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Is Installing Insulation a DIY-Friendly Task?

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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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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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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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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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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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