

Engineered living materials (ELMs) are biohybrid materials combining living cells, often engineered bacteria, with nonliving matrices so the material can sense, adapt, and sometimes repair itself.

Engineered materials arrestor system

An engineered materials arrestor system (EMAS) is a bed of crushable cellular concrete blocks beyond a runway end that decelerates and safely stops an overrunning aircraft.

Engineered wood

Engineered wood, also known as composite wood or manufactured boards, is a structural building material made by bonding veneers, strands, or particles with adhesives into products like plywood, I-joists, and glulam.

Engineering

Engineering applies mathematics, basic science, and engineering science to devise systems, components, and processes that meet desired needs within real-world constraints such as cost, safety, regulations, and schedule.

Engineering Council

The Engineering Council is the regulatory body for the engineering profession in the United Kingdom, incorporated by Royal Charter in 1981 and holding the national register of engineers and technicians.

Engineering Council of South Africa

The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is the statutory body that regulates the engineering profession in South Africa under the Engineering Profession Act, 2000, registering practitioners and accrediting programs.

Engineering design process

The engineering design process is the iterative process engineers use to define a problem, generate and test solutions, and redesign until one meets the criteria and constraints.

Engineering drawing

An engineering drawing, also called engineering graphics, is a controlled, numbered, revised document specifying a part or assembly for manufacture and inspection, prepared manually or with CAD.

Engineering management

Engineering management is a field combining engineering's technical knowledge with management's organizational skills to lead technical teams and projects, first taught as a graduate degree at Drexel University in 1959.

Engineering News-Record

Engineering News-Record, or ENR, is an American weekly trade magazine covering the construction industry, best known for its annual rankings of the largest contractors and design firms.

Engineering Recommendation G99

Engineering Recommendation G99, also known as EREC G99, is an Energy Networks Association standard governing connections of solar, wind, and battery generation to Great Britain's distribution networks.

Engineering Structures (journal)

Engineering Structures is a peer-reviewed journal covering structural engineering research, from buildings and bridges to earthquake and wind engineering, published by Elsevier since 1978 and appearing 24 times a year.

Engineering technician

An engineering technician, sometimes abbreviated EngTech, is a worker who supports engineers in testing, drafting, inspection, installation, and maintenance, typically entering the field with an associate degree.

Engineering tolerance

An engineering tolerance, also called a manufacturing tolerance, is the permissible variation in a part's dimensions set so the part still functions and assembles properly.

Engineering, procurement, and construction

Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), also called turnkey contracting, is a project delivery model in which a single contractor handles design, procurement, and construction, usually for a fixed price.

Engineers Australia

Engineers Australia, formally the Institution of Engineers, Australia, is the national peak body for engineers, founded in 1919, which accredits engineering education and assesses migrants.

Engineers Ireland

Engineers Ireland is the professional body for engineers in Ireland, tracing its roots to 1835 and representing over 30,000 members; it awards the Chartered Engineer title.

English country house

An English country house, often called a stately home, is a large house or mansion in the English countryside serving as the center of a landed estate.

English Electric Canberra

The English Electric Canberra was a British twin-jet light bomber, the first jet-powered bomber in Royal Air Force service, with its maiden flight in 1949.

English Electric Lightning

The English Electric Lightning was a British single-seat, twin-engined fighter interceptor, the Royal Air Force's first supersonic fighter, designed against Soviet bombers and serving from 1960 to 1988.

English Gothic

English Gothic is the Gothic architecture of England, developed from French ideas from about 1150 into a distinct style divided into Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular periods.

English longbow

The English longbow is a tall wooden bow, usually of yew, that was the favored missile weapon of English and Welsh infantry into the Tudor era.