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Is it plausible to generate electricity through buoyancy?

cabcabby
Dec 18, 2006 · Replies 13 · Dec 19, 2006

Replies: 13

Are Some Engineering Majors Harder Than Others?

Gauss177
Dec 10, 2006 · Replies 12 · Dec 19, 2006

Replies: 12

- Engineering degree or Engineering/Science double degree?

meee
Dec 16, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 18, 2006

Replies: 6

CO2 Emissions Impact: Greenhouse Effect & Space Debris Concerns

BobG
Dec 14, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 1

Is It Possible to Hide a Number Plate Inside a Bumper?

barbo
Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 13, 2006

Replies: 2

Game cube to usb adapter advice

fishys182
Dec 8, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 11, 2006

Replies: 1

How Big Is the Airplane That Matches the Width of an 8-Lane Roadway?

Cyrus
Apr 16, 2006 · Replies 91 · Dec 11, 2006

4

Replies: 91

Flooding Risk for Cofferdams: Time to Reach 1.5 Meters Without Pumps?

gurly03star
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 8, 2006

Replies: 2

The Best Contraptions, and other Rube Goldberg moments

Ivan Seeking
Dec 4, 2006 · Replies 14 · Dec 7, 2006

Replies: 14

Is Calculus Enough for Aspiring Mechanical or Structural Engineers?

nickenrite
Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 6, 2006

Replies: 6

What did you studied in your 1st and 2nd year ?

DeViL eNgInEeR
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 5, 2006

Replies: 2

Is 1000G Centrifugal Force Enough to Test the Glass Thicker at Bottom Myth?

Psi 5
Sep 28, 2006 · Replies 10 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 10

Why Does Murphy's Law Always Strike My Old Truck?

Ivan Seeking
Dec 3, 2006 · Replies 9 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 9

Simulate a Working Model with Sodaplay Software

Shahil
Nov 29, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 2, 2006

Replies: 6

Locating a leak in high pressure water plastic plumbing

DaveC426913
Nov 28, 2006 · Replies 20 · Nov 29, 2006

Replies: 20

Cheap Infrared Camera for Detecting Human Heat - $30 or Less!

sphoenixee
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 25, 2006

Replies: 12

Learn Adobe Photoshop Basics for Low Price

WaterGirl
Nov 25, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 25, 2006

Replies: 1

Structural Engineering for 16-Year-Old in NZ - Nick

nickenrite
Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 15 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 15

Calculating forces vectors etc?

Ekka
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 23, 2006

Replies: 3

Optimizing Suitcase Handle Design: Rigid vs. Swinging

nickcc
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 2

Method of Joints: Bridge Construction Help

The_murphulator
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 1

Analyse Forces of Bed: Step-by-Step Guide

cabellos
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 16, 2006

Replies: 2

Apprenticeships in structual engineering?

nickenrite
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 1

Deflection of a Perfect Strut Under Point Forces

dichotomy
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 3

What engineer would be involed in this?

namwob
Nov 11, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 5

Laddermill- novel windmill design

aeroboyo
Nov 11, 2006 · Replies 9 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 9

Method of consistant deformations

jmf322
Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 3

Waterfall Turbine/Magnetic Feild Inducer

xieon
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 3

How to Gain Insight from a Professional Engineer?

zee1
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 3

Fountains before electric pumps

bobbobwhite
Jul 17, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 7, 2006

Replies: 8

Designing a bunkbed for a caravan

cabellos
Nov 6, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 7, 2006

Replies: 1

Calculate Deflection of Beam Under Point Load

bravegers1
Nov 5, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 6, 2006

Replies: 2

What to get an engineer for his birthday tomorrow?

Loren Booda
Nov 4, 2006 · Replies 28 · Nov 5, 2006

Replies: 28

Statics Problem - I've been out of school too long.

Michael Wakefield
Oct 12, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 5, 2006

Replies: 7

Building a Tabletop Apparatus Without Stored Energy

sunnyjay
Oct 31, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 1, 2006

Replies: 10

Does the equation δ = (PL^3)/(48EI) apply only to maximum beam deflection?

stoner
Oct 24, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 26, 2006

Replies: 8

Can I Combine Engineering with Learning Languages and Cultures?

magnus1225
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 24, 2006

Replies: 3

What Are the Equations of Motion for Circular Motion?

plug2002
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 23, 2006

Replies: 2

School boards: Idiots with creative engineering proposals

Rach3
Oct 21, 2006 · Replies 14 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 14

Telescope mirror polishing simulator

Lerch
Mar 6, 2004 · Replies 13 · Oct 21, 2006

Replies: 13

Highway Maintenance Costs: What's the Average Annual Cost?

luckycharms
Oct 20, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 20, 2006

Replies: 1

Pressure Chambers Project: 30+ PSI for School

GTdan
Oct 13, 2006 · Replies 6 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 6

Where to find the following information?

Song
Oct 16, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 17, 2006

Replies: 2

Underground Storage Tank subjected to any loading when it is in burying?

baleno911
Oct 15, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 17, 2006

Replies: 3

Take some pictures at school with my new camera

Cyrus
Oct 14, 2006 · Replies 68 · Oct 16, 2006

3

Replies: 68

Civil/Environmental Engineering: Pros and Cons

npat
Oct 15, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 15, 2006

Replies: 2

What sort of engineering should i do?

meee
Sep 20, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 12, 2006

Replies: 3

Inventing Process: Agony, Maths & Peanut Butter

wolram
Oct 6, 2006 · Replies 17 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 17

Dynamics: solve both trajectories

600burger
Oct 10, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 10, 2006

Replies: 3

Buy RFID Readers & Tags | Testing Purposes

IrOnFiSt
Oct 6, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 6, 2006

Replies: 2

Challenge To Build The Tallest Tower

dratcliff
Sep 29, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 5, 2006

Replies: 8

UGS NX4 vs Solidworks: Which is Better?

bboy
Sep 15, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Engineering fields that work outdoors

Ghostblade
Aug 29, 2006 · Replies 11 · Oct 1, 2006

Replies: 11

PDF example of mechanical structure?

Bert
Sep 25, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 29, 2006

Replies: 1

Dimensioning a house's main-pipe

TSN79
Sep 29, 2006 · Replies 2 · Sep 29, 2006

Replies: 2

Simple Computer modelling - Software suggestions

3trQN
Sep 18, 2006 · Replies 2 · Sep 19, 2006

Replies: 2

Stop Evaporation & Heat Loss with Anti-Evaporation Balls | Explained

paddy-boy66
Sep 19, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 19, 2006

Replies: 1

How would you solve this problem?

John Galt
Sep 10, 2006 · Replies 11 · Sep 12, 2006

Replies: 11

Calculating Failure Rate: 0.8 Reliability in 2000 Hours

scotchpie
Sep 8, 2006 · Replies 3 · Sep 11, 2006

Replies: 3

Got Schooled Already: Surviving Engineering Classes

Cyrus
Sep 6, 2006 · Replies 12 · Sep 9, 2006

Replies: 12

Just Passed the Dept Qualifying Exam

Clausius2
Sep 6, 2006 · Replies 23 · Sep 7, 2006

Replies: 23

Transferring Programs from TI-83 to TI-84: Is it Possible?

Robokapp
Sep 7, 2006 · Replies 2 · Sep 7, 2006

Replies: 2

Can you make cardboard organ pipes?

manu_phm
Aug 4, 2004 · Replies 2 · Sep 6, 2006

Replies: 2

Ventilation Systems: Calculating G & E Rates

melpec
Sep 4, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 4, 2006

Replies: 1

Poll

FINAL VOTE - Bridge Over Troubled Water

ZapperZ
Aug 28, 2006 · Replies 14 · Aug 30, 2006

Replies: 14

Searching for a Universal Book of Equations

rasperas
Aug 22, 2006 · Replies 4 · Aug 30, 2006

Replies: 4

Vacuum System Design: Penning Gauge Effects

Remi
Aug 29, 2006 · Replies 5 · Aug 30, 2006

Replies: 5

T-beams and Second moment of area

Kramjit
Aug 24, 2006 · Replies 4 · Aug 29, 2006

Replies: 4

Amusement Park Ride Design Rules & Guidelines

drewjmore
Aug 24, 2006 · Replies 4 · Aug 25, 2006

Replies: 4

Quiting my job. Tell the truth or lie?

david90
Aug 22, 2006 · Replies 10 · Aug 22, 2006

Replies: 10

Designing an Item Finder for High School Student - Advise Needed

Harmony
Aug 17, 2006 · Replies 11 · Aug 20, 2006

Replies: 11

Study Habits ( for students only)

Equilibrium
Aug 15, 2006 · Replies 5 · Aug 15, 2006

Replies: 5

Scientist Arrogance: Learning vs. Working Engineer

Clausius2
Aug 10, 2006 · Replies 21 · Aug 12, 2006

Replies: 21

Which is the Broadest Engineering Discipline?

tegra97
Jun 10, 2006 · Replies 10 · Aug 11, 2006

Replies: 10

Wave propagation in elastic tubes.

somasimple
Aug 9, 2006 · Replies 2 · Aug 9, 2006

Replies: 2

Trane Party of 8: A Spectacular Installation Abortion

russ_watters
Aug 8, 2006 · Replies 1 · Aug 8, 2006

Replies: 1

Is Engineering More Office-Based or Hands-On?

meee
Aug 5, 2006 · Replies 8 · Aug 8, 2006

Replies: 8

Materials Engineering: My Interesting Month So Far

brewnog
Aug 5, 2006 · Replies 9 · Aug 7, 2006

Replies: 9

Solar Chimney: Design 2KW/Day in California

NoTime
Aug 4, 2006 · Replies 11 · Aug 5, 2006

Replies: 11

Murphy's Visit: Investigating Sounds from My Honda Accord DX

Gokul43201
Jul 30, 2006 · Replies 32 · Aug 2, 2006

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Replies: 32

How to measure height above sea level

TSN79
Jul 27, 2006 · Replies 7 · Jul 31, 2006

Replies: 7

Can You Spot the Invisible Ductwork?

russ_watters
Jul 25, 2006 · Replies 40 · Jul 28, 2006

2

Replies: 40

I just got accepted into Engineering

triden
Jul 13, 2006 · Replies 19 · Jul 27, 2006

Replies: 19

Is a Cheap, Eco-Friendly, and Tax-Free Steam Car Possible?

wolram
Jul 27, 2006 · Replies 6 · Jul 27, 2006

Replies: 6

The Lasting Power of Man-Made Structures

wolram
Jul 20, 2006 · Replies 6 · Jul 21, 2006

Replies: 6

How to setup printer to print multiple files sequently

Mike Phan
Jul 17, 2006 · Replies 2 · Jul 17, 2006

Replies: 2

Ael Download Orcad PSpice Software - Help Michael

mich_v87
Jul 15, 2006 · Replies 3 · Jul 16, 2006

Replies: 3

Is Over-Engineering Hindering Your Success in Engineering Projects?

Cyrus
Jul 14, 2006 · Replies 3 · Jul 14, 2006

Replies: 3

Efficient Blueprint Design Software for Boats and Buildings

UnknownPiratte
Jul 5, 2006 · Replies 6 · Jul 12, 2006

Replies: 6

Designing a Tunnel Under a Sand Pile: Weight Considerations

brbeck777
Jun 23, 2006 · Replies 11 · Jul 12, 2006

Replies: 11

Poll

What is the Unique Design of the New Railway Station in Spain?

xexus
Jun 28, 2006 · Replies 16 · Jul 10, 2006

Replies: 16

Can anyone become a skilled engineering designer?

Jin Sen Zhang
Jun 26, 2006 · Replies 6 · Jul 7, 2006

Replies: 6

[Ask] about manufacturing engineering

bboy
Jul 5, 2006 · Replies 4 · Jul 7, 2006

Replies: 4

Build a Strong Bridge with Limited Resources: A Budget-Friendly Challenge

jkv6391
Jul 4, 2006 · Replies 8 · Jul 5, 2006

Replies: 8

What Energy Level is Needed for a Laser to Ignite Air Like Lightning?

Intuitive
Jul 2, 2006 · Replies 3 · Jul 3, 2006

Replies: 3

Choosing a Path in Engineering: Balancing Design and Fundamentals

jactrigga
Jul 1, 2006 · Replies 4 · Jul 2, 2006

Replies: 4

Good riddance to Summer Session 1

quantumdude
Jun 30, 2006 · Replies 14 · Jul 1, 2006

Replies: 14

Don't blame me, it's my first day

Hawknc
Jun 30, 2006 · Replies 26 · Jul 1, 2006

Replies: 26

Is Installing Insulation a DIY-Friendly Task?

heartless
Jun 30, 2006 · Replies 6 · Jun 30, 2006

Replies: 6

What will happen to your drain when 50 kilos of fondant is poured in?

wolram
Jun 28, 2006 · Replies 19 · Jun 28, 2006

Replies: 19

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