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How many of you hate your job or know how to find the career you really love?
- Pattonias
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Calculating beam tensions in statically indeterminate structures by hand
- paul-martin
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Effect of thermal expansion on restraints
- Ry122
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Two objects in a shaded positio
- GIW
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What's the proper way to heat a car engine on a cold morning?
- questionboy
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Can an engineer answer these interview questions, please?
- BarbieQ
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Solving Elasticity Problems with Finite Element Method
- Lojzek
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Solving Retaining Wall Problem with No Math/Engineering Knowledge
- biggcheese
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Interview-an-Engineer Type Postings
- MATLABdude
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Is It Practical for a Physics Major to Switch to Biomedical Engineering?
- Elante
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Following distance between cars
- Loren Booda
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Solving Equation 1 with Secant Method
- a.mlw.walker
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What Can You Create at Home with a Sense of Achievement?
- Glennage
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Are wind turbines really noisy?
- Chocolate07
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Implicit vs explicit finite element solvers
- pamparana
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Metal Detectors: The Depths of the Ground
- nanoswift
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Calculating forces on a tilting tower
- djtexcarr
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Understanding 2D Views of a Line in Engineering Class
- Ryuk1990
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Tolerances in wooden meter sticks and protractors used in university labs
- Pengwuino
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Hello. This an interview that an engineer could anwer.
- 205032
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Hawk amongst the hens - C-5 over Niagara
- DaveC426913
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What is the best way to anchor a fort with a zip line attached?
- Airman
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Calculating load requirement for light rail
- jimminy12
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Suggestions for simple practice lagrangian problems
- Storm Butler
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Which is better: MEng or BEng + Msc for overseas students in the UK?
- tony2damax
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Where can I find information about testing machines?
- method_man
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Quick and easy way to measure magnication of a concave mirror
- Lighting_man
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What are the benefits and challenges of a civil engineering career?
- vt33
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Whats the formula for variance between batches?
- Fat Ryan
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Historical: Mechanized cutting of stone vs. concrete
- Breeze
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Building a reverse osmosis water filter from parts
- _Eternity_
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Siphon-Heat Exchange-Electric Generation
- Catach
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Why do we need to find roots of equations in engineering?
- vigintitres
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What desk shape prevents wobbling with monitors?
- questionboy
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How did ancient civilizations use hydraulics and simple machines in engineering?
- Devlan
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Missing List Results option in ANSYS General Post-Proc menu
- CCK27
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Making a curved mirror from a satellite dish
- Shawnzyoo
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Inventions that could have been ahead of their time
- Loren Booda
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My kingdom for a reliable chlorine pump
- Ivan Seeking
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What shape building is most energy efficient?
- Loren Booda
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Bending moments and forces when one stand fails on 8-tonne table
- radiarich
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Percent Effect of variables in equation
- Gaenn
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Cutting a Chalkboard - Is It Feasible?
- IHateMayonnaise
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Data collection and analysis: OriginPro 8.0 SR6
- Allucard
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Remove Electric Window Motor from Truck Door
- tribdog
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Building a diver propulsion vehicle with 12V brushless motor
- IanK
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Can overhead tranmission lines be located via sattelite imagery?
- Starwatcher16
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What is the best way to patent an idea?
- chayced
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How Can I Calculate Storm Water Management for a Site Plan Approval?
- blimkie.k
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Is My Dream of Becoming an Astronautical Engineer Over?
- EternityMech
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Will this magnet motor work?
- Flantoons
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Where Can I Find Free CAD Blocks for Traffic Arrows?
- blimkie.k
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Why are traffic circles circular instead of other shapes?
- harrycoolests
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Strength of a partially Submerged Pipe Casing
- csus_student
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Can you become good at math and physics if you weren't before?
- Qatra
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Navy fire controlman repairing AEGIS combat systems
- KingOfChaos
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Advice on stabilizing a tall wooden structure (just a fun/simple project)
- anduril
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Prototype This: Engineering the Impossible
- maverick_starstrider
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Building an ionic wind lifter from salvaged parts
- wolram
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Applying for Summer Engineering Jobs at Big Companies
- nobb123
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How to calculate max load for a VLV beam?
- giant016
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Electroosmotic Micropumps: What is the Role of the Reservoir?
- frenchero
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Choosing between aerospace, mechanical, nuclear, or sustainability engineering
- mitch93
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Large Flow Valve Thesises: Get Information Here
- zhhf6666
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Is 20mm Plywood Enough for a 90kg Load on a Top Bunk?
- cabellos
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I am a contestant for the M-Prize challenge
- Iyafrady
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Calculating upright loads to base plate
- 3thanol
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Mechanical engineering or electrical engineering
- darthxepher
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I passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
- bobbarkernar
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I-Beam load capacity question, what beam for 70 tons?
- gwrassiniboia
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Are Current Technological Advances Truly Advancing Our Standard of Living?
- RonL
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Hot water won't reach bathroom sinks in 3-story 1902 home
- danielhudson
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Moonlander new video (very funny)
- GoncaloB
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Building a Newspaper Boat for Physics Class
- hamburgler
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Cantilever Design: Anchoring Steel Beams for Shane X.
- Shane
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Calculating load for tidal movement
- jamesd442001
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Fix Cropped Bitmap Image in Autocad 2010
- bigislander72
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Surety Obligations for Performance and Payment Bonds in Contractor Default
- bobbarkernar
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Novels for an electrical engineer?
- dream&create
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What method does COMSOL use to interpolate post processing data?
- mjb7
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How big would a solar power cell need to be
- Starwatcher16
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Advice for Friend Who Wants to Go to MIT for Engineering
- um0123
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Finite Difference Frequency Domain
- la4361
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Bicycle fork pin won't tighten after frame swap
- jamie4w
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Why do we still have telephone poles everywhere?
- Cyrus
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2.5MW wind turbine with ducted fan system design
- BigApple2625
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Big Wind Tunnels - It's Not Everyday
- Cyrus
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Smart railroads: sensors, networks, and intelligent systems
- Astronuc
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Are Nanobots Affected by Quantum Physics?
- hippopviolin
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Are exams hindering our pursuit of knowledge in engineering studies?
- AhmedEzz
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Free Fiberglass Polliwagen airplane airframe: safe to build?
- Cyrus
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Designing a Hydro Generator for my Farm
- drewk79
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Is There An Aircraft That Has Never Crashed?
- JaredJames
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Calculating Steel Universal I-Beam for Simply Supported Beam
- qems
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Are microcompact homes in your future?
- Ivan Seeking
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Bending in structure. Small vehicle frame.
- elsikre
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ASTM A997 structural steel properties
- Starwatcher16
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What is the Wattage of a Microwave Oven?
- dav2008
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Design an egg encasement to survive a 3m drop in 150 cubic centimeters
- llaskai09
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What Is the Fourth Derivative of Position?
- SW VandeCarr
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