Have you ever wondered how engineering projects get done in industry? There are no written rules on how to approach engineering projects, but a generally accepted conceptual design process involves defining customer needs and specifications, brainstorming, narrowing the brainstormed ideas down to a few preliminary designs, selecting a final design through a rigorous decision-making process, [...]
It’s about that time of year again when students go back to school to tackle some more engineering and physics. They use highly visual and real-world examples in day-to-day classes. In my experience, I have discovered that a few things at the desk really helps with understanding the course material when studying or doing homework.
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Last week, the eastern half of the United States was hit by a extreme cold front which brought temperatures down to low temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit with the wind chill in some places.
Isn’t wind a peculiar thing? It can make a decently chilly day to freezing cold. And in the [...]
Today is the momentous day of Barack Obama’s Inauguration, where he gets sworn in as the president of the United States at noon on Capitol Hill. Many people are hoping for and anticipating change and a new direction for America, especially in this economic recession. The engineering sector is also one that is expected to [...]
This is Part 4 of our series on “Intro to Power”. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 already, I recommend that you do. I talked about the fundamentals to electricity generation, steam turbine power plants, and efficiency.
Now that you have a better understand of how most of today’s power plants work, [...]