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  2. Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Various machine components used in mechanical engineering. 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]

  3. Industrial engineering - Wikipedia

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    There is a general consensus among historians that the roots of the industrial engineering profession date back to the Industrial Revolution.The technologies that helped mechanize traditional manual operations in the textile industry including the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and perhaps most importantly the steam engine generated economies of scale that made mass production in ...

  4. Thermal engineering - Wikipedia

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    Thermal engineering is a specialized sub-discipline of mechanical engineering that deals with the movement of heat energy and transfer.The energy can be transferred between two mediums or transformed into other forms of energy.

  5. Ivanpah Solar Power Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a concentrated solar thermal plant located in the Mojave Desert located at the base of Clark Mountain in California, across the state line from Primm, Nevada.

  6. Lathe - Wikipedia

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    Modern metal lathe A watchmaker using a lathe to prepare a component cut from copper for a watch. A lathe (/ l eɪ ð /) is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about ...

  7. Optical engineering - Wikipedia

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    The optical system of the ELT showing the location of the mirrors. [1]Optical engineering is the field of engineering encompassing the physical phenomena and technologies associated with the generation, transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization of light. [2]

  8. LaMelo Ball - Wikipedia

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    LaMelo LaFrance Ball (/ l ə ˈ m ɛ l oʊ / lə-MEL-oh; [1] born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).