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I'm looking to change the description of the Engineering proposal. Currently it's "Q & A Site for professional Engineers (not the ones that drive trains)."

Keep in mind that originally this proposal was for Mechanical Engineering, but seeing as there is tons of bleed through between different related types of engineering the site was renamed to Engineering. For example, I could be considered a Structural Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or Aerospace Engineer, but I also face problems regularly that involve components of chemical engineering, materials, electrical and computer science...

The idea is that tags will be used to separate the various engineering disciplines.

Also note that the proposal is not purely intended for "Professional Engineers" or even professional engineers, but anyone involved in the engineering of anything, weather it's drafters designing parts, engineers engineering things or technicians putting the things together.

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Proposal: Engineering

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Note that there is already a launched site for electrical, electronics, and computer engineers: Electrical Engineering. – Kevin Vermeer Feb 25 at 18:55
Duly noted. IMHO those sites are too narrowly scoped... E.G. There are entire books on the structural design and testing of printed circuit boards.. – Ben Mar 16 at 21:32
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To use some Regex.

Q&A Site for Engineers (/[A-Z]E/'s)

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For active researchers, academics, professionals, enthusiasts and students.

Taken with some modifications from Physics.SE

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The sample questions so far gravitate towards civil and mechanical engineering. Perhaps the site should just be named "Civil and Mechanical Engineering". Electronics already exists, as do several computer/software sites. Chemical, nuclear, industrial, mining, and naval engineers probably don't have enough in common with civil and mechanical engineers to be on the same site anyway.

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Mining Engineering is historically an offshoot of civil engineering. But at any rate, the problem solving skills generally carry over to all disciplines, and focusing too narrowly seems like it would likely result in repeated questions throughout the different (hypothetical) stacks. – Nick Apr 19 at 4:29
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I think Civil and Mechanical Engineering is still two narrow a topic range, lets not forget, Aerospace, Materials, Fluids, Multiphysics ect, ect which are all tightly related... – Ben Apr 19 at 6:48
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