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Why do I get shocked every time I shut my truck door?

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How Do Optical Mice Detect Movement?

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From one of PF's younger members

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Heat conductivity and Grashofs number

  • TSN79
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What is Explosives Engineering and How Does it Relate to Demolitions?

  • NavyMan
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Finding the Right Software for Building Energy Simulation

  • TSN79
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Widespread cracks in 2 story house after purchase in Arizona

  • QuantumTheory
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Are there any CA structural engineers on this forum?

  • 16d @ 4"
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Can Ocean Waves Provide a Revolutionary Alternative Energy Source?

  • Integral
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Solving a Physics Society Domino Challenge

  • umut_caglar
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Why build mega structures costing hundreds of millions

  • Pengwuino
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Christmas from from an Engineer's Perspective

  • 1123581321
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Where do physics and engineering diverge as separate fields?

  • zoobyshoe
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Can You Solve This Engineering Brain Teaser?

  • Tom McCurdy
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Searching for Techniques to Put a Germ/Cell in Liquid Drops

  • hananl
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Engineering Physics: Career Prospects & Problem Solving

  • Ztalin
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Once an engineer, always an engineer.

  • tribdog
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Ultimate nerd back pack or a Small scale enegry source

  • Integral
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Wooden puzzle box sliding surfaces and polymer clay baking

  • TheStatutoryApe
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The question is,, any of you actually makes something useful with all you know?

  • ricardo kuhn
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Fireplace insert for a small 1940s colonial hearth

  • DocToxyn
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What is a Deci-Hour? Answers Needed

  • chingkui
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Magnet Valves: What Are They and How Do They Work?

  • TSN79
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A book to spark the imagination?

  • jmcgraw
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Strange or unbelieveable things that happen

  • Astronuc
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Christmas lights + electrican engineer with too much time on his hands?

  • Pengwuino
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Pennytech Bicycle rack for a motorcycle

  • ricardo kuhn
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Design: Classroom of the Future

  • Tom McCurdy
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Totally Pennytech rotating Headlight

  • ricardo kuhn
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How to Find a Manufacturer for Custom 24V DC Gear Motor Assemblies?

  • deckart
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What is metric engineering?

  • kleinwolf
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Is a Cheap Pseudo-3D Display with Head Movement Possible?

  • kleinwolf
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Favorite science course to take as a computer science elective

  • heman
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Anti-gravity - is it far from us?

  • vincentm
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Simple Hashing Function for City Coordinates

  • pbialos
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Take Engineering Statics Online: Is it Worth It?

  • JoshHolloway
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Why do engineers need complex variables before differential equations?

  • Pseudo Statistic
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What engineering lessons from Hurricane Katrina could prevent future devastation?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Cantilever Cable: PhD Student Researching Deformation Out-of-Plane

  • Simon666
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The Differences Between Physicists and Engineers

  • Lisa!
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Microwave engine claiming free energy

  • Plastic Photon
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Welcome Back! Making Progress on a Powerful Engine

  • brewnog
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Is metalworking in college a physically demanding task?

  • siddharth
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How much advanced calculus do you need for computer chip design?

  • QuantumTheory
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Where to buy a sheet of titanium about 2mm thick

  • Icebreaker
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Retire on the Moon: Build an Anormous Senior Citizens Retirment Centre

  • blimkie
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OMG I have an inverview in 3 hours help

  • Physics is Phun
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Do a few extra lights really raise the electricity bill that much?

  • QuantumTheory
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Can identical waves create sound wave cancellation?

  • sid_galt
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Which Statics Book Do You Recommend for Reference?

  • teknodude
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Ultra Caps Now Available at Digikey - Check Out What's New!

  • willib
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What characteristics does a good design need to possess?

  • Leon W Zhang
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The motivation just isnt there anymore

  • ranger
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Impact of solids vs non-solids.

  • Boneslab
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The most efficient means of travel

  • Pengwuino
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Revalidation to practice engineering in the USA

  • Pyrrhus
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Real-world costs of owning or sharing a single-prop airplane

  • Pengwuino
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Can perpetual machines be developed?

  • young e.
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Create Garage Door Remote w/ Scanner Tech

  • sine
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Rebuild New Orleans for the future

  • Skyhunter
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Should I be concerned about someone experimenting with 200-500kV?

  • Pengwuino
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Which Engineering Field Should I Choose?

  • ludi_srbin
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Why is there so much noise on passenger jets during flight?

  • stoned
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Talking robots - what's the latest?

  • honestrosewater
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Studying materials engineering alongside physics

  • maria curie
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Most Powerful Lasers: Where to Find Them?

  • EL
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Front Landing Gear Grinds Off - Everyone Safe

  • zoobyshoe
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Starting work as a graduate engineer at a power systems company

  • brewnog
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What jobs and specializations are available in computer engineering?

  • ranger
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Can compressing air behind a bullet increase muzzle velocity?

  • sid_galt
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Disaster Recovery Infrastructure

  • russ_watters
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Engineers and engineering students: what did you get on ACT

  • Jeremy
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Is Engineering the Right Career Choice for Me at Texas Tech?

  • crazyaussieTX
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Securing PVC Pipe Cap: A Challenge

  • mrjeffy321
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Calculations for floatation of a pontoon

  • plumbwhite
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Calculate Amperage for DIY Home Project

  • GarageTinker
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Engineering and engineering technology

  • ranger
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What's covered in a digital logic lab course?

  • EvLer
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Pilgrim Nuts - Largest Nuts Ever Made

  • wolram
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How to inflate tires without losing air and check tire tread depth

  • Math Is Hard
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Is Engineering a Homophobic Profession for Queer Engineers?

  • uberXjimmy
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Why Not Use Empirical Adjustments for Solar Death Rays?

  • DaveC426913
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Need to know the name of this engineering company

  • oldunion
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Brain-Teasing Puzzle for Engineering Majors

  • EvLer
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Finding Max Load for Cantilever Beam of AlN

  • Physics_wiz
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Parachutes in commercial aircraft.

  • matthyaouw
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Is the choice of engineering stable enough?

  • uberXjimmy
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Airliner crashes due to decompression failure ?

  • RonRyan85
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What is Your Secret Dream for the Future?

  • Clausius2
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Output Equation: y(x)=Input+Initial Data Response

  • asdf1
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Are engineering assignments really so wrong?

  • Artman
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What Engineering to study - The OT Part

  • Clausius2
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What Is This Object on the Titan Rocket?

  • Integral
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Anyone know where I can get a free FE practice exam?

  • leright
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What is the Age Range of Scientists in the Nuclear Engineering Field?

  • eosphorus
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How Did an Attempt to Fix a Dripping Tap Turn into a Fiery Disaster?

  • wolram
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Programming Nokia 6230 for Bluetooth Commands

  • juming
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