from my opinion one of the most sought philosophical phrase is "Order from Chaos" which can be interpreted as at-one-ment to the almighty, as others have stated it can be related to entropy.
I would specify the subject. Is there an area of mechanical engineering where philosophy can help in some aspects?
And I would suggest to pay attention to the very fast developing field of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. There is a widely spread belief that there exists a real opportunity to adequately represent the behaviour of continuum on all scale levels by proper accounting the interatomic interactions and consequent MD calculations. You can face with this understanding in all the international forums. I think this belief basically is following to the principles of classic Laplacian determinism, which actually was overcome by the later philosophy. I wonder whether modern philosophers are interested to follow and to comment the state of affairs in this area.
The arguments between pre-determinism and free-will deals with bridging the gap between classical and quantum mechanics. At what part of the continuum does the transition occur, if there indeed is a transition, would be a good area of study, as you suggest in molecular dynamics.
Knowledge management perspective presenting direct and indirect knowledge also procedural ( imperative knowledge) vs declarative knowledge sheds some light on this issue.