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Gear Ratios and Progressive slowing?
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Applying for Summer Engineering Jobs at Big Companies
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How to calculate max load for a VLV beam?
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Electroosmotic Micropumps: What is the Role of the Reservoir?
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How Does Fuel Expansion and Contraction Work in Pulse Jet Engines?
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Engineering: Helping a Junior Decide on a Career Path
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Large Flow Valve Thesises: Get Information Here
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Cost of high capacity compressors ($/kW)
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Is 20mm Plywood Enough for a 90kg Load on a Top Bunk?
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Vacuum Distillation Setup on a Budget
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Perturbing Accelerations in Satellite Orbit Determination
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[Theory of Machines] Why is Belt in a Belt drive a Link
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Design of piezoactuated micropump
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Mechatronics or Computer Systems Engineering for Robotics? Advice Needed!
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Air pollutant concentration measurement technique?
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Design & Construct FM Radio Receiver 87.5-108MHz
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Electromechanical Door Locks: What is the Purpose and Advantages?
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Calculating upright loads to base plate
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Wind turbine for low speed winds
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Microchip's PIC microcontrollers
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Motion of a piston be considered simple harmonic
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Why don't air conditioners have regenerative heat exchangers?
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Solar power AC units, soon or never?
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Why Do Power and Torque Curves Differ Between Imperial and Metric Systems?
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What Are the Best Trigger Mechanisms for Rubber Band Powered Vehicles?
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Is a Battery-Powered Plane the Future of Air Travel?
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I passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
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Equilibrium temperature of heat exchanger
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I-Beam load capacity question, what beam for 70 tons?
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Sealing Rotating Rod: Efficient Solution?
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Automated mouse pressing device
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Are Current Technological Advances Truly Advancing Our Standard of Living?
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How Much Axle Torque Is Needed to Prevent a Car from Rolling Downhill?
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Triggering a trafic light on a bicycle.
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Learn AutoCAD: Step-by-Step Instructions and 3D Design Help
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Lighting Requirements, Industrial/Commercial.
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How Can Tire Uniformity Parameters Help Improve Tire Balancing?
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What Can I Expect in an HVAC Industrial Placement?
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Moonlander new video (very funny)
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Building a Newspaper Boat for Physics Class
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Q: Torque-speed? Motors and rotating plinths - Please help
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Efficient Gas Instant Hot Water System with Copper Coil-Cap [Diagram Attached]
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Cantilever Design: Anchoring Steel Beams for Shane X.
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Calculating load for tidal movement
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Fix Cropped Bitmap Image in Autocad 2010
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Determining the Dimensions of a Pulse Jet Engine: A Scientific Approach
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Surety Obligations for Performance and Payment Bonds in Contractor Default
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Measuring distance of rotating object
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What method does COMSOL use to interpolate post processing data?
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How big would a solar power cell need to be
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Need a formula to calculate BTU loss in a pond.
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Can this satisfy the world's energy needs? High-altitude wind power.
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Colision angle between guided missile and target
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Hall Effect Probe/Sample Mount (Design)
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HP Air Bottle Sizing for 4.19m³ Tank at 10 Bar
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Finite Difference Frequency Domain
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Inverse Faraday Cage: Containing Magnetic Fields?
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Build a Hovercraft: Advice for Beginners
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Is a Wind Turbine-Powered Building the Future of Energy Generation?
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Shock absorber/Suspension advice (bike project)
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What is the best way to position hinges on a heavy duty door design?
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Designing a F1 Model Car for Optimal Speed
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PC Case Thermodynamics/Air Flow?
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Unlocking Efficiency: The Role of Technology in Modern Rail Transportation
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Need a unique type of pressure vessel
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Material Strength: Thickness vs. Thinness Explained
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Are Nanobots Affected by Quantum Physics?
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Quantum Efficiency Mapping setup for solar cell charatcerization
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Ion Engine Efficency: What Mass is Optimal?
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Designing a Hydro Generator for my Farm
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Data collection - noisy signal - how much noise is acceptable?
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Measuring Moment of Inertia of RC Helicopter
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Sonic Screwdriver: Vibration Tool for Loosening Fasteners
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Black box replaced with continous data transfer?
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Calculating Steel Universal I-Beam for Simply Supported Beam
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How can I determine the tension in a tie rod with a load of 50kN?
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Need help on determining the size and type of fluid pickup pump
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Can a 14-Year-Old Design a Space Skydiving Suit?
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Bending in structure. Small vehicle frame.
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Pressure Relations in Pipe Flow of Viscous Fluid
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Calculating the force provided by an opened compressed air tank
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Mobile engine propulsion system?
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50 Hz vs 60 Hz and frequency changer
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Closed cycle rankine cycle engine using alternative fluid.
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ASTM A997 structural steel properties
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Help calculating water flow into an overflow
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What is the Wattage of a Microwave Oven?
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Design an Egg Encasement to Survive a 3m Drop
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Obtain the time constant from a transfer function
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What Is the Fourth Derivative of Position?
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Total internal reflexion on a polymer
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Can You Quantify the Upward Force of a Rising Boat on an Incoming Tide?
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Is there a more efficient and cost-effective way to recycle at home?
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Material Parameters: Heat Transfer Coeffecient & Emissivity
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Powering a Vehicle with Falling Mass: A Design Guide
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Understanding How to Add Moments Together: Explained and Clarified
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Monodirectional Electromagnetic *field*
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What is the role of computer engineering in our modern society?
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Tesla Turbine, possible variation
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