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Architect? What does it take to be one?
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Is it possible to sink and tow icebergs to drought areas for water supply?
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Is Harnessing Pressure for Energy Possible in the Near Future?
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Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
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Questions about a Hydrogen Economy; Scientific American
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How to Understand Laplace Transform Maths
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Sound Laser? Focus Sound Like Laser?
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Can Excel Handle Dynamic Ground Profile Simulations for Survey Computations?
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Non line of sight position sensor/ detector
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How to make a simple water filter?
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Beam with simple support at center
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What’s the more adequate engineering?
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No Responsibility: Factory Engineer Refuses to Confirm in Writing
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Should I get the 2 GHz or 2.2 GHz 15 MacBook Pro?
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The Changing Landscape of Traditional Sciences?
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Is Cross Bonding Necessary in Multi-Leaf Concrete Block Retaining Walls?
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Why Are My Reactions Not Symmetrical?
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What are the challenges faced by female engineering students?
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Find the linear portion of a curve
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Calculating Square Tubing Dimensions for Vertical Bicycle Support
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A thought on plumbing, water wasted
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Find Mil Can A Standard: Get the Information You Need Now!
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Evaporation System for Household Waste Water - Solar Vacuum Tubes
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Reflective vs. light emitting displays
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Using Shipping containers as compressed air 'Batteries
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Build your own little sailboat and sail
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Can I Solve Non-Linear Curve Fitting Without Levenberg-Marquardt?
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DESIGN THE BEAMS for a cheap bridge
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I want a level sensor for a tank
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Engineering Careers at Aquariums
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Machine Shop Project Ideas - Get Creative!
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Most Efficient Engines: Beyond ICEs
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What is the best pump for high temperature liquid transfer in home beer brewing?
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Screen doors/windows disrupting air flow
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Transparent Display glasses (Augmented Reality)
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Calculate Water Displacement of 295ft Barge
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Find Instruction Manuals for Oscilloscopes, Vacuum Pumps and More
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How do I efficiently support a 600ft long pipeline?
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Constructing a Deck with Beam supports
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How do i convert kg/kwh into g/s?
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Car Troubles: 1995 Honda Civic DX
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From Computer Science to Solar Energy Engineering
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Perfect Slogan for Electrical Engineering Student's T-shirt?
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Understanding Spark Cameras: A Brief Overview
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Sources of information on time-frequency domain transformation
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What connects buildings at a factory?
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Engineers view of the world - Free Body Diagram
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How fast will water drain from this area?
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Modeling Surface Water Temperature of a Pond
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Gross Weight Load: Can It Be Used for Railcar Gravity Force?
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Civil Engineering - Do All Engineers Study the Same?
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Vibration Question relating to People
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Rectangular Scientific Mirrors - 2"x1" & 3"x1
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Looking for a more constructive way to waste my time.
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Prevent Fruit Fraud: Spotting Manipulated Beam Balances
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What Does the "M" in Mbtu Stand For?
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Power lines over canyons. How do they do it?
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How Do You Interpret Shear and Moment Diagrams?
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Suggestion of a suitable topic for writing a review article
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Solving PDE with COMSOL Script: Parametric Study & Initial Solution
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Hi folks Im new to this forum and have a question that I hope someone
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Criterias to be accomplished to be eligible fr applyng fr 'MS' abroad
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Why Does the Building at Congress and Atlantic in Boston Have No Doors?
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OriginPro - adding theoretical functions on the measured points
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How to get teh closest Metal object
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Lines and circles having rational operations
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Designing Process for a Temperature Controlled Box
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Is Martin's Transition from Carpentry to Engineering a Leap Too Far?
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Is Entertron a Good Choice for PLC Automation?
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Where can I find a small sheet of flexible plastic for my project?
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Something's wrong with my brakes. Help?
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Is a Neutrino Based Thruster Possible?
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Dimension alignment in a station in curve
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I really don't want to admit defeat, but I JUST CAN'T FIX THIS THING.
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Optimizing Railcar Fatigue Resistance: Terminology and Calculations
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Engineering books recommendation
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Please I - engineering statics summerschool
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Railcar Operating Loads: Cargo Side Thrust Forces
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What is the correct way to pronounce Kirchhoff ?
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What Is the Difference Between Moment and Bending Moment in Beam Calculations?
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What Is the Name of the Switch That Turns Off a Water Pump Due to Low Pressure?
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Units of Measurement for Railcar Operating Loads
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Engineering Tuition: Should I Go to Temple or Drexel?
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Newbie Question: Engineering as a hobby
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International Companies Embrace Innovative Ideas, U.S. Companies Not So Much
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Can Engineers Relocate Hoover Dam?
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Calculating Fixed End Moments with Uneven Beam Heights?
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Need Summer Project Ideas for Engineering Student Interested in Energy?
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How Do You Securely Install a Wind Turbine in Soft Soil?
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Conservation of volume in deep drawing?
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Robot guy that uses no microchip
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Where Can I Find a Free Student Version of AutoCAD?
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Engineering Entry Requirements: Why So Low?
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Building Collapses: Examining the Physics and Symmetry of the Twin Towers
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Which engineering is right for me
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General Engineering Major Discussion
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Engineering Solutions for a Broken Chair
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Anyone know anything about Glass Polishing/Scratch removal?
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Engineering equivalent to ArXiv?
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Resultant Force Due to Hydrostatic Pressure
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