General Engineering Knowledge

LASER

Light Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

RADAR

Radio Detection And Ranging

LiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

SONAR

Sound Navigation and Ranging

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

Software used to create precision drawings or technical illustrations

CAM

Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Software that helps control machine tools and related machinery

SI Units

International System of Units

(Ex: m, kg, s)

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

DC

Direct current

AC

Alternating current

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

LED

Light Emitting Diode

FEM

Finite Element Method

API

Application Programming Interface

Stress

Force per unit area

Strain

Deformation per unit length

Ohm’s Law

V = IR
(V = voltage, I = Current, R = Resistance)

PID

Proportional Integral Derivative controller

Moment of Inertia

Resistance to angular acceleration

Entropy

Measure of disorder in a systemEn

Enthalpy

Total heat content of a system

CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics

CNC

Computer Numerical Control

IMU

Inertial Measurement Unit

RCS

Reactional Control System

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS

Global Positioning System

IoT

Internet of Things