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What Are the Best Practices for Designing Resilient and Adaptive Systems?
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High Energy Lasers: Questions & Answers
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Calculate Beam Deflection at C using Superposition
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Can I work under a Mechanical PE if I want to take the Civil PE exam?
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Pickens Plan -alternative energy
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Static and kinematic determinacy
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Question on moment distrobution with sway
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What Questions Should You Ask in an Engineer Interview for a School Project?
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A machine that absorbs CO2? How?
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Looking to Interview an Engineer
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Beam that is simply supported in the middle
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How to Split a Room Easily and Efficiently?
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Oakland/East Bay weather vs. Seattle
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Beam with uniform loading supported at 4 corners
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What is Maxwell's Rule for Determining Static-Determinacy in Structures?
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Magnetic Fuel Saver: Tested & Discovered During WWII
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Solar collector design and simulation considerations
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Which Engineering Degree Do I Need?
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Boxcar Average: A Simple and Lousy Filtering Mechanism?
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Is My Laptop Causing Memory Issues in COMSOL Multiphysics Simulations?
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Question regarding Bouyancy in Water
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Longest Service: Continuous Device Motion
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Need help focusing IR using a fresnel lens
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Civil Engineering: Ask Your Questions Here!
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Engineer Who Made a Big Impact: Who Is Greatest?
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Moment of Inertia, Strong/Weak axis?
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Tubing Points: Types & Locations
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Small Wind Turbine Power Measurement
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Designing a parachute system/device
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Why are heat pipes not used in PEM fuel cells?
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CG Calculation Help - Stability for Pole & Steel Base
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Hypothetical engineering problem - the 'handbag car'
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Structural Engineering -12x12 stiffness matrix analysis
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Troubleshooting Turbine Flowmeter Calibration
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Possible Causes of the Boeing 777 Crash Landing at Heathrow?
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What Causes Friction Between Engineers and Theorists?
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What does an engineer really do?
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BP Invigorate Claims: Are They True?
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What's the Best Bag for Protecting My Books?
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Will Japanese Engineering Solve the Evo Problem?
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National Bureau of Standards, 3 GEE Cal test
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Mechanics of Solids - Crandall,Dahl, Lardner
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What is the safest blockage ratio?
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Structural Safety Of Freedom Tower
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The chevy volt, pipe dream or a viable solution?
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Choosing the Right I Beam for 800lb Load Support
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Research Poll: Public Support for a Nuclear Powered Aeroplane
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Balanced/Imbalanced wind loads on Parabolic Dish
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Confused about using an engineering tape measure for oilfield work?
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Who Were the Key Engineers Behind the Panama Canal's Construction?
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Installing AMPL on Mac for OR Students
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Manage rectangular cloth for square table
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Can a Square Building Reduce Drag on a Cylindrical Building?
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Researching Physics of Maglev Train Systems
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About rendering physical reality
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Benefit of a Vortex Generator in a turbocharged automotive applications
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Technology to forecast earthquakes, volcanic activity
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Can Double Glazing Truly Soundproof Windows?
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Is a double major in electrical and chemical engineering feasible?
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Compensating for accelerometer values
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Nominal Pipe Size and Diametre Nominal
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Method to Measure CO2 concentration in room
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What size tires and tubes should I get for my hybrid bike?
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Does Scrubbing in Motocross Really Improve Lap Times?
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Can Moving Vehicles Generate Electricity with Electro Gravity Tiles?
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Can You Build a 20-30mph Motorized Longboard?
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Now many lives does a wind turbine save?
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Shear Strength of an Erected Pipe
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Calculating Volume of Water/Air Needed for Filter Backwashing
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Is Gas Flame Better than Charcoal Fire?
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Electronics: using water pressure & flow analogy to explain voltage & current
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What makes the Evinrude Lightwin 3 the ultimate dowry for landing a fisherman?
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Reviewing Engineering Mechanics: Statics by Hibbeler - Is it Worth the Hype?
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Experience and or Thoughts on Dual Major E.E.+M.E.
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Can I Create My Own Wall Art with Steel Beams and Insulation?
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A7 Twin Carb Head: A Precious Find!
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How to Design an Orifice Plate for a Water Treatment Pilot Plant?
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How prepared is California for the Big One
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How Do I Determine If a Beam Will Break Based on Calculated Stresses?
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Routine mantanence on one of the big mixers
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Wind turbines - recent developments
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Modern Flywheels: Energy Storage at 90000 RPM
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News Feasibility of Nuclear Energy with Recycling (Pu) as Energy Solution in US
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Transient conductive heat flow using finite element method
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