Sentence examples for practical engineer from inspiring English sources

The only reason a practical engineer wants to run an engine at all is to achieve a desired output of useful work, which is, for our present purposes, to drive a ship at a prescribed speed, and/or to provide electricity at a prescribed kilowattage.

During construction, Tony more than justified his reputation as a solid, practical engineer.

Meanwhile the radio amateur, like his shed-bound confrère the practical engineer, is edged further to the fringes of society.

On his father's death in 1823, he assumed the management of family properties in Ohio, interrupting his education to become a surveyor and practical engineer.

In the 1850s, William John Macquorn Rankine, professor of civil engineering at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, successfully demonstrated how applied science could help the practical engineer.

Frail and in a wheelchair, Mr. Needham put a workman's hardhat on his head, saying that he was very much a practical engineer, to the end.

The bearing capacity of vertically loaded strip footing near slope in plane strain conditions has always been one of the subjects of major interest in geotechnical engineering for researchers and practical engineers.

The team has some very practical engineers headed by the talented Mike Gascoyne.

It also aims to give the basic sense for practical engineers in the fields as well.

Machining parameters optimization in a chatter-free milling process is a common issue for practical engineers at shop floor.

There is currently no relevant information available about the behaviour of the joint, although practical engineers require such information.