pins, needles, nails

Pin – a device used for fastening objects or material together. Pins often have two components: a long body and…

isometric projection

Isometric projection – a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings. It is…

hot air balloon

The hot air balloon was the earliest successful form of manned flight. A hot air balloon consists of a bag…

SWE Society of Women Engineers

Society of Women Engineers oral history – The Society of Women Engineers has conducted over 75 oral history interviews with…

graphine

Graphite is a mineral composed exclusively of the element carbon. Graphite has the same chemical composition as Diamond, which is…

Galileo

Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) – Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific…

electronics

Electronics – the study of the flow of charge through various materials and devices such as semiconductors, resistors, inductors, capacitors,…

static presure

Pascal’s Vases Pascal’s Vases – Partly fill the vessel with water and the level will be the same in each…

structural analysis

design, construction, and structural behavior structural analysis – boundary conditions, degrees of freedom, and internal force releases, examples from all…

hexapod

Hexapod Robot – a mechanical vehicle that walks on six legs. Since a robot can be statically stable on three…

inertia

Inertia – the resistance of any physical object to any change in its position and state of motion. This includes…

Asia

Asia – Many of the world’s most important inventions were discovered in Asia. For example, the Chinese invented printing, the…

STEAM

STEAM – STEM + A IDEAS – integrated degree in engineering, arts, and sciences projects for steam, technology and art…

Sudoku

Sudoku Latin Squares. – Sudoku puzzles are an example of what the famous mathematician Leonhard Euler (Swiss mathematician and physicist;…

innovation

Innovation – the introduction of something new, a new idea, method, or device Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and…