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An engineering perspective on christmas
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Help Needed: Delivering Substance 300' Underwater Without an Engineering Degree
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What is the significance of translating binary code?
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Cantilever spreadsheet for dummies
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What Causes Light Emission in Ionized and Excited Atoms?
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Advice for Parent of Child with Possible Science Interest
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Mechanics - factored self weight of an object
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What shapes inside a wireless wooden speaker can amplify sound?
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1st and 2nd moment of interia of curves and surfaces
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Suspension design for medical stretcher
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How can I build a high volume water filtration system for ag-processing?
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What is this strange instrument made of brown and grey metal strips?
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Can Electrostatic Precipitation Improve Air Quality in a Homemade Clean Room?
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What Causes the Different Colors of the Aurora?
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What Problems Could a Biomechanical Device Solve in Daily Life?
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What is blue glow in vacuum tubes?
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Geolocation of emitters using an interferometer array
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Is the reported demand for Engineers inflated?
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Projectile Blast Containment Calculations
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Can Crowdsourcing Propel Us to Mars by 2025?
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Civil Engineering is the easiest Engineering discipline?
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Does Holding a Motor Lifting a Weight Increase the Load on Your Arm?
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Analyzing a Multi-storey multi-bay frame subjected to lateral load
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How do bar code scanners read a bar code from a cell phone screen?
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Meet a Mentor: Dale - Get to Know Our Wonderful Mentors Better
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How much load is going through the bolts
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Allowable Deflection of a Cantilevered Beam
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Finding normal modes of a 3D object
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Use 'Kinect' as a motion sensor's receiver
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Exciting new areas of research?
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How to fit distribution models for a frequency analysis?
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Calculating Beam Load Proportionality with Point Loads
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Why does my roommate's engineer claim bother me so much?
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Weight supporting structure. Help needed.
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Strength of Materials- Asymmetric, simply supported beam problem
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Car Part Names: Identification & Information
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Measuring Ocean Waves for Wave Energy Projects
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Detailed engineering design, technology
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Large Sign. Need help calculating pipe size.
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Engineering the Copenhagen Wheel: Revolutionizing Biking?
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Best USB TV Tuner Stick for Win7: Recommendations and Troubleshooting Tips
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Why do unsupported beams have eigenfrequencies?
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Old Engineering: A ship that moves by harnessing the power of fire?
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Is it likely engineers will ever need to go beyond basic QM?
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Noise & vibration in condo - HELP
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Discussing the Realism of a Moonbase for Mining & Rocket Launches
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Understanding How Atomic Clocks Work: Uncovering the Science Behind Timekeeping
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Problem solving in rural hospitals Thailand
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Solve the Microwave Quandary: 4 Roommates and Boiling Oil
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Affordable Replacement Battery for HP G62M Series Laptop in USA
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Reviving Old Accounts: A Scientist's Perspective
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Is long distance visible light transmission possible?
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Crossing Weak Bridges - Driving Fast or Slow?
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3 variable process controls - I have no idea
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RCC structures and load bearing walls
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What exactly is Engineering Optimization
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How Do Kalman Filters Guide Missiles?
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Location finding for augmented reality
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Extract Water from Air: DIY Methods & Solutions
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Where Can I Find a Used Force Gauge for Measuring Paragliding Line Strength?
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3D Scanner using static electric fields
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Preventing Pipe Freeze in Cold Weather
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Heat air, water and generate electricity from solar tubes.
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Design Rain Sensor Umbrella for Final Year Project
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Who else uses good pens and pencils to do their work?
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Wind Power solutions for High Rise buildings
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Can an instrument ever have an accuracy better than its repeatably?
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Interstate natural gas pipelines & valves
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PAS (Pedal Assisted System) ebike
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Active Noise Cancellation for Conference Room
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Find Pressure Sensors for Computer System & Seat Cushions
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Is the system linear if there is an independant gravity term
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Metric VS English engineering system of measurement
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Special Request: Deadline 2PM EST 9/25/2013
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300 ton crane: Why are dock cranes so massive?
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Medical Imaging System Design - Standards?
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How do I find deflection in this beam?
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IQ, Career & Engineering - Your Thoughts?
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What Is Laser Doppler Anemometry and How Does It Work?
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Method of determining volume of water in an arbitrary container
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How Can Strain Gauges Be Used to Design an Effective Accelerometer?
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Understanding Stress Variations in a Uni Axial Bar
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Design Thinking: History, Economy & Culture
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Steel Angle Plastic Section Modulus
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Can Heating/Freezing Blankets Manage Extreme Temperature Testing?
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Find the Best Hand Vacuum Pump for Long-Term Use
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Can a Detent Switch Prevent Brake System Failures?
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Optimal control: non-zero target control
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Water recycle system (regarding what is the CFC system)
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Subdivision waterline 2 hour pressure test calculation
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Design Phases/Stages - Order & Explanation
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Is programming important in engineering?
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Is Quantum Field Theory currently used in engineering?
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How can I make a live microphone?
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What if everything was done at the command of the voice?
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Can Patents Really Work? Expert Advice from Ramone
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Structural Design Philosophies?
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High School Student looking for insight regarding engineering
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Statics Problem Help | Get Expert Assistance Now
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German vs Japanese Industry: Which Country Reigns Supreme in Heavy Industries?
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