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100 meter Drop Tube - Marshall Space Flight Center
http://wwwssl.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/msad/dtf/tube.htm
This site describes the Drop Tube Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center.
An Aeronautics Curriculum for K-6- NASA
http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/Curriculum/
Overview, experiments, lesson plans, and some animation.
Aeronautics Research at MIT - MIT
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/labs.html
Materials and Structures; Aero-Environmental; Aero Systems; DLS Spaceflight; Fluid
Dynamics; Space Engineering and Propulsion; Advanced Composites. Some movies.
AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMICS: WING ANALYSIS (Java Applet) -
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
http://aero.stanford.edu/ADG.html
Interactive airplane wing computation for lift distribution and twist.
All Engineering Resources on the Internet
http://www.ub2.lu.se/eel/ae/
More than 1100 resources, described, structured and indexed.
The American National Standards Institute
http://www.ansi.org/cat_top.html
This is the ANSI's web catalog. It includes a searchable database of more than 11,000
approved American National Standards, all of which are available for purchase from ANSI.
It also contains information about other ANSI publications and services.
The American Nuclear Society
http://www.ans.org/
The American Nuclear Society's Worldwide Electronic Resource (the ANSWER) is the official
web source for information on nuclear sciences, technologies, issues.
The American Solar Energy Society
http://www.sni.net/solar/
This home page contains a publication catalog, membership info, fact base on solar
technology.
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.igc.apc.org/awea/
The AWEA home page has all the info on wind energy, "the world's fastest growing
energy technology."(!)
Applied Aerodynamics - Demo Segment of A Digital Textbook -
I. Kroo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
http://www.desktopaero.com/appliedaero/appliedaero.html
Fluids, Flow, Airfoils, Compressibility, etc. with graphs, images, etc.
The Art of Motion
http://home.iaxs.net/bshapiro/
A personal web page showing examples of robots designed by the author. Motion control is
the process of computer controlled kinetics-- the foundation of robotics. The ability to
precisely control the path of a tool enables fabrication of objects that would not be
possible or practical by hand held methods.
Basics of Space Flight Training Modules - JPL, NASA
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf0.htm
Modules pertain to space flight operations.
Bayesian Networks Tutorial - Air Force Institute of Technlogy,
Artificial Intelligence Lab
http://www.afit.af.mil:80/Schools/EN/ENG/LABS/AI/BayesianNetworks/tutorial.html
"In probabilistic reasoning, random variables (abbreviated, r.v.)
are used to represent events and/or objects in the world. By making various instantiations
to these r.v.s, we can model the current state of the world..."
Biomaterials database - C.L. Groh, University of
Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Dentistry.lib/Dental_tables/intro.html
These tables are provided as a service by the University of Michigan-NIDR Materials
Science Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. The tables are
updated periodically from "Dental Materials and Their Selection", 2nd ed., 1997.
Bridge Engineering Home Page
http://www.best.com/~solvers/bridge.html
SC Solutions has created this home page as a service to the worldwide bridge engineering
community. Please help us make this page more useful. Our aim is to link to all bridge
engineering related subject matter on the net.
CAEDE Home Page
http://longstreet.larc.nasa.gov/
This NASA site provides center-wide state-of-the-art computer based tools for electrical
and optical engineering, design, and development. CAEDE hosts an agency wide online
integrated circuit, discrete component, and passive component database and also provides
access to the NASA Assurance System (NAS) database.
Carbon-Carbon Composites - C. Chapman at Texas A&M University
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~clint/html/CCcomposite.html
Links to carbon composites including automobile pistons, textiles,
etc.
Cassini Mission to Saturn - Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/
Science, Mission, Spacecraft, etc.
Ceramics research - P Chem Solid State Research Group - Univ. of
Bath
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~chsscp/group/group.html
Structure, growth, reactivity of oxide surfaces, crystal morphology,
stability and diffusivity in ceramic materials.
Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Internet Resources
http://www.uwyo.edu/Lib/che.htm
This is a selective list of chemical and petroleum engineering Internet sites.
Chemical Engineering Modules (samples)
http://www.engin.umich.edu/labs/mel/index1.html
Multimedia Education Lab, Univ. of Michigan Variety of examples including movies.
Civil & Structural Engineering ResourceWeb
http://www.singnet.com.sg/~icyh1955/civil.html
links to Professional Institutions, Technical Publications/Journals/Software, General
Resources By Subject, and Research Organizations.
Civil Engineering Web
http://www.civilengweb.com/
An online computer network designed to provide the electronic access to consulting
engineers, surveyors, contractors and other related professionals.
Clocks, Timepieces, and Mechanical Music Devices - MUMM: Museum
fuer Uhren und Mechanische Musik
http://www.horology.com/horology/mumm.html
Numerous images of the innards of timepieces of many sorts.
Coastal and Engineering Geology Group
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/bgs/w3/egg/trial.html
The British Geological Survey here details the work of its Coastal and Engineering Geology
Group (coastal geology, engineering geology, geophysics, environmental science), offers
categorized links to related sites, and lists title, author and description of the most
recent publications in the field.
Computational Fluid Dynamics
http://info.pitt.edu/~gwb1/
The University of Pittsburgh Artificial Heart Program is comprised of a basic science and engineering program
for developmental research and an applied clinical program
aimed at treating end-stage heart failure. We are part of Artificial Organ Development, The McGowan Center for Artificial Organ
Development, University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC.
Computational Fluid Dynamics: Introduction to CFD
http://www.best.com/~smurman/cfd_intro/cfd_intro.html
This document is intended to be an introduction to the science of Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD for short). It is written for audiences with varying degrees of scientific
background, from those with limited technical know-how, to readers with some scientific
schooling, such as college students or professors, through practicing scientists and
engineers in other fields.
Computational Fluid Dynamics Resources Online
http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/CFD_Online/
Just as titled, this is a collection of links to information related to Computational
Fluid Dynamics.
Computational Science Education Project
http://csep1.phy.ornl.gov/csep.html
CSEP is an electronic book for teaching Computational Science and Engineering. The
intended audience are students in science and engineering at the advanced undergraduate
level and higher. Tutorials for freely available networking and visualization software are
included and have attracted a range of users, including high-school students and people
from the commercial sector.
Computer Engineering by Nerd World Media
http://www.nerdworld.com/nw1056.html
Tons of computer and engineering sites here, but also a 27-category index search tool with
site summaries. Excellent.
Continuous Casting - Mechanical Engineering, University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://bgtibm1.me.uiuc.edu/projects/
Fluid and heat flow research results.The objective of the Consortium is to develop
comprehensive mathematical models of the continuous casting of steel slabs and to apply
these models to improve understanding, optimize the process, and solve problems of
interest to the sponsors.
Control of Stepping Motors, a tutorial - D.W. Jones,
University of Iowa
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/
Intro, basic control circuits, software, and examples.
Control Tutorials for Matlab
http://www.engin.umich.edu/group/ctm/
Step response, System Representations, Root locus, Frequency domain,
State space analysis.
Crazy About Constraints
http://www.rogo.com/cac/
A web site dedicated to providing resources and information about the Theory of
Constraints, the Thinking Processes, Synchronous Manufacturing, and other techniques
developed by Dr.Eliyahu Goldratt.
Critical Thinking - R. Paul, Center for Critical Thinking,
Sonoma
http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/K12/k12class/trc.nclk
Lesson plans K-12 on student reasoning and background material.
Crystal Structures - CIME @ Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
http://cimewww.epfl.ch/
Research center in electron microscopy where you can select the electron microscopy image
center, submit a crystal name, and see the crystal structure from different views (some
parts still under construction).
DC CIRCUITS tutorial - Physics, U. of Guelph
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/index.html
Short tutorials on several topics.
DieselNet: Diesel Emissions Onlinedia for Science Educators
http://www.dieselnet.com/
DieselNet is an Internet forum to facilitate the exchange of technical and business
information on diesel emissions and their control
Digital Circuit Simulator (Java Applet) - I. van Rienen
http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/96457/home.html
"You can choose many example schematics, from simple to advanced. If you want, add
some components to the loaded schematic or press the 'new' button and draw your own
schematic. You can choose from many components!"
Digital Library of Silicon Valley - ITSP, Stanford
University
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/itsp/
The Information Technology & Society Project (ITSP) is a forum where scholars,
students, professionals and corporations explore the history, sociology, politics,
economics and culture of the digital age. This exploration takes place in classrooms at
Stanford University, at conferences, in research groups and, most importantly, on the
WorldWide Web via SiliconBase. As the hub of ITSP activities, SiliconBase includes a
digital archive, courseware, and original content developed by ITSP staff and
affiliates.Everything you want to know!!
Earthquake Engineering Research Center
http://nisee.ce.berkeley.edu/
Research and development of techniques of earthquake engineering. Image archive,
library and more.
Educator's Corner Interactive Electronics (Java) - Hewlett-Packard
http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/iia/edcorner/English/Java.html
Interactive experiments and simulations using JAVA in the following
categories: AC Circuits,
Analog Electronics, DC Circuits, Digital Electronics, Frequency-Selective Circuits,
Instruments, Miscellaneous, Physical, Pulse Circuits, RF, Microwave, & Lightwave,
Software & Instruments I/O .
EE DESIGN CENTER, The Worldwide Design Engineering Community
http://www.questlink.com/page.qry
Welcome to the EE Design Center, the online engineering community designed for engineers
by engineers. This site is updated daily and it's free.
EE Toolbox
http://www.eetoolbox.com/ebox.htm
This is a major WWW resource for design engineers in the embedded systems, DSP, real-time,
and industrial embedded areas. The aim is to inform engineers of all important EE
resources wherever they may be.
EIG - the CAD Centre's Engineering Information Guide
http://www.cad.strath.ac.uk:/EngInfoGuide.html
An Information Resource Guide focussing on the influence of design across Engineering
disciplines.
E-Galaxy Engineering and Technology page
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Engineering-and-Technology.html
A compilation of web sites directed at professional.
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
http://evlweb.eecs.uic.edu/
EVL, a collaboration between engineers, artists, and scientists, is a state of the art
research facility for computer graphics and interactive technology. There is a very good
section on Virtual Reality
Engineering Case Studies
http://cee.carleton.ca/ECL/
This site contains accounts of real engineering projects, from Rose-Hulman
and Carleton University, written for use in engineering
education.
Engineering Electronic Library
http://www.ub2.lu.se/eel/
From the Swedish Univ. of Technology Libraries.
ENGINEERING ETHICS - Division of Technology, Culture, and
Communication, University of Virginia
http://repo-nt.tcc.virginia.edu/ethics2/index.htm
"This web site consists of a collection of cases that focus on ethical considerations
in the early stages of the invention and design process, rather than as aftermath of a
completed design." About 20 cases with abstracts.
Engineering Ethics - C. Whitbeck & D.G. Wilson, Ethics
Center, MIT
http://web.mit.edu/ethics/www/
Research Ethics; Ethics in a Corporate Setting; Instructional Resources; Codes Of Ethics
And Conduct; National Society of Professional Engineers Cases; Engineers & Scientists
as Moral Leaders; Diversity in Engineering: Resources on Women and Minorities in Science
and Engineering; Other Ethics Web Sites
Engineering Information Inc.
http://www.ei.org/hp.htm
Engineering Information Inc. -- known as Ei -- was created for a community of engineers
wanting to share their own research results and learn about what others were doing. That
was back in 1884, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Our task has been
to identify, organize and facilitate easy access to the published engineering literature
of the world. Now Ei brings information globally, to technical professionals, researchers
and managers, no matter where it resides -- and no matter where they reside.
Engineering JAVA Applets
http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~jfn95/
Interactive simulations (Java applets) created for the Engineering Department in
Cambridge. This is list of the applets produced: Electromagnetics, Permenant magnet,
Linear Systems (Step Response, Impulse Response, Harmonic Response (Case a), Double
Pendulum (Quite Good), and Triple Pendulum (At least 50% sexier than previous applet).
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/research/blanchard/www/embs/
Field of interest is the application of the concepts and methods of the physical and
engineering sciences in biology and medicine.
Engineering on the Internet
http://www.engr.trinity.edu/local/internet/engr.html
There is now a wealth of engineering-related information available from a wide variety of
sources, and this page has a collection of links of all types.
Engines of Creation - The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
http://www.foresight.org/EOC/index.html
Web version of the book.
ESCAPE: Industrial Engineering
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/ESCAPE/fields/industrial/intro.html
The Engineering Specific Career Planning and Problem-Solving Environment page for
industrial engineers.
The European Laboratory for Structural Assessment
http://tina.sti.jrc.it/
Explanation of pseudo-dynamic testing and loading by The European Laboratory for
Structural Assessment (ELSA) belongs to the Structural Mechanics Unit of the Institute for
Systems, Informatics and Safety (ISIS) of the JRC-Ispra, Italy.
Fault Tutor (Java Applet) - University of Maine
http://www.eece.maine.edu/Power/basler/
The Fault Tutor helps explain the fault behavior of some simple power systems. Choose one
of four systems to study, apply various kinds of faults to a one-line diagram, and view
the results of fault calculations in plot windows or data "views".
FirstFlight: 1903 Wright Flyer Simulation- Open University,
UK
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/
"The Wright brothers designed the 1903 Flyer to protect themselves from injury whilst
they learnt to fly. Their canard design was safer in a stall but a Shockwave version of
Frederick Hooven's simulation demonstrates how difficult it must have been to fly."
Also has movies of actual flights and a movie of the flight simulator in action!!
Fluid Dynamics Research
http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/fluids.html
Links to links, instructional materials, journals, data sources, professional
associations, etc in fluid dynamics.
Fluid Mechanics Software Technology
http://www.sm.go.dlr.de/sm-sk_info/STinfo/STgroup.html
Movies and images of High Speed Civil Transport, F5 Wing Configuration, Turbulence, and
other visualization animations.
Fuzzy Logic Systems - J.F. Brule
http://www.austinlinks.com/Fuzzy/tutorial.html
Dealing with impreciseness in control systems and other real systems.
GeoWeb: Environmental Engineering
http://www.pacificnet.net/~gimills/environ.htm
This is a source for environmental engineering sites in the US and elsewhere, including
government sites, companies, and software.
Humanoid Project Home Page
http://www.shirai.info.waseda.ac.jp/humanoid/
This project was established at Waseda University in 1992 to develop an anthropomorphic
robot named "Humanoid" which will comprise sensing, recognition, expression and
motion sub-systems to enable robots and humans to build common mental and physical spaces
cooperatively.
HQC’s SciEng Online Solution Library
http://soli.inav.net/~hqcom/hqcscieng/math/
This site contains "many interactive science and engineering solution tools."
HQC SciEng Online Solution Library contains many interactive science and engineering
solution tools. People can use these solution tools to compute geometry, basic math
function, series, linear algrebraic equations, nonlinear equations, interpolating, curve
fitting or regression, integration, differentiation, ordinary differetiate equations,
partial differential equations, statistics, graphic plotting, data visualization.
Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion Program On-line Resource Center -
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy
http://www.hev.doe.gov/
Interactive hybrid car run simulations that output such data as Estimated Fuel Economy,
Tail Pipe Emissions for HC, CO, NOx, Velocity as a function of Maximum Acceleration (i.e.,
pedal to the metal!) and elapsed times for 0-60 mph, etc.
HYSTERESIS - Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics,
Cornell University
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/hysteresis/hysteresis.html
Multimedia Teaching Module (Text and Images) Includes: What is Hysteresis?, Noise in
Hysteresis, Return Point Memory, The Critical Point and The Epsilon Expansion.
IC Chip Directory - J. van Ganswijk
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir/
This site contains: Numerically and functionally ordered chip lists, chip pinouts and
lists of chip manufacturers, controller embedding tools manufacturers, electronics books,
CDROM's, magazines, WWW sites etc. ntegrated circuit chips by number and related info.
Imaging Radar - Jet Propulsion Lab
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/
Methods, images, 3-D radar images, videos, and clickable world map.
Input Shaping
http://web.mit.edu/shaping/www/
Input Shaping is a feedforward control technique for reducing vibrations in computer
controlled machines.
Institute for Research in Construction
http://www.nrc.ca/irc/
Canada's construction technology center.
Integrated Manufacturing Lab
http://kingkong.me.berkeley.edu/
In the interest of improving U.S. industrial capacity, the Integrated Manufacturing Lab
gives designers the tools to move products to market faster. It includes a photo gallery,
animations, articles.
Interactive Crystallography - MIT Material Science
http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~astark/crystal.html
Allows the user to choose from among the 32 crystallographic point groups, enter the
values of the relevant elastic constants, and view the resulting Young's Modulus
representation surface. In order to use this package, you must have access to Xmaple and
support for HTML forms.
Inter-Laboratory Test
http://dns.unife.it/inter_lab/
Data and links to various laboratories in Europe involved in the contract. The main
objective of this intercomparison, financially supported by the European Commission, is
the determination of the repeatability values (r) and reproducibility values (R) for the
measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls.
International Organization for Standardization
http://www.iso.ch/welcome.html
The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities
in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services,
and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological,
and economic activity.
Internet Connections for Engineering
http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/ice-index.html
All resources in ICE are related to either: chemistry, engineering, math, physics, or
other 'hard' sciences.
Internet Guide to Resources on Civil Engineering
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/IRS/MRD/MRDLIB/civeng.html
University of Westminster index of civil engineering resources.
Introduction to Quartz Frequency Standards
http://www.ieee-uffc.org/freqcontrol/quartz/vig/vigtoc.htm
Tutorial on Crystal oscillators and their instabilities.
INVENTION AND DESIGN - M. E. Gorman, School of Engineering
and Applied Science, University of Virginia
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~meg3c/id/id_home.html
Multimedia Tutorial (Text and Images). Includes: 'The Invention of the Telephone' and
Inventing for the Environment. Learn how to prepare a patent!
Learning Technologies K-12 Home Page NASA
http://learn.ivv.nasa.gov/
The goal of NASA's Learning Technologies Project (LTP) is to promote the growth of a
national information infrastructure using the vast amount of information the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has acquired since its creation. Access to
this knowledge will allow the public and industry to contribute to rapid and significant
advances in science, engineering, and technology.
Logic Gates (Java Applets)
http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/
JAVA Tutorials. Very Extensive. Examples of Java Applet Tutorials include: Java KV diagram
and logic minimization demonstration (English); Java CMOS gate demonstration (English);
Java CMOS Gatter Demonstration (Deutsch).
Logic Simulator (Java Applet)
http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~gjc/classes/LogicDemo.html
This program assists in the construction and simulation of digital logic gate circuits.
Los Angeles & Orange County Real-Time Traffic Report -
Caltrans & Maxwell Laboratories
http://www.scubed.com/caltrans/
with maps showing present traffic problems. Now includes raod conditions, weather, flood
info, and virtual tourist.
Materials Science and Engineering - A. Zavaliangos, Drexel
University
http://www.materials.drexel.edu/OTHERS/academia.html
Links to all the research places.
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory of Production and Design
Engineering
http://www.wb.utwente.nl/pt
Here you will find some interesting information about research projects carried out in the
labs of the University of Twente, Netherlands. Some of these include FROOM, the missing
link between CAD and CAM, Die Design Control Project, and Parametric Pump Design.
Mechanical Engineering: WWW Virtual Library
http://cdr.stanford.edu/html/WWW-ME/home.html
A major resource providing both local content and a very significant directory to further
information. The emphasis is on high-quality content for the professional, rather than
"cool" gimmicks for the newbie.
Mechanics Equations/Software
http://mechanics.alfred.edu/
Listing of useful equations for mechanical properties of materials,
and some details of research activities into the applications of ceramics.
MEMS Microelectromechanical Systems Clearing House
http://mems.isi.edu/
An online respository of information about MicroElectroMechanical Systems. Summaries of
the CAD Tools used for MEMS, the Material Properties database, MEMS Web Sites,
Demonstrations and Images, Research Sites, Sites With Bibliography Information, and
Tutorial Information (under construction)
Microscopy
http://nsm.fullerton.edu/em.html
[Select "Gallery"] Image gallery of microcircuits, knife edges, biological
tissues, etc.
MIT Telemedia, Networks and Systems Group
http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/
Contains systems and strategies related to networks, distributed computing, media and
telecommunications.
Molecular Dynamics Movie Archive (PC compatible only) -
Center for Materials Simulation, U. of Connecticut
http://www.ims.uconn.edu/centers/simul/movie/
Molecular Dynamics Movies are animations of atomic motion produced at the University of
Connecicut's Center for Materials Simulation. They show atomic motion as simulated by
computer. Movies includes crack propagation in aluminum, sintering (copper, gold, and
silicon-carbide),vapor deposition, among others.
National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS)
http://www.needs.org/
Online database of multimedia engineering courseware and other educational material.
Case studies in design that include QuickTime movies, still photos, and audio of:
a colorful child's toy Mattel Color Spin and a Saturn Automobile .
NIST Virtual Library
http://nvl.nist.gov/
The National Institute of Standards and Technology offers you surprisingly easy, clearly
instructed access to a wide range of scientific data. In addition to evaluated links, you
get electronic journals, databases, and other online resources.
Nuclear Technical Reports regarding Environmental Issues -
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
http://www.ieer.org/
Factsheets, links to other sites, publications, etc.
On-Line Control Demos
http://home.earthlink.net/~rmarken/demos.html
If you have a Java enabled browser you can try the following on-line demonstrations of
important control phenomena.
Online Learning Environment
http://www.geocities.com/Baja/8205/robotenter.htm
The Online Learning Environment is a site developed by Ed Schmidt of Putnam County
High School (Illinois) for the purpose of using the Internet as part
of his Technology/Engineering curriculum. This site is aimed at students in grades 8-12
and in the areas of Science, Junior Engineering, Intro to Technology and Principles of
Technology.
Overview of the Global Positioning System (GPS) - P.H. Dana,
Department of Geography, University of Texas
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html
History and pertinent concepts in great detail as well as links to other relevant
materials.
Perceptual Control
http://www.frontier.net/~powers_w/
Bill Powers's website including DOS demonstrations of perceptual control including: A demo
of a
The Perceptron
http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Perceptron/
The Perceptron is a single layer neural network whose weights and
biases could be trained to produce a correct target vector when presented with the
corresponding input vector. The training technique used is called the perceptron learning
rule. The perceptron generated great interest due to its ability to generalize from its
training vectors and work with randomly distributed connections. Perceptrons are
especially suited for simple problems in pattern classification.
Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering Reading Room
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Reading/petroleum.html
Information in the following categories: collections of information, commercial sites,
publications links, jobs links, and other sites of interest to those in the field of
petroleum and geosystems engineering.
Photonics Yellow Pages
http://photonics.usc.edu/bobc/yellowpgs/photonics.html
Corporate, research, and information sites are indexed here for those interested in
photonics. (That's "the technology of generating and harnessing light" for the
rest of you.)
Principles of Flight Experiments - ALLSTAR Network
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/princ1.htm
Dozens of 'experiments' for practical learning.
Properties of Materials Database - Information Indexing,
Inc & Silicon Graphics, Inc.
http://www.infodex.com/cbmat/index.html
CenBASE/Materials on WWW is a searchable docubase on over 35,000 plastics, metals,
composites, and ceramics from over 300 manufacturers product catalogs worldwide. The
database is also available on CD-ROM.
Engineers, scientists and purchasing professionals use it for materials selection,
materials research, vendor selection and materials engineering education.
Rensselaer - Chemical Engineering Hypertext Student
Projects
http://www.eng.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/hypertext.html
Great variety of topics: From sedimentation to brewing to aeration to enzymes to
fermentation, etc.
Resources for Industrial Engineers on the Internet
http://www.rit.edu/~633www/resource/ie.html
This is a compilation of Web Links to areas of interest to industrial engineers.
Reverberation Time in a Room Calculator - The Acoustics Group,
South Bank University, UK
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~acogrp/sabine.html
This web site lets the user enter the choice of materials for the walls and the floor,
etc. to calculate reverbation time.
Robotic Vehicles Group - NASA
http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/groups/rv/homepage.html
Images, some data, and other links for six robotic vehicles. The Robotic Vehicles Group
performs research, development, and tests of mobile robots in support of planetary
exploration missions and terrestrial applications for NASA and other Government agencies.
Current operational vehicles range from microrovers weighing under 5 kilograms that are
designed for planetary exploration, to 3,000 kilogram military trucks, to rover testbeds
with demonstrated cross-country autonomous navigation capability.
Satellite Construction Kit (Java Applet) - TheTech
Organization
http://www.thetech.org/hyper/satellite/
"Want to make a satellite? Open up this interactive program and build three different
kinds of satellites." Also includes a wide variety of other satellite information
including orbit types, updates on satellite operations, etc.
SAVIAC, the Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center
http://saviac.xservices.com
SAVIAC serves "as a central information resource for Government activities,
contractors and academics concerned with structural dynamic analysis." Their history,
aims, journal, newsletters, articles, and links are here.
Scaled Boundary Finite-Element Method
http://lchpc14.epfl.ch/
A site that includes full information on a recent publication on sbf-em, information on a
short course, a collection of links to other information and a bibliography on the topic,
complete with abstracts.
SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com/
Gateway to over 50,000 scientific sites and news articles pertaining to over 120
specialties in science, medicine and engineering.
Scientific Applications on Linux
http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM/
SAL is "a collection of information and links of software that scientists and
engineers will be interested in." Linux applications are covered and linked (1250
entries!) in such categories as Mathematics, Programming, Parallel Computing, and
Scientific Data Processing & Visualization.
Semiconductor Subway
http://www-mtl.mit.edu/semisubway.html
This site provides links to all manner of information related to semiconductors and
microsystems, including fabrication facilities, research activities, standards work, etc.
SEMICONDUCTOR TERMS - Harris
http://rel.semi.harris.com/docs/lexicon/index.html
A giant lexicon of semiconductor information.
Six Legged Walking Robot with Force Control - Fraunhofer IFF,
Germany
http://www.iff.fhg.de/iff/aut/projects/schreit/mag_e.htm
"A Prototype of a six legged walking robot is developed. This robot has the ability
of walking over unknown terrain and obstacles. Inside the body are mounted
microcontrollers. They generate from global operator commands (move forward, backward,
turn, ..." Includes movies of operation.
Society for Experimental Mechanics
http://www.sem.org/
This is the extensive Web site of SEM, an international professional association dedicated
to furthering the knowledge of material response (stress/strain) phenomena and the failure
of materials and structures from a research and current technology perspective.
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY FOR FLUID MECHANICS - Deutsche
Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt
http://www.sm.go.dlr.de/sm-sk_info/STinfo/STgroup.html
The Group for Software Technology at the Institute of
Fluidmechanics of DLR makes modern information
technologies available for researchers in aerodynamics and fluidmechanics. Major activities of the group
are scientific
visualization, animation, video production
and communication.
Movies and images of High Speed Civil Transport, F5 Wing Configuration, Turbulence, and
other visualization animations.
Solid Lubricants Laboratory
http://www.rpi.edu/~sawyew/
Tribology friction! (Java Applets) - W.G. Sawyer, Rensselaer Pulytechnic
Institute. Tribology web sites including JAVA applets: Elliptical Hertzian Contact
Calculator, Scotch Yoke Simulation, Cam-Follower Simulation, and Stick/Slip Simulation.
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY FOR FLUID MECHANICS - Deutsche
Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt
http://www.sm.go.dlr.de/sm-sk_info/STinfo/STgroup.html
Movies and images of High Speed Civil Transport, F5 Wing Configuration, Turbulence, and
other visualization animations.
SRS: The Division of Science Resource Studies
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm
This part of The National Science Foundation collects and interprets data and provides
"information on the nation's science, engineering, and technology enterprise."
Included here: US Government statistics, data briefs, survey descriptions, working papers,
related sites, and more.
Stanford Center For Design Research
http://cdr.stanford.edu/
Presentations of computer-aided collaborative engineering and design, telepresence, and
virtual design environments.
Steel Fabrication Simulator (Java Applet) - C.H. Ong, UMIST,
England
http://www.man.ac.uk/~mcgi3cho/SteelFabrication.html
From surface prep to cutting to final product!
Surface Analysis Techniques for Characterization of Materials
http://www.cea.com/tutorial.htm
General characteristics of about 20 techniques with some tutorials: from mass spectrometry
to Auger to Rutherford backscattering to Scanning Tunneling.
Swedish Institute of Steel Construction (SBI).Steel
Bridges of the World
http://www.sbi.se/bridges.htm
This is a list of long steel bridges
The Thermal Connection - K&K Associates
http://www.csn.net/~takinfo/
Heat transfer properties database (thermal data) and instructions (hot tips) for all sorts
of thermal systems.
Thermodynamic Data and Property Calculation Sites on the
WWW
http://www.uic.edu/~mansoori/Thermodynamic.Data.and.Property_html
A comprehensive listing of web sites that have thermodynamic data from the Thermodynamic
Research Lab,The University of Illinois at Chicago.
Turing Machines - Stanford Univ.
http://csli-www.stanford.edu/hp/Turing1.html
Learn about the basics of Turing machines and their state diagrams.
First page suitable for middle school, but more complex pages that follow are more
suitable for high school and above.
UC Berkeley Robotics Demos and Movies - E. Paulos, UC
Berkeley Robotics Lab
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/movies/movies.html
Movies and demos of Piston pin Assembly, Peg-in-Hole, Berkeley Fly-by Tour, the Wedge,
etc.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/
Primary mission at the NRC is to ensure that public health and safety are protected in the
many different peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
ViMS Web
http://vims.ncsu.edu/Home/home.html
Tutorials about material properties in depth
The Virtual Library--Engineering
http://vlib.stanford.edu/Engineering.html
The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the
web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers,
who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though
it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst
the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist
http://www.cannon.net/~gonyeau/nuclear/index.htm
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist! Yes, that's right !! Visit 6 nuclear power plants. Lots of
information on nuclear power. This is one you must experience for yourself.
Virtual Windtunnel - C. Beaumont, NASA
http://science.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/VisTech/videos/
Flowfield around the Space Shuttle and boom-mounted glove.
The WWW Virtual Library for Engineering
http://arioch.gsfc.nasa.gov/wwwvl/engineering.html
Thousands of links to engineering web sites.
ZEROTH-ORDER SHAPE OPTIMIZATION UTILIZING A LEARNING CLASSIFIER
SYSTEM
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~buc/SPHINcsX/book.html
Multimedia Book (Text & Images). "A methodology to perform
generalized zeroth-order two- and three-dimensional shape optimization utilizing a
learning classifier system is developed and applied."
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Reservoir simulation and the comparison of results from other reservoir engineering
methods. Syllabus, assignments, and exams. By Mark A. Miller, University of Texas at
Austin.
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/aoe3054/index.html
The entire course manual is available over the web. AOE 3054 is a two-credit
laboratory/classroom course designed to give students some of the experimental skills and
experience they will need as practicing engineers.
http://www.uwm.edu:80/Course/me321/
Course. Syllabus, assignments, and exams. By K. J. Reinken, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee.
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~haik/met.dir/hcpp.dir/
Structured and object oriented programming, complexity issues in programming, modular
programming, and construction of a parts database. Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes.
Assignments. Grades. Student work. Links to related materials. By Yousef Haik, Florida
State University.
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nsw/ench482/ench482.htm
Over 100 Mathcad worksheets, gene sequence analysis programs, protein molecular weight
calculations from peptide sequences. Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes.
Assignments. Exams. Links to related materials. By Nam Sun Wang, University of Maryland.
http://www.che.ufl.edu/courses/che-undergrad.html
Links to over a dozen classes, including Elements of Chemical Engineering, Reactor
Dynamics and Design, and Process Design. Projects and problems. Online: Assignments. By
faculty, University of Florida.
http://www.engin.umich.edu/labs/mel/class/kinetics.html
A comprehensive site. Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments. Exams.
Grades. Student work. Links to related materials. By H. Scott Fogler, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
http://www.uic.edu:80/~mansoori/Thermodynamics.Educational.Sites_html
A collection of links to mechanical engineering and classical and statistical
thermodynamics web sites. Links to related materials. By faculty, University of Illinois
at Chicago.
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nsw/ench250/ench250.htm
150 Mathcad worksheets, Excel spreadsheets, and programs for linear/nonlinear equations,
matrix inverse, linear/nonlinear regression, ODEs, applications. Online: Syllabus.
Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments. Exams. Links to related materials. By Nam Sun Wang,
University of Maryland.
http://www.colorado.edu/EngMgmtProg/usrey/5550/
Applied statistical methodology for the characterization and optimization of industrial
processes. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and links to related materials.
By Michael W. Usrey, University of Minnesota.
http://www.me.utexas.edu/~lotario/me244L/
Methods used in modeling, analysis, simulation, and control of engineering systems.
Syllabus, calendar, assignments, and links to related materials. By Raul G. Longoria,
University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.ikpir.fagg.uni-lj.si/easy/
In English and Slovenian. Pictures of buildings and their components, damaged by
earthquakes. Lecture notes and links to related materials. By Matej Fischinger, University
of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~inde304/
Making capital equipment purchase decisions using before- and after-tax analyses.
Syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, grades, and links to related materials. By Donald
Hendricks, Iowa State University.
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/engineering_and_technology/des/design.htm
Design environment for engineering students. EDNET is the Engineering Design information
NETwork. Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments. Grades. Student work. Links to
related materials. Learning modules. QuickTime videos. Audio lecture. By Dave Whitworth,
Staffordshire University, UK.
http://em-ntserver.unl.edu/NEGAHBAN/EM373/Intro.htm
Course. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, and assignments. By Mehrdad Negahban,
University of Nebraska.
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~haik/EGM3512/
Equilibrium, systems of forces in two and three dimensions, kinematics, moment of inertia,
rigid bodies, and simple harmonic motion. Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments.
Exams. Grades. Links to related materials. By Yousef Haik, Florida State University.
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ep/ema/courses/
Engineering mechanics and astronautics. Link to courses. By Faculty, University of
Wisconsin.
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/me218/
Numerical analysis techniques with applications in mechanical engineering. Syllabus,
calendar, and links to related materials. By Naeem M. Abdurrahman, University of Texas at
Austin.
http://em-ntserver.unl.edu/NEGAHBAN/EM223/Intro.htm
Course. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, and assignments. By Mehrdad Negahban,
University of Nebraska.
http://www.adfa.oz.au/MECH/
Experimental project on multimedia courseware, with tutorial notes and multimedia
demonstrations. Syllabus and links to related materials. By faculty, University of
Canberra and University College, Australia.
http://eddycat.tamu.edu/~dtc/
Undergraduate course. Syllabus and assignments. By Daniel Cox, Texas A&M University.
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Academic/Courses/miller/PGE310/
Application of engineering methods to problem solving; computer programming; formulation
of physical concepts into mathematical equations; approximations and rules of thumb;
graphic, analytic, and numeric solution methods. Syllabus, assignments, and exams. By Mark
A. Miller and Kamy Sepehrnoori, University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Academic/Courses/miller/PGE373K/
Subsurface injection and extraction systems, project organization, fundamentals of
operations research, oral and written reporting, graphical presentations and use of visual
aids, use of computer-aided engineering, and impact of ethical issues on design. Syllabus,
assignments, and exams. By Mark A. Miller, Univeristy of Texas at Austin.
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/armstrong/www/teach/CE346k/CE346K.html
Historical perspective; regulations pertaining to hazardous wastes; transport, fate, and
effects of hazardous wastes; hazardous wastes management; treatment and disposal methods,
and site remediation. Syllabus. By Neal E. Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/institute/acadprog/epjp/PSY258.html
Collection of industrial engineering material from several instructors. Syllabus,
calendar, lecture notes, and links to related materials. Patricia M. Jones, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.utexas.edu/coe/pge/academic/courses/jolson/hf97home.html
Graduate-level. Syllabus and assignments. By Jon E. Olson, University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/CE374K.html
Movement of water through the hydrologic cycle, including atmospheric moisture flow,
surface runoff, infiltration, and groundwater flow. Hydrologic statistics and frequency
analysis techniques applied to hydrologic design problem. Syllabus, calendar, lecture
notes, assignments, exams, and links to related materials. By Daene C. McKinney,
University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~haik/ime.dir/
Engineering design process and production, manufacturing cost estimating, and materials
classifications. Technical reports and the construction of a Web page. Syllabus. Calendar.
Lecture notes. Assignments. Grades. Student work. Links to related materials. By Yousef
Haik, Florida State University.
http://www.tech.waikato.ac.nz/coursenotes/101/
Technology and engineering, design, problem-solving, management, and drawing. Includes a
design/build/test exercise. Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. By Conan J. Fee,
University of Waikato, New Zealand.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~kmralls/ME361/
Intermediate applications to chemical and materials systems. Syllabus and assignments. By
Kenneth M. Ralls, University of Texas at Austin.
http://ieiris.cc.boun.edu.tr/COURSES/ie120/IE120-Home.html
Computers and information literacy for freshmen. Syllabus, lecture notes, and links to
related materials. By Nijaz Bajgoric, Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si/~zturk/pouk/kth/
Lecture notes in .pdf format, from internet basics to object-oriented computing. By Ziga
Turk, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce311K/ce311k.html
Computer methods for solving engineering problems. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes,
assignments, exams, and links to related materials. By Daene C. McKinney, University of
Texas at Austin.
http://civil.engr.siu.edu/cheval/ce310/ce310.htm
Engineering aspects of water, land and air pollution and control. Problems, sources and
effects of pollution. Major state and federal regulations relating to environmental
issues. Syllabus and links to related materials. By Lizette R. Chevalier, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale.
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/Catalog/Education/CE352/352.htm
For undergraduates. Multimodal. Traffic operations, design and planning, transportation
models, and information systems. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments, grades,
student work, and links to related materials. By Reginald R. Souleyrette, Iowa State
University.
http://www.colorado.edu/EngMgmtProg/usrey/5311/
Preparing students to manage and be managed in scientific engineering and technology
organizations. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and links to related
materials. By Michael W. Usrey, University of Minnesota.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~kmralls/ME334/
Fall, 1995. Syllabus and assignments (with answers). By Kenneth M. Ralls, University of
Texas at Austin.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~raben/
Fabrication of objects from engineering materials. Provides a connection between
fundamental materials science and the actual design, fabrication, and use of solid
objects. Syllabus, calendar, assignments, and exams. By Lew Rabenberg, University of Texas
at Austin.
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~haik/met.dir/
Lathes and milling machines. Matlab, Pro/Engineer, word processing, and graphics software.
Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments. Grades. Links to related materials. By
Yousef Haik, Florida State University.
http://opus.utah.edu/~smith/Classes/666/ClassIndex.shtml
Diffusion in multicomponent systems, Maxwell-Stefan relations, generalized Fick's law for
multicomponent systems, linearized theory, applicability of pseudo-binary approximations,
multicomponent mass transfer coefficients, effects of mass transfer on energy transfer,
and mass and energy transfer models. Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes.
Assignments. Exams. Links to related materials. By Philip J. Smith, University of Utah.
http://www.coe.ou.edu/courses/ie/5613/001/
Theory and methods of decision-making under conflicting criteria. Goal programming and
interactive methods for multi-criteria mathematical programming. Syllabus, calendar,
lecture notes, assignments, and links to related materials. By A. Ravindran, University of
Oklahoma.
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Academic/Courses/miller/PGE383.24/
Production, transportation, and storage of gas; metering and gauging, performance of
wells; estimation of gas reserves; prevention of waste and utilization of natural gas.
Syllabus, assignments, and exams. By Mark A. Miller, University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/neep/courses
Nuclear engineering and engineering physics. Link to courses. By Faculty, University
ofWisconsin.
http://www.pe.utexas.edu/Dept/Academic/Courses/miller/PGE312/
Principles of organic chemistry, phase behavior, properties of hydrocarbon gases and
liquids and oilfield waters, overview of laboratory phase behavior measurements, and
material balance calculations. Syllabus, assignments, and exams. By Mark A. Miller,
University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.coe.ou.edu/courses/ie/4633/001/
Simulation of industrial systems; queueing models and applications; inventory models and
applications. Syllabus, calendar, assignments, exams, and links to related materials. By
A. Ravindran, University of Oklahoma.
http://www.tech.waikato.ac.nz/coursenotes/321/
Introductory. Mass balances, PFDs, process economics, choice of separations, materials
selection, heat exchanger and pump sizing, separations and reactor choice. SuperPro
Designer process simulation software. Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes.
Assignments. By Conan J. Fee, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
http://basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~mh7/design/menu.htm
Course. Assignments. By M. Howarth, Bolton Institute, UK.
http://physics.uwstout.edu/strength/
Static equilibrium, (thermal) stress/strain, beams-shear force and bending moments, beam
selection, torsion, rivets and welds, statically indeterminate structures, and combined
stress. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and exams. By Robert Foley,
University of Wisconsin - Stout.
http://sk19.me.gatech.edu/labweb/me4054/ME4054.htm
Observation, measurement, and analysis of basic thermodynamic, fluid, and heat transfer
phenomena. Use of computers for data acquisition, reduction, analysis, and report
preparation. Assignments. Links to related materials. By Sheldon Jeter, Georgia Institute
of Technology.
http://www.che.wsu.edu/~millerrc/course.html
Junior-level thermodynamics and transport courses and a graduate thermodynamics course.
Online: Syllabus. Calendar. Lecture notes. Assignments. By Reid C. Miller, Washington
State University.
http://www.sor.princeton.edu/~dhb/CIV467/
Optimization, probability, and statistics in transportation planning. Components of the
passenger transportation system, how to model the demand for transportation services and
how to improve and control the system. Syllabus, calendar, and assignments. By David
Bernstein, Princeton University.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/k/x/kxv9/trplan/courses/courses.htm
Transportation planning problems and methods. Transportation modeling techniques for
forecasting transport service demands. Syllabus and links to related materials. By
Konstadinos G. Goulias, Penn State University.
http://www-cee.engr.ucf.edu/classes/index.htm
Main page for civil engineering courses at the University of Central Florida. Syllabus,
calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and links to related materials. By R. D. Eaglin,
University of Central Florida.
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/mckinney/ce385d/ce385d.html
Planning, design, and operation of water resources systems using mathematical simulation
and optimization methods and models. Economic analysis and operations research techniques
applied to water resources allocation. Syllabus, calendar, lecture notes, assignments,
exams, and links to related materials. By Daene C. McKinney, University of Texas at
Austin.
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