General
Engineering
How Stuff Works
Balsa
Bridge Competition
A good site of
a high
school balsa bridge competition (Tacoma Narrows video too)
Some Info
on
testing of Balsa
Building
Big
Building
Big:
types of bridges
Bridges
(NOVA)
Hyatt-Regency (KC) walkway
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Professional Issues in Engineering: Economics, Ethics, Safety
Economics
Howstuffworks.com's
"How Stocks and the Stock Market Work"
Financial Forecasts: basic U.S.
economic data
Ethics
National Engineering Ethics
Center
(Good links section)
NC State's
Engineering
Ethics Clearinghouse (links)
Online Ethics (lots of case
studies)
Safety
(also see the section in Links for
Engineers)
Crash Testing at the Insurance Institute
for
Highway Safety (see the online videos in vehicle ratings!)
Crash Testing at
the
NHTSA
Appropriate Technology (Devices
for the
developing world)
Appropriate Technology
Introduction
IDE Corp.: manufactures pumps,
etc, for
developing countries
Sustainable
Engineering (Engineering for a greener future)
Rocky Mountain Institute
EPA's Global Warming Site
NOVA/Frontline's
Gloabal Warming site
CARB's Air Pollution
Glossary
EPA's Car and Truck Site
Recycling
Links
Human Powered Vehicles
Biomechanics
ASME Bioengineering
Division
Biomedical Engineering Network:
See
"Academic Programs" for Graduate Schools
The Whitaker
Foundation
Graduate Fellowships in Bioengineering
Biomechanics
Worldwide
The
Visable
Human Project
Orthopaedic
Research Labs
at the U of M
Assistive
Technology (Devices for people with disabilities)
RESNA: a society (see the Job
Bank!)
Assistive Technology Industry
Association (ATIA)
Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago
(Mecca for Rehab science and practice)
Northwestern's
Prosthetics/Orthotics Center
Northwestern's Rehab
Engineering/Research
Lab (good education section.)
Ceramics/Pottery
Ceramics Web: good
education and
micrographs sections
Digital
Fire's
Education page
David Hewitt Pottery (a
potter w/
pics of his work)
Student
Resources
Prof.
Richard Felder's (NCSU) handouts for students: (see the
"Imposters" article)
Links to a Better
Education: a compendium.
Life
in General
Frontline: An
informative TV
show
This American Life: A good radio show
The
Symposium: a
narrative based journal on spiritual issues, written by students
Religious Tolerance: Large
site
of religion issues - informative and fairly evenhanded.