Sentence examples for engineering acumen from inspiring English sources

Library research revealed that in those days, especially, her engineering acumen was considered far more common among men than women and so she was going against the grain.

Although Mr. Hewlett is generally remembered more for his engineering acumen and Mr. Packard for his business expertise, they shared a similar vision for their company.

10 P.M. (Science) FLYING ANVILS 2011 Tory Belleci ("Mythbusters") hosts this visit to the 2011 United States Anvil Shooting Championship in Farmington, Mo., where teams use gunpowder and engineering acumen to send 100-pound anvils soaring through the air.

He served on many notable bridges and tunnels in the United States; his engineering acumen was recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, which honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in Design in 2005.

So while we admire Mr. Tata's business and engineering acumen in creating the Nano, we ardently wish that he would focus his talents elsewhere: creating transportation that is both affordable and doesn't emit ever more greenhouse gases.

Many have speculated that the company, most famous for vacuums and hand dryers, could easily transfer some of its engineering acumen to address solutions needed in the automotive and robotics sectors.

Ms. Jain's engineering background, business acumen, and strong leadership skills have enabled her to take on complex business challenges of achieving growth by aligning strategy with execution.

The challenge with this is that business leaders tend to be more comfortable with the environmental goals, which require technical, engineering and managerial acumen, than the social pressures, which call for more complex political engagement.

But the conglomerate approach finally came to be seen in the 1990s as primarily destructive, with the value coming from financial engineering rather than business acumen.

But it was visible in his role leading the international Euroradar consortium, and with his concept of the 'single equivalent company.' It is his business acumen and engineering expertise that has already impacted on Filtronic's development and will be responsible for moving it forwards in future.

In fact, many of the people running the companies that are igniting this new generation of personal investing combine advanced software engineering skills with strong business acumen.