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Is Installing Insulation a DIY-Friendly Task?
- heartless
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What will happen to your drain when 50 kilos of fondant is poured in?
- wolram
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Is It Difficult to Secure Engineering Jobs After Graduation?
- aarietta
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Does Good design influence on high quality products?
- Jin Sen Zhang
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Good and bad design to be an engineer
- Jin Sen Zhang
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Can a single vehicle realistically work on land, sea and air?
- wolram
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How does flux vary with diameter in sand filter systems?
- pikkie
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Captured the aftermath of an accident
- Astronuc
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Formulas for maximum moment and distance on different beam types
- Pyrrhus
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What are the most common career paths for members of PF?
- Pyrrhus
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The force of water from a fosset
- TSN79
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Which engine to use for kit car: seized spare, short block, or tuned runner?
- brewnog
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How to estimate time for CS and EE assignments
- ynuo
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Building a J-3 Piper Cub with an Electric Motor
- Cyrus
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Where can I find civil engineering forums?
- Pyrrhus
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Is UofT's EngSci the Best Engineering Program in Canada?
- rocketboy
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Florida needs to fix their potholes
- rcgldr
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How Does Fluid Dynamics Enhance Technical Writing Skills?
- Cyrus
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48-Cylinder Big Bikeriders - See the Whacky Ride!
- wolram
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I'm going to sound like an idiot for asking this, but
- wScott
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Macho Vehicle Modification Challenge - Any Advice Welcome!
- wolram
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How Does Understanding How It Works: A Guide Simplify Complex Concepts?
- JierenChen
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Do Titanium Speakers Release More Energy Shattering Granite Than They Consume?
- Intuitive
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What Formulae Calculate Force Delivery in a Whipping Motion?
- matb
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Shear Force and bending moment diagram
- VooDoo
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A low temperature flame that melts carbon?
- edward
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Need advice about my engineering schooling
- pete5383
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Improve Bridge Design for Heavier Loads
- cabellos
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Rivet Joint Design with Gusset Plates - Aluminium Bridge Structure
- cabellos
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What would you like to blow up?
- monty28
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Solve for X: Formula Conversion Math Problem
- lowgear
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What is region 5 on the water phase diagram?
- ksle82
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Can a Piezoelectric Gong Generate an Electric Spark?
- Intuitive
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What would be impossible to build and why?
- monty28
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What battery type does an iPod use?
- professor
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Want to see a one-of-a-kind car creation?
- Danger
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Can an A380 Land at Death Row?
- brewnog
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What is the Searl Effect Generator?
- Universe_Man
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Electronics Exam Cheat Sheet - One Sheet to Rule Them All
- Cyrus
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Is Downshifting Bad for Your Automatic Transmission?
- Cyrus
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Create a Medieval Fountain Without Electricity
- GeekyGuy
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Solving Noise Problems: All You Need to Know
- ben9108
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Good reference books for learning Finite element methods
- ahmad.hasan
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How do you decipher transposition ciphers like columnar rearrangement?
- FateEternal
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Is ethanol actually beneficial or costly as a fuel?
- scott1
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Sizing a beam to withstand falling objects.
- brbeck777
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What makes a good electronics textbook?
- Cyrus
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Why Is the Promise of Fuel Cells Still Unfulfilled?
- banerjeerupak
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Can 2x4 Studs Adequately Support a 3000lb Aquarium?
- fe342185
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Future of Personal Transport: Electric Vehicles
- wolram
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Taking energy from the atmosphere
- heartless
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Why does dry spaghetti break into three pieces, not two?
- Danger
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Difference between photodetector and photosensor for infrared light
- Alvin
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How does suspension affect cornering in car physics simulations?
- c00ler
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Woman Builds Home from 747 Jumbo Jet
- Astronuc
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Creating the Lotus Temple: Me and My Friend's First Project
- heman
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What courses do architects take in college?
- Dunkaroos
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Retina/Cornea Scanners: Fact or Fiction?
- UrbanXrisis
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Unlimited Energy From a Single Cable?
- Gnophos
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Scope Creep: When A-F Becomes A-M
- Ivan Seeking
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Can Unequally Spaced Blades Reduce Noise in Radiator Fans?
- Hootenanny
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Is the Capitol Power Plant only providing steam now?
- rachmaninoff2
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Seeking advice on mining engineering and rock mechanics
- i_wish_i_was_smart
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Roles and interactions of architects, engineers, and contractors
- usfz28
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Responsibilities and interactions between architects, engineers and contractors
- usfz28
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What is Engineers Without Borders and How Are They Building a Better World?
- Astronuc
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CAD Success After Manual Drawing Disaster
- siddharth
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Have you ever experienced a geek wound on the job?
- russ_watters
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Can You Build Secret Passageways Without Spending a Fortune?
- scott1
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Physics principles of manned submersibles
- lsim16
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What can a science and engineering degree and inspiration lead to?
- Astronuc
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What does traction free mean?
- leoflc
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Where can i get a good book on electric cars?
- Leopold Infeld
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Good Searching Advice for Engineers: Tips for Better Results
- FredGarvin
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Mirror or prism that reflects any incident ray parallel to a fixed axis
- itzela
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Is Peter O'Neil's Advanced Engineering Mathematics a worthwhile investment?
- Valhalla
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Santiago Calatrava's architectural and sculptural work
- Cyrus
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Who first developed resonance theory and when?
- lilcupcake
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Feasibility of a Warm Refrigerator
- rghusted
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I-beams size when smaller termination
- TexanJohn
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How to Measure Sunlight in Watts for a Room
- TSN79
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Loss due to open channel to pipe flow transition
- miriza
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Where is the 1995 Honda Accord Fuse Box Located?
- Greg Bernhardt
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What is the relationship between price and invested energy in products?
- Ivan Seeking
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Can Hydrofoils Be Attached to a Kayak?
- bomba923
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Flow batteries in Australia and Japan wind power applications
- willib
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Company Open House: What to expect
- enigma
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MacGuyver Mastercard Superbowl commercial
- Plastic Photon
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Why is the U-2 nicknamed the Dragon Lady?
- Cyrus
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Scratch one thing off my list (I hope)
- franznietzsche
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How to find an engineer to help develop a project idea
- jhe1984
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What is the meaning of phase difference?
- dervast
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Ivan's Creek: Low-head hydro-electric power
- Integral
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Understanding the Tacoma Bridge Collapse: Causes and Differences in Resonance
- Ukitake Jyuushirou
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How to build a 300-foot hill suitable for skiing
- Erazman
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Can You Pursue Multiple Engineering Disciplines Simultaneously?
- Line
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Why office chair parts are standardized across brands
- Pengwuino
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Airbag as Explosion Protection - Any Thoughts?
- jhe1984
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Issues with building a giant slingshot
- tribdog
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I know there must be a reason this wouldn't work
- Gnophos
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