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Build a Workout Bench: What You Need to Know
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Understanding Mining Techniques: How Miners Locate & Protect Valuable Resources
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Max load bending on steel tube.
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Set these boundary conditions in COMSOL 3.4?
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Anyone else take the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam yesterday?
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Idea from a laymen (transportation system)
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Design of a piezoelectric liquid pump
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Aviation Mishaps and Issues - Current and Ongoing (Investigations)
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How does this work? Pics included.
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Can Pressurized Air Vehicles Replace Batteries for Short Trips?
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General Questions About sizing Structural Beams.
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Solving Fridge Water Line Leaks - Tips & Advice
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Can DNA Be Used as a Basis for a Quantum Computer?
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Designing and Operating High Vacuum Systems
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Solar lighting/power idea - viable?
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Build a Small Wind Turbine Using the Kidwind Motor
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Why did you choose to be an Engineer?
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Efficiently Shorten Your Boat Trailer for Winter Storage | 5" Aluminum I-Beams
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Can an Engineer's PE License be Revoked?
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Engineers: Helping Third World Countries Grow
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Growing Energy ? Juan Enriquez, TED Video Nov 2007
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Aspiring Engineering major looking for general answers
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How to calculate tension/compression in a truss bridge (diagram shown)?
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Method of Sections: Frame vs. Trusses
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Optimal Angle for Frame Design Project
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Do Camcorders/ Video camera have Sensors in them?
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RUnning Solidworks2009 on Windows 7?
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How Can I Use an Achromat Lens to Magnify an LCD on My Microscope?
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Need to interview a Computer Hardware Engineer for school project
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!Designing a Light-Weight Hovercraft Control System
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Base Isolation Systems in Skyscrapers?
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Building a Bridge with Balsa Wood
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What is the best way to bring technology to market
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Is Skipping Classes Worth the Risk in Engineering Programs?
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Cloak of invisiblity , what kind of applications can it be usefull for
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Masters in Engineering with BA in math
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Can Steam Power Revolutionize VTOL Technology with the Coanda Effect?
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Strength of round vs. square columned building
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Design of a water supply system
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Finding Max Moment for triangular load
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How Do You Calculate the Curvature of a Simply Supported Monorail Beam?
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Relationship between Point Loads and Running Loads in Cantilevered Beams
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Finding Reactions in a Beam with an Internal Pin Support
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Is a Secret Knock Detecting Lock the Ultimate Clubhouse Accessory?
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Is the I-beam still favored overall?
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Construct an Egg-Safe Structure with Newspaper and Masking Tape
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Polygonal mirror reflection beam Problem
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Engineering students score with pumpkin
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Question Regarding Radiant Floor Heating
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X: Free Energy - Get Help and Ideas Here!
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Uniformly Varying Load/Uniform Load to Concentrated Point Load
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Possible Extensometer Design Using Single Beam and Strain Gages
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Build a 60s/70s Dodge Charger - Auto-Mechanics & Frame Considerations
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Sound hyphosis. The engeneering part of it.
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Wind Load Formula: Charles Hutton | A=Fsinx^1.84cos-1
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Embarking on an Engineering Website for Students
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2 Trig Equations Answer one or the other is fine
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Rigging Restraints & Force Required to Restrain an object
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Cheap ml range liquid flow sensor
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Can Essential Tremors Impact a Career in Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering?
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Conversion from CO2 to Air flowrates
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Calculating Principal Stress in Combined Loading of a Beam
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Need fast help, (solid mechanics)
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Effect of thermal expansion on restraints
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Two objects in a shaded positio
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Heat Car Engine on Cold Morning: Tips & Advice
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Can an engineer answer these interview questions, please?
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Solving Elasticity Problems with Finite Element Method
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Solving Retaining Wall Problem with No Math/Engineering Knowledge
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Interview-an-Engineer Type Postings
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Is It Practical for a Physics Major to Switch to Biomedical Engineering?
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Following distance between cars
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Solving Equation 1 with Secant Method
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