Collocations withengineer
These are words often used in combination withengineer.
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aeronautical engineer
I am an aeronautical engineer by profession.
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agricultural engineer
These include stories from a filmmaker, an agricultural engineer, a clinical psychologist, two shop owners, and two members of a theater troupe.
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army engineer
Alexander, who was to have a successful career as an army engineer, retained a keen sense of his debt.
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assistant engineer
Eventually, she was hired by one studio, but was never able to rise beyond the rank of assistant engineer, despite her abilities and technical skills.
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audio engineer
He is a musician, composer, singer, songwriter and audio engineer.
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chief engineer
The chief engineer constrains 10 variables.
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combat engineer
Graduating in 1831, 49th in a class of 113, he chose to become a combat engineer.
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competent engineer
We should say that that was not a particularly competent engineer.
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consulting engineer
Then there is the consulting engineer.
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distinguished engineer
They have now had the wisdom to get a distinguished engineer to be their president, which on the whole does seem to be a better specification.
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ecosystem engineer
Frequently considered an ecosystem engineer, kelp provides a physical substrate and habitat for kelp forest communities.
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electronics engineer
Quantum physics is as essential to the electronics engineer as are thermodynamics to the mechanical engineer.
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experienced engineer
It could be argued that, in this case, an experienced engineer could eliminate many of the discrete paths with high confidence.
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geotechnical engineer
The excavatability or rippability of earth materials is evaluated typically by a geophysicist, engineering geologist, or geotechnical engineer.
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highway engineer
If the highway engineer insists, you do not win.
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licensed engineer
However, it is important to make a distinction between a graduate engineer and a professional engineer or licensed engineer.
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locomotive engineer
Nowhere in these documents is the foolhardy riverboat captain or locomotive engineer told directly why he should slow down.
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marine engineer
He referred to the lack of marine engineer officers.
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professional engineer
He is a registered professional engineer.
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qualified engineer
The traffic engineer is a qualified engineer who has added the science of managing and moving vehicles on the road to his other engineering qualifications.
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recording engineer
The same passion a recording engineer has when he discovers an acetate of a recording session he thought was lost in time.
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resident engineer
A new chief resident engineer has been appointed owing to the resignation of the officer lately holding the appointment.
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sanitary engineer
He took up the position rather of the sanitary engineer who proceeded to close up the old cesspools before making new drains.
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senior engineer
The next day, the senior engineer wanted to show me the different types of machines in the factory.
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skilled engineer
A skilled engineer had contracted meningitis abroad and had become totally deaf and lost all his friends.
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traffic engineer
I refer to the traffic engineer.
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