Experiments and simulations are often used to science and engineering to test and verify concepts in question. So, what are the fundamental differences between them? Here is how I see it.
Experiments are performed in a real-world context, while simulations are run under the most ideal conditions. Now, we all know that things in real life [...]
My fellow engineers, we are going to once and for all take a serious look at the difference between a pound-mass (lbm) and a pound-force (lbf). In a recent mechanical engineering project, I have had friends that tried to avoid working with “pounds” because of the ambiguity of it all; instead, they opted to convert [...]
A recent article published by MIT’s Technology Review describes the uniquely resilient properties of carbon nanotubes and some of their applications. Carbon nanotubes is one of the main areas of today’s nanotechnology research. The structures are tube-shaped with walls made of hexagonal lattices, and can be a few nanometers in diameter, which is a miniscule [...]
In an article published yesterday, on March 18, 2009, Scientific American noted that “enrollment in undergraduate computer science and engineering programs is up in the U.S. and Canada for the first time since the dot-com bust.”
This might indicate that, in the current recession we are in, more students are turning toward “real” majors (of course, [...]
What is the big deal about so-called high-tech swimwear (such as Speedo’s LZR racing suit that created a buzz last summer during the Olympics)? The main idea behind the design of such swimwear is to reduce the forces that oppose the swimmer’s motion through the water, which effectively makes it easier for the swimmer to [...]