ENGINEERING CAPACITY

I "googled" "engineering capacity" (mainly because I had never heard the term) and found several references to it, but none of them mentioned "capacity to operate as per its specification."

It appears to be a recently-coined term (which engineers and educators like to do to catch attention) relating to, among others, abilities to handle engineering workloads, number of engineering students a university can handle (one site emphasized women and minorities), and building infrastructure.

Bill, wouldn't "abilities to handle engineering workloads" be about the same thing as "capacity to operate as per its specification."? After all, ability and capacity both describe operating limits, and aren't engineering workloads usually part of the engineering specifications?

Well, "engineering capacity" struck me as a term similar in nature to others, such as "new paradigm," "total quality management," and "continuous quality improvement," just to name a few designed specifically for the purpose of not having to deal with problems, rather they were aimed at finding new ways to solve problems, which, as it turns out still existed and still needed to be solved!

Whether or not "engineering capacity" is a tactic aimed at diverting attention from not having enough engineers to work on a large project is unknown, but it sure sounds like it.

As for your question, "wouldn't 'abilities to handle engineering workloads' be about the same thing as 'capacity to operate as per its specification'?," is concerned, I'm so confused at this point, I don't know whether to say "yes," or "no."

I think I'll leave work early today and also start drinking early.

Why of course there's a place Bill !

Sorry Bill , only having a laugh. Just the asking of a question gives it existance. The iternet gives birth to curious things.

I would suggest that the term refers to, possessing the resources [technical competence, manpower & capital] to undertake or perform a given task.

Greg

Engineering capacity is a term used mainly to develop the capacity of Engineering to the acceptable level.

"Build local engineering capacity to create knowledge that ensures the solution of

local needs and opens the chance to compete for global opportunities. Engineering

excellence is a key ingredient in the application of science and technology to the

solution of the world's economic and social problems to achieve economic

growth".

http://www.science.oas.org/english/doc/Scavarda%20texto%20presentacion.pdf

Oh, we have a couple of comedians visiting us as Guests here in CR-4. I think he asked a serious question, however, as usual, the questioner did not provide enough background information to answer the question succinctly and accurately. Googling and dictionary answers are all well and good, but it does not help him with his problem.

MPPATHAK, we need some context for your question. Where did you see this term, how was it used?

I can take a guess as well, but it may not be accurate without more information:

My guess would be that there might be a difference between Designed (Engineering) capacity and actual, tested, or usable (recommended) capacity, probably due to some assignable or nonassignable causes, such as assembly variation, material variation, random probability, safety factors, environmental factors, etc.

Give us more information and we can probably narrow it down for you.

Engineering capacity is directly proportional to the engineer's height multiplied by the cross-sectional area of his or her cranium, from the first sacral vertebrae upwards, further multiplied by the square root of (IQ - 100).

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Oh, we have a couple of comedians visiting us as Guests here in CR-4.

The best comedians have signed up for a username.

You may need a Spanish speaking person.

This has it somewhere too.

Oh , you meant 'ing' . Maybe this .

Who knows. I could google all day for something that may match. It rather depends on context I think. Good luck though.

Try other search engines , and places such as 'ask'. You may find more than with google.