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Energy Usage Growth - History and Future
- russ_watters
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Can You Take Down a Helicopter?
- Chitose
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What was this truck-mounted widget?
- DaveC426913
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Where is the least bumpy spot on a school bus?
- Dysnex
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Is It Possible to Avoid Designing Weapons in Aerospace Engineering?
- bentrinh
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Making a medieval-style crossbow
- stoned
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Greetings, fellow scientists and engineers
- Lateralus.
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Significant and decimal places for engineering report
- n707jt
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Manual or calibration method for HP 70950A osa
- simazPHYS
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How long do structures continue shaking after quake?
- Pollywoggy
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Non Linear Regression Initial Guesses
- scantor145
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Are PhD Jobs in Math/CS Mostly in Academia or Other Industries?
- cpa
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Why is stamping of plans illegal?
- bigislander72
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What book covers load and structural design for building a workout bench?
- rufeecolada
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How do miners locate ore deposits and avoid damaging them during extraction?
- Ukitake Jyuushirou
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Max load bending on steel tube.
- drewjohn
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Is There Significant Energy Loss in Refracted and Focused Light?
- ssope
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Set these boundary conditions in COMSOL 3.4?
- sunilpatilher
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Anyone else take the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam yesterday?
- leright
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Idea from a laymen (transportation system)
- tk448
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Design of a piezoelectric liquid pump
- miva
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Can a Thermometer Be Engineered to Detect Fires at High Temperatures?
- T.O.E Dream
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What is a suitable thickness for a spinal disc implant endplate?
- cabellos6
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Aviation Mishaps and Issues - Current and Ongoing (Investigations)
- mugaliens
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How does this work? Pics included.
- DnD Addict
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Can Pressurized Air Vehicles Replace Batteries for Short Trips?
- dE_logics
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How to calculate load capacity of steel beams and cantilevers
- Aethermeister
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Slow drip from copper water line after turning off fridge valve
- electrical_ck
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I wonder, how deep attack nuclear sub can dive?
- Chitose
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Can DNA Be Used as a Basis for a Quantum Computer?
- limarodessa
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Designing and Operating High Vacuum Systems
- jumbogala
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Solar lighting/power idea - viable?
- MTurner
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Build a Small Wind Turbine Using the Kidwind Motor
- physicsdude17
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Why did you choose to be an Engineer?
- momais
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Shortening boat trailer with 5" aluminum I-beams for winter storage
- pjm
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Can an Engineer's PE License be Revoked?
- DnD Addict
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Designing low-cost tools to help developing countries achieve self-sufficiency
- mrlaughingman
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Growing Energy ? Juan Enriquez, TED Video Nov 2007
- rhody
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Aspiring Engineering major looking for general answers
- Matt0117
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How to calculate tension/compression in a truss bridge (diagram shown)?
- enosthapa
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Max load capacity of 3x3x1/4 steel tube rack in bending and compression
- drewjohn
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Square vs round tubing strength with 4000 lb midspan load
- madison069
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Find Trend in STAT: How Many Observations Needed?
- knightza
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How do you convert force F into flow rate Q?
- 3dee
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Method of Sections: Frame vs. Trusses
- Krazer101
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Optimal Angle for Frame Design Project
- Krazer101
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Do Camcorders/ Video camera have Sensors in them?
- Rhine720
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RUnning Solidworks2009 on Windows 7?
- Mech King
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How Can I Use an Achromat Lens to Magnify an LCD on My Microscope?
- bemaitea
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Need to interview a Computer Hardware Engineer for school project
- CJG
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!Designing a Light-Weight Hovercraft Control System
- AppleBite
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Base Isolation Systems in Skyscrapers?
- George3
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Building a Bridge with Balsa Wood
- subhareads
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What is the best way to bring technology to market
- komatsu8
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Is Skipping Classes Worth the Risk in Engineering Programs?
- General_Sax
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Cloak of invisiblity , what kind of applications can it be usefull for
- land_of_ice
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Masters in Engineering with BA in math
- Badjuju270
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Can Steam Power Revolutionize VTOL Technology with the Coanda Effect?
- leviterande
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Strength of round vs. square columned building
- Loren Booda
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Choosing Engineering: Personal Motivations and Paths to Success
- renjiLambrusc
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Design of a water supply system
- nani
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Modifying a wine cooler peltier system to reach -20°C
- cthor
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Building a 4'x8' sign printer with voice coil nozzles
- parkland
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Is Gravimetric Energy Storage a Viable Alternative to Batteries for Solar Power?
- Jasongreat
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Finding Max Moment for triangular load
- posty2100
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How Do You Calculate the Curvature of a Simply Supported Monorail Beam?
- Dafty
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Relationship between Point Loads and Running Loads in Cantilevered Beams
- Ignea_unda
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Finding Reactions in a Beam with an Internal Pin Support
- dananjaya
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Is a Secret Knock Detecting Lock the Ultimate Clubhouse Accessory?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Is the I-beam still favored overall?
- Loren Booda
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Construct an Egg-Safe Structure with Newspaper and Masking Tape
- Phox
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How do I make a push button flag pole that stops at the top?
- toogr82h8
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Aligning six facets of a polygonal mirror to overlap laser reflection
- anita1984
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Can Rebar and Tiebacks Stabilize a Shifting Retaining Wall?
- CreatesMoreWork
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What is the best programming language for building a 2D pathfinding robot?
- golmschenk
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Engineering Design of Binoculars & Hobby Telescopes
- NSK8700
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Why don't rooftop solar heating systems use magnification to concentrate the sun?
- bobbobwhite
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Brought a programmable calculator to my EngG130 statics midterm by mistake
- General_Sax
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Engineering students score with pumpkin
- Ivan Seeking
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Question Regarding Radiant Floor Heating
- BTB
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Heated Infrastructure in the U.S. - Possible?
- BTB
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Programming language and microcontroller for obstacle-avoiding robot
- kloong
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Soldering Copper Pipes: Is Heat Direction a Factor?
- BosonJaw
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Building a magnetic motor to generate home electricity
- sirblack40
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Uniformly Varying Load/Uniform Load to Concentrated Point Load
- accesskb
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Possible Extensometer Design Using Single Beam and Strain Gages
- Oulrish
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Is a 60s/70s Dodge Charger frame safe to restore and rebuild?
- Lancelot59
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Sound hyphosis. The engeneering part of it.
- cavemen
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Grouping of terms in Charles Hutton wind pressure formula
- cuad
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Embarking on an Engineering Website for Students
- acrossthesea
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2 Trig Equations Answer one or the other is fine
- BuffaloSoulja
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Restraint force to prevent 496 kg structure with 0.79 m CoG from tipping
- glocki35
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Cheap ml range liquid flow sensor
- miva
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Will essential tremor affect soldering in mechatronics work?
- vittle12
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Conversion from CO2 to Air flowrates
- redargon
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Preventing Air in Capillaries: Solutions and Valve Selections from Upchurch
- frenchero
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Calculating Dead and Live Loads for Building Design
- quickzx
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Is 85% the highest efficiency we can achieve with PV technology?
- gloo
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Calculating Principal Stress in Combined Loading of a Beam
- P0zzn
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