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#EngineerClips – “Power Ski” – March 18, 2022
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Tagged Creativity, Mechanical Engineering, near future, skiing
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#EngineerClips – Bathing with Bottles
by Kenneth Hardman “Jake!” Mom calls out from the bathroom. “Ya, Mom?” “Why is there a case of bottled water in my bathtub?” “It’s an engineering experiment, for my middle-school science class.” “An engineering exp…?” Mom pauses, then slowly inquires. … Continue reading
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Tagged boyancy, conservation, Creativity, gravity, Mechanical Engineering, Problem Solving
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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
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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
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Tagged fluid mechanics, laminar flow, Mechanical Engineering, reynolds number, turbulent flow
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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
Coaches, Cars, and Character
Team after team, the endurance race pressed on. No car came anywhere close to beating us. Hopes were high. But when it was all over, the maroon and white competitors from Texas had the highest overall score, and my team, … Continue reading
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Tagged coach, coaching, hybrid car, Machine Design, Mechanical Engineering, race car competition, racing, sportsmanship, suspension, Teamwork
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Engineering Design – Functional Decomposition
I am working with an engineering team right now to develop a machine. We are at the Functional Decomposition phase where we are systematically examining the needed workstation functionality. I will have to relate the specific experiences some time but … Continue reading
Engineering Student Projects Links
The ‘Engineering Stories’ blog gets a lot of hits from people searching for Engineering Student Projects. I expect these are students wondering what to do for their student project. Well, to help them out, I’ve started a blog page to … Continue reading
Announcement – Engineering Stories in Paperback
Engineering Stories is now in paperback! Seven stories illustrated, formatted, and published in a handsome professionally bound book for some ernest reading. Listen to these endorsements by engineering academic professionals on the back cover. “A fabulous collection of realistic engineering … Continue reading
My Journey to Engineering – Part 2 “Drafting to Engineering”
(Continued from Part 1) I was ten and a half years old when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar dust and into the history books. Wow, I thought, looking up that evening at the moon, half illuminated by the setting sun, … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, Creativity, curiosity, Design, Mechanical Engineering, Problem Solving
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