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Engineering Degrees and Outdoor Jobs
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Is Water Accumulation in My HVAC Condenser Causing Operational Issues?
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What Are the Goals and Objectives of the X Prize for Oil Cleanup Challenge?
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Calculating Power Usage of PC Pump for Oil Well Setting
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How does a partially threaded screw exert compressive force across a fracture?
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How Can Active Spatial Noise Control Reduce HVAC Noise in Meeting Rooms?
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Can carpets effectively reduce dust in analytical laboratories?
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Exploring Alternative Distributions in Ito's Lemma for Financial Engineering
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What size channel to use to support AC compressor
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Is Electrical Engineering the Most Impactful Career Choice?
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White Light Scanning: How It Works & Benefits
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How To Check A Simple Structure Design?
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Pole Fatigue Calc for Key West: AASHTO Spec & Vc of 45mph
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What is a good reasearch topic to work on in the case of Corrosion?
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2 screws orthogonal to each other -> compression
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Flying for the Masses: Is it a Good Idea?
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Simulating Core Drops: Cement Cubes at Gulf of Mexico Oil Conduits
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LRFD phi for overturning, sliding, and soil bearing?
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News Is Offshore Oil Drilling Truly Safe?
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Fixing the Gulf oil spill problem
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Help Building a House - Weight Load of Steel Beam
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How Do I Calculate Design Pressure from Operating Pressure?
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Load combo's on footing subjected to large wind loads
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Let air circulate but keep it water tight?
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News Is there a BP Plan available for the public?
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Need help with foundation design spreadsheet
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Can PVC Pipe Be Used as a Structural Material for Eco-Friendly Homes?
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How Do You Calculate the Winkler Foundation Modulus for Bone?
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Dimensions of Sin(wt) and Sin(w) and Sin(t)
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Plan to colonize the moon and mars.
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Combustion Forum: Find Expert Advice for Your Project
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News How Are Drug Traffickers Using Submarines for Cocaine Transport?
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Central Air Repair: Help Needed for 4th of July Heat!
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I want to build a Betavoltaic Battery
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Is My Outlet Grounded? How to Check Using a Multimeter
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Could a Cubic Block Stop the BP Spill?
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Why do we still need real world experiments?
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Fix Sloping Sidewalks in Front Yard: DIY & Best Practices
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Moment of inertia (structural shapes)
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Oxygen/Lambda sensor on two stroke
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Why do conventional trucks dominate the US?
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Can you be a good engineer and at the same time abe a human?
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Hi colleages. is Bernoulli-Euler theory valid in the dynamic analysis
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News Will the Savannah River Site Reprocess Fuel or Use Stockpiled Plutonium?
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Help with moment/force question `
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ABAQUS 6.9 Meshed Beam Cross Section
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Superstructure construction with aluminum paneling
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Hi There is no structural/civil section Is structural/civil not highly regarded
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Alex Moulton Bicycle BMC Mini Memoir
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Relationship between Beam Section Depth and Bending Moment
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Designing a GPS Device with Optimal Connectivity for Indoor and Outdoor Use
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Can You Switch Your Brain's Perception? Left vs. Right Brain Video Experiment
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Is Engineering Still a Viable Career Path?
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Top Solar Panels for Optimal Energy Efficiency
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Question regarding certification
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Question on calculating Bending Moment for Beam
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Not exactly sure if this is the right subsectionI need to make
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Why aren't Student Solution Manuals published for Engineering Textbooks?
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How Do I Drain the Siphon in My Toilet?
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FIRST Robotics Redux | Semifinals, Double Elimination, Last 2
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Remembering how to answer questions?
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Need help with 3-moment equation (multi-span beams)
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Formula to compare the strength of pipe versus C channel
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Looking for AutoCAD Courses Online to Boost My Skills?
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Difference between economy tyre and sport tyre?
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Can You Bend Optical Fibres Too Much?
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How do I calculate the bending moment and maximum load for a cantilevered stud?
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Will this bracket support a swingset?
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What is the Max Load Capacity for a 6x6 Lumber Post in Canada?
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Civil Engineering: What, Subjects, Best Country to Study
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Effective Communication in Engineering: Insights from Industry Professionals"
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News Energy independence for the US (or any other country)
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Will a PRV operate at zero-flow condition?
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Indian engineer claims the nobel process is flawed
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Witness the Shuttle's Final Launch: A Time-Lapse Movie
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Questions About Nanotechnology: Bachelor/Master Programs & More
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Collaborative Science: Understanding Complex Systems
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Influence lines (structural engineering)
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What subjects should I choose for aeronautical engineering and how do I prepare?
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Bill Gates and Artificial Clouds
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Building a 10m x 2m Steel & Concrete Footbridge
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What is a Sankey Diagram and Why Use It?
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How do drivers feel about using shared space?
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How many LED's are in a typical LED monitor?
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Is it possible to create a ship that won't sink/be destroyed by waves?
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Seeing Double: Superimposing a Real Cross Section onto a CAD Model
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Relationship help (physics wise that is ;)
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Old car enthusiasts needed. Danger
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Question on branch of engineering
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Gulf Disaster: Solutions to Clean Up Our Messes
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Thermal Imaging and Object Detection at Sea
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Pid controller for position control in amb simulink help
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How Do You Design a Water Supply System for Fire Safety in a Neighborhood?
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What is the second moment of area?
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Running generator below its capacity
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Inverted Pendulum Digital Controller Design *WILLING TO PAY FOR YOUR TIME*
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Biomedical Engineers: Connect & Collaborate
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Design Software: System of Objects, Real-Time Simulation
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Shear stress distribution in triangular steel profile
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What is the relationship between couples and moments in physics?
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