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== Background ==
The Engineering and Technology History Wiki has a three-tiered controlled vocabulary, which all its pages are categorized with. There are thirteen top-level categories, which have an average of about 15 second-level subcategories, and those second-level have an average of about 15 third-level categories. Each category page will list all of the pages which have been tagged with that category, as well as any subcategories, if applicable. Browse any of the top-level categories below.


[[Image:Rechentisch.png|thumb|right|340px|Woodcut showing use of an abacus]]
== Top-Level Categories ==


Engineering requires many building blocks and tools. To produce real world results, one must practically apply mathematics and sciences to tangible problems and scenarios. Included in this category are the various technical topics which cut across engineering disciplines, encompassing many branches of mathematics and scientific disciplines.
*'''[[:Category:Bioengineering|Bioengineering]]''' - The link between engineering and life sciences, bioengineering concerns problems in living organisms which can be solved by engineering methods.
 
*'''[[:Category:Communications|Communications]]''' - Communications refers to the use of signals to transfer voice, data, image, and/or video information between locations, the main applications of which are in communications science, engineering, and technology.
== Featured Articles ==
*'''[[:Category:Computing and electronics|Computing and electronics]]''' - Computers encompass devices which are capable of performing some kind of mechanical calculation. These range from modern personal computers, to calculating machines like a slide rule.
 
*'''[[:Category:Energy|Energy]]''' - Topics dealing with the distribution and production of energy sources
Featured articles are peer-reviewed articles on the history of major developments in technology. Available in the scientific tools and discovery category are:
*'''[[:Category:Engineering and society|Engineering and society]]''' - Topics included in this category deal with the impact technology has on society at large.
 
*'''[[:Category:Engineering fundamentals|Engineering fundamentals]]''' - Various technical topics which cut across engineering disciplines, encompassing many branches of mathematics and scientific disciplines
*[[Scanning Probe Microscopy]]
*'''[[:Category:Environment|Environment]]''' - Subjects dealing with attempts to reduce the negative impact on the environment, and subjects which aim to gain a greater understanding of the environment itself
 
*'''[[:Category:Health and safety|Health and safety]]''' - Topics in this category deal with the concern for human safety in and out the workplace and the general well-being and healthiness of the population.
== Subcategories  ==
*'''[[:Category:Materials|Materials]]''' - Topics related to material properties, including metallurgy, chemistry, chemical engineering and fossil fuels.
 
*'''[[:Category:Mechanics|Mechanics]]''' - Topics related to the mechanical engineering topics, including tools and machinery
*'''[[:Category:Acoustics|Acoustics]]''' - The science of waves, subcategories include acoustic propagation, biomedical acoustics and nonlinear acoustics
*'''[[:Category:Profession|Profession]]''' - Categories which encompass non-technical matters related to engineering profession at large.
*'''[[:Category:Design methodology|Design methodology]]''' - Topics that pertain to design and creation, including critical thinking methods, sustainability and articulation.  
*'''[[:Category:Structures|Structures]]''' - Topics related to the construction and maintenance of artificial structures and buildings
*'''[[:Category:Distillation|Distillation]]''' - The process of purification of liquids
*'''[[:Category:Transportation|Transportation]]''' - Getting from one place to another in a more efficient fashion than the human body can naturally provide has guided technological progress since the invention of the wheel. Automotive and maritime applications of electrical engineering rapidly expanded in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
*'''[[:Category:Fields, waves & electromagnetics|Fields, waves & electromagnetics]]''' - The relationship between magnetic and electrical fields that provides the foundational theory of electrical engineering
*'''[[:Category:Instrumentation|Instrumentation]]''' - Topics relating to devices used for measurement, such as oscilloscopes and probes
*'''[[:Category:Kinetics & catalysis|Kinetics & catalysis]]''' - Various topics of energy related to applications in physics and chemistry
*'''[[:Category:Lasers, lighting & electrooptics|Lasers, lighting & electrooptics]]''' - Topics relating to electric lighting, lasers and photonics
*'''[[:Category:Mathematics|Mathematics]]''' - Mathematics such as calculus, algebra, and numerical analysis are all essential components of engineering
*'''[[:Category:Measurement|Measurement]]''' - Related to instrumentation, measurements of various quantities has many real world applications
*'''[[:Category:Mixing|Mixing]]''' - The combination of multiple materials to form a homogeneous solution
*'''[[:Category:Particle technology & fluidization|Particle technology & fluidization]]''' - Sciences dealing with particulates and fluids
*'''[[:Category:Process development|Process development]]''' - Disciplines related to the optimization of various engineering and scientific processes
*'''[[:Category:Reaction engineering|Reaction engineering]]''' - Chemistry related topics dealing with the engineering of various reactions
*'''[[:Category:Reliability|Reliability]]''' - The ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time
*'''[[:Category:Scientific disciplines|Scientific disciplines]]''' - Various non-engineering scientific disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy
*'''[[:Category:Separations|Separations]]''' - Topics in chemistry related to the separation of materials into distinct substances
*'''[[:Category:Systems engineering and theory|Systems engineering and theory]]''' - An interdisciplinary method to engineering which has practical uses in complex projects which span multiple fields
*'''[[:Category:Thermodynamics|Thermodynamics]]''' - a physical science that studies that effects on material bodies of transfer of heat and work
*'''[[:Category:Transport and fluid mechanics|Transport and fluid mechanics]]''' - Topics concerning the mass and energy exchange between systems

Revision as of 19:59, 6 January 2015

The Engineering and Technology History Wiki has a three-tiered controlled vocabulary, which all its pages are categorized with. There are thirteen top-level categories, which have an average of about 15 second-level subcategories, and those second-level have an average of about 15 third-level categories. Each category page will list all of the pages which have been tagged with that category, as well as any subcategories, if applicable. Browse any of the top-level categories below.

Top-Level Categories

  • Bioengineering - The link between engineering and life sciences, bioengineering concerns problems in living organisms which can be solved by engineering methods.
  • Communications - Communications refers to the use of signals to transfer voice, data, image, and/or video information between locations, the main applications of which are in communications science, engineering, and technology.
  • Computing and electronics - Computers encompass devices which are capable of performing some kind of mechanical calculation. These range from modern personal computers, to calculating machines like a slide rule.
  • Energy - Topics dealing with the distribution and production of energy sources
  • Engineering and society - Topics included in this category deal with the impact technology has on society at large.
  • Engineering fundamentals - Various technical topics which cut across engineering disciplines, encompassing many branches of mathematics and scientific disciplines
  • Environment - Subjects dealing with attempts to reduce the negative impact on the environment, and subjects which aim to gain a greater understanding of the environment itself
  • Health and safety - Topics in this category deal with the concern for human safety in and out the workplace and the general well-being and healthiness of the population.
  • Materials - Topics related to material properties, including metallurgy, chemistry, chemical engineering and fossil fuels.
  • Mechanics - Topics related to the mechanical engineering topics, including tools and machinery
  • Profession - Categories which encompass non-technical matters related to engineering profession at large.
  • Structures - Topics related to the construction and maintenance of artificial structures and buildings
  • Transportation - Getting from one place to another in a more efficient fashion than the human body can naturally provide has guided technological progress since the invention of the wheel. Automotive and maritime applications of electrical engineering rapidly expanded in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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