Thermal engineering, applied mathematics, physics database

[muffinmancfd]

Hello everyone,
Would there be a use in 'open-r1' for a thermal engineering, applied mathematics and engineering physics database?
I've been in these fields for the past 40 years. I'd be more than happy to contribute, but need direction/collaboration on how to construct a useful database.
Many thanks for your feedback.
Best regards...

[Charlesnorris509]

@muffinmancfd First of all Thank you for wanting to contribute. I dont know how familiar you are with the process of open source contribution so ill start from the start. You'll need to accurately structure the database schema. You'll need to identify the database schema's through the investigation of meta data and script the system according to your needs(Are you looking to create a Procedural(OLTP) or an Analytical(OLAP) system. Only then you'll start contributing. You'll need to complete the few step:

1. Fork the Repository: Start by forking the Open-R1 repo.
2. Create a New Branch: Name it something like thermal-engineering-database.
3. Add Your Database: Place your files in the appropriate directory.
4. Documentation: Clearly document the structure and usage of your database.
5. Sign the Contributor Agreement Document
6. Submit a Pull Request: Explain your contribution and its value in the pull request

And Voila, you should be good to go and keep contributing to the community

[muffinmancfd]

Thank you very much for your incredibly helpful reply and directions. I'm certainly new to Open Source contributions, but have been a Linux power user since not long after its original inception. I saw this as a possible opportunity to be able to give back something for the many years of Linux use - especially towards advanced Engineering, Thermo-Fluid and Physics. For the record, I routinely push ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Grok into long, detailed development explorations, then convert these insights into hard engineering. Thanks once again for your applied wisdom. I have a fair amount of homework ahead of me. Best regards.

[Charlesnorris509]

@muffinmancfd feel free to mark the discussion as answered if you got a satisfactory answer from the responses received!

[muffinmancfd]

Thank you very much. Excellent answer.

[mi3law]

Hey @muffinmancfd! I'd love to help you out; I'm a mech eng by background working in AI myself and trying to put together open datasets. Please please shoot me an email ali at aolabs.ai.

[mi3law]

Hey hey @muffinmancfd you seem to be new to github so pinging you again! Would love to chat. https://calendly.com/aee/meeting

[muffinmancfd]

Hi,
I replied directly to your website within a few hours of your previous post. No reply from your side.

[mi3law]

Through the chat feature on our website? It's been a bit wonky, sorry about that. We're responsive on discord and my calendar/email works too.