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I’ve discovered Arthur C. Clarke
As you know, I have been writing contemporary fiction, Engineering Stories that are based on recent experiences in my career, but because I love to ‘do’ engineering, I love to solve technical problems, very challenging technical situations, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Engineering
Tagged arthur c clarke, geostationary satellite, orbit, space elevator, The Fountains of Paradise
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Engineering Soft Skills – Vital for Success
I attribute my career success to hard skills built and executed on the foundation of good soft skills. Get your soft skills right so that your engineering hard skills can succeed, but do it genuinely. May I recommend the following … Continue reading
Sketching
I whole-heartedly agree with the following brief article on sketching for engineers. Please take a few minutes and read what this engineer has to say. Sketching improves the ideas, brings forth solutions, and drives the work forward. http://mechanical-engineering.in/forum/blog/209/entry-774-the-importance-of-sketching/
I don’t need to write– I’m an engineer!
I have worked with engineers for 30 years. I have worked with students for 12 years. Many engineers and students hesitate or back away from writing challenges, opportunities or assignments. There are a few who like to write, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Engineering Education
Tagged soft sciences, technical writing, writing
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Engineering the Quarterback Cam
“Break” The offense approaches the line. I-formation; running backs in position, 4th down, the Longhorns down by 6, 39 seconds left in the 4th quarter of the 2017 championship game. From the quarterback (QB) cam mounted in the forehead of … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering
Tagged Breakthrough, football, gyrostablized camera, quarterback, quarterback cam
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Engineering Riddle – No. 6 (Heat Transfer) “I Scale”
I scale in a wind-storm, I scale in a flood I scale in tornadoes, I scale in the mud I scale in an oven, the air blistering heat I scale in a wind-chill, rain, snow or sleet I scale when … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering
Tagged heat transfer, Mechanical Engineering, thermal science, thermodynamics
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Engineering Riddle – No. 5 (Fluid Mechanics) “Dimensionless”
I’m a fraction made of forces, comparing different strength I have no final units, only characteristic length I sample speed and weight and size, these are the things I measure My subject as it ebbs and flows, changes shape forever … Continue reading
Engineering Riddle – No. 4 (Materials) “A Point of No Returning”
Your welcome to disfigure, transform or twist with vigor, But let me be your warning, to save you dreadful mourning. When released from deformation, whether tension or compression, From my left get restoration, from my right, life-long mutation. I’m a … Continue reading
Engineering Riddle – No. 1 (Math) “I may cross once, I may cross twice…”
I may cross once, I may cross twice, I may cross never, but never thrice. When starting up, I finish down, I finish up, when starting down. I have three parts, some friends would say, One straight, one curved, one same all day. … Continue reading
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