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r/AskEngineers
2.7M members
r/AskEngineers is a subreddit with 2.7M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
Engineers apply the knowledge of math & science to design and manufacture maintainable systems used to solve specific problems. AskEngineers is a forum for questions about the technologies, standards, and processes used to design & build these systems, as well as for questions about the engineering profession and its many disciplines.
Popular Themes in r/AskEngineers
#1
Solution Requests
: "How do you find the right manufacturer when your project requires more than CNC'd Aluminum or S.S.?"
20 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How do I get my grandpa, who cannot walk, across the beach?"
15 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Would it be possible to put a house on metal pillars that can raise and lower the house, allowing airflow in summer months and heatwaves and also have brick walls that rise up out of the floor and encase the house, keeping heat in during winter?"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Am I alone in feeling this way two years into engineering?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Product and Design Engineer looking to work on Switzerland or other European Countries"
1 post
#6
News
: "Submarine plans leaked - what did we just learn?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskEngineers
#1
Engineering
: "Designer attempting to learn a Basic Engineering Principle."
70 posts
#2
Mechanical
: "What is the proper name for a Mechanical part that is fixed to a rotating shaft which causes another part to oscillate?"
36 posts
#3
Electrical
: "How can one be a race engineer/F1Engineer with an Electrical Engineering background?"
9 posts
#4
Materials
: "Does the shape of the nail head affect its holding strength (full round head vs. clipped)?"
8 posts
#5
Design
: "Designer attempting to learn a Basic Engineering Principle."
7 posts
#6
Career
: "Forces present during mechanical collisions of driven systems?"
4 posts
#7
Water
: "Why is potable tap Water such a heavy lift in so many parts of the world?"
4 posts
#8
Cooling
: "Hi, another apartment Cooling question! Trying to understand the best way to get cold air from the rooms with AC, to the rooms that don't have it (see floorplan below)"
4 posts
#9
Data
4 posts
#10
Software
: "Simplest Software for predicting which way an object will fall"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/AskEngineers
Yearly
+818k members(43.7%)
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