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Free 3D Structure Design Sim for Balsa Wood Modeling
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What civil engineering travels most?
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Chartered Engineer (CEng) UK Assistance
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How is the Huff Method Used for Temporal Distribution of Rainfall?
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Understanding Scientific Output
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Can You Provide Guidance on Obtaining a Hydrograph by Return Flood?
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Difference between Mechanical and Electrical engineer?
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Best engineering books for an undergraduate engineer
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Extremely Short Take Off & Landing
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How to get the new Coordinate of an Polygon at angle X
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Engineers with ADD & OCD? What field would I do well in?
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What type of Engineer do I need?
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Can You Help With My School Project Interview?
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Modeling bolt holes as stress concentrators in I beam bending
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Where can beginners learn shop skills?
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Is Meshing Possible with Nodes in Ansys Beam Creation?
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Can You Hang a Table Level Using Ropes at Each Corner?
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Can Real-Time Focus Stacking Enhance Long-Distance Wildlife Observation?
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Photo Contest - Science and Engineering (2/25-3/2)
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Engineer Technical Letter Request
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Can any one Help? impacting concrete with steel projectile
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Choosing the Right Pipe for a Home Pull Up Bar
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Good resource for gifs and animations of hydraulics?
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Do engineering researchers often use advanced math as tools?
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Calculating second moment of area of L section
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Computer controlled wheel chair or pram
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Writing shear and moment equations for a simple beam problem?
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Fundamental engineering Exam for Electrical Engineers
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How to Design a Fire Fighting Pumping Unit with Specific Pump Capacities?
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Ways to measure the speed of a golf ball?
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Calling function with no input argument
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Effective length of steel column
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Lift design -no electricity supply?
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Abnormal behavior from [working] voltage detector
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From Lat,Long,Height to Azimuth,Elevation,Range Conversion
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How can i draw scientific figures for my papers?
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Most demanding engineering disciplines for the Energy Sector
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Civil Engineering or Mechanical for Patent Attorney
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Amusing Engineering Recruitment Poster
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Can we separate heat from light?
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Help Understanding 3D Coordinates
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Help to make a Unit Hydrograph of Reservoir Level - Storage Curve for a Dam
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Unraveling the Mystery of 'rfac' in Fortran
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Solving and presenting standard equations (software?)
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Strange indexing in Fortran Code
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Need to get a bit more fuel for the furnace.
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How Do I Calculate the Load Capacity of My Inverted L-Shaped Car Port Post?
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What are some typical engineering questions during an interview?
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Books on Wind Energy (offshore)
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How Does the Electric Company Know My Power Usage Without Accessing My Meter?
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Can Someone See When Using a Cloaking Device?
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Troubleshooting New Production Process: Seeking U.S. Term
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Back of the envelope calculations help.
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What Toy Set Lets You Connect Cylindrical Tubes at Various Angles?
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Interested in average household energy consumption in 2011
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Need method for trilateration of 3 GPS satellites
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Laplace Transform (Integration Theorem)
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Who does Finite Element Modelling?
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Acoustic ceiling effectiveness in reducing sound
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Production process theory/equations (Industrial Engineering help)
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Why do pedestrian crossing signals count down but the traffic light stays green?
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What is the fastest growing field in Engineering? other than bio
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Can alternative gases be used to test water pipes for leaks?
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Manual or Automatic cars accelerate faster?
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Constructing Mini Hot Air Balloon for Physics Olympics
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Home automation through telephone
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How Are Resultants Calculated for Parallel vs Perpendicular Distributed Loads?
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California Website suggesting new car oil change mileage
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Benefits of a sandwich year BEng (hopefully MEng)
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Is Calculus Essential for Success in Engineering?
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German or French for Engineering?
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Can't find the screwdriver HA
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Design a Freeway Barrier to Stop a Truck & Protect an Egg
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Why do people prefer engineering/applied science over pure science?
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Comparing propane jet burner with normal burner.
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Floating of a 1.6mtr x 19mm x 60 mtr steel tube
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Understand Fortran Coding Do Loop: VBA Translation Help
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SHL Personality Test Results - Analyse & Interpret
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Is there an expiration date on propane?
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Working in all engineering fields
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What is the distance of the resultant from point A on the beam?
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55 yr old man, homeless. Has degree in electrical engineer and physics
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Bachelor of Engineering at UoA: Engineering Science or Mechanical?
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Efficiency of Mag Lev Transportation: Discuss Benefits/Drawbacks
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Understanding Concrete Beam Construction Methods
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Micro-hydro Project: Calculation Help
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How to Design a Simple Two Floor Office Building with a Roof?
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Railway Engineering Curve Design Through Hallade Method
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What is the Standard for Valve Pressure Ratings?
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Designing a Solar Oven for Denture Moulds
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Steel Joists: Moment of Inertia?
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Stoopid car Stop blowing cold air
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Elementary School of Engineering?
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