Standards Standardization – the process of developing and implementing technical standards. Standardization can help to maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability,…
stainless steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and other elements, including carbon. The following elements are always present in steel: carbon,…
stained glass
stained glass is glass that has been colored by adding metallic salts during its manufacture. The colored glass is crafted…
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 In the 1950s the United States and Russia were working to open the next frontier – space. Once…
spring
Robert Hooke (1625 – 1703) was employed as an assistant to Robert Boyle, for whom he built the vacuum pumps…
sports
Olympics swimming – fast pool design, backstroke improvements for swimmer Missy Franklin Composites are becoming a favorite in many sports…
shape
3D Shapes Learn 3D Shapes – SPHERE (video 2:15)
space colony
Bernal Sphere – —designs ranged from two miles to 10 miles in diameter—was meant to be hollow and filled with…
space shuttle
NASA’s Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government’s manned launch vehicle. The winged Shuttle…
space ninjas
Learn how satellites work in outer space and why they are important, then design and build your own! Satellites –…
space container
What’s the problem? 3-D Space Container Challenge (video 0:56) NASA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation are challenging…
spacecraft
The launch and return of spacecraft, from the Apollo to the Shuttle, is a monumental engineering triumph. The space program…
space probe
The Van Allen Probes mission is part of NASA’s Living With a Star Geospace program to explore fundamental processes that…
interdisciplinary
Special fields and Interdisciplinary Engineer – There are plenty of traditional, nontraditional, and interdisciplinary fields of engineering. They involve design,…
spacesuit
Walking in space – During Gemini IV, White would become the first American to venture outside his spacecraft for what…
