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"There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection." H.G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics |
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| Aerodynamics For Students: This web textbook contains information, data tables and computer programs for the study of Aerodynamics. | |
| Aerospace Technology Enterprise: NASA’s Aerospace Technology Enterprise. | |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research: This Government Computer System is provided as a public service by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA. All information on this public system has been approved for public release and may be distributed or copied. | |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronomics: The web site of one of the principal professional societies of aerospace engineers and scientists. | |
| Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics: This web site is a beginner's guide to aerodynamics, aeronautics and propulsion systems. | |
| Cassini-Huygens: Close Encounter with Saturn: This is the official NASA site for the Cassini space mission. Look here for multimedia features, photos, and the latest news updates the spacecraft's close encounter with Saturn . | |
| Cassini-Huygens: Kids Space: This NASA site is a lively mixture of both fact and activities aimed at children, but useful for higher level students and adults. It has an abundance of pictures (some animated) that help to explain the mission and the scientific facts as they are revealed by the Cassini spacecraft . | |
| Dreams of Space: This is not a science site. This site concentrates on book covers, artwork, and illustrations about space travel and exploration from the 19th century on. If you are working on space projects or need space related artwork it would be a good source for images. Includes links to other sites. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| InventorEd's Kids Inventor Resources: A terrific starting point for curious, inventive kids. Includes advice on safety and the skills inventors need, inventors' stories, and resource links. | |
| Langley Research Center: The web site for the nation’s first aeronautics laboratory. Emphasis is on the improvement of today’s military and civilian aircraft, and on designing the airplanes and spacecraft of tomorrow. Interactive modules concentrate on the design of aircraft and spacecraft. | |
| Marshall Space Flight Center: The web site for the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. | |
| NASA: Main NASA web site. | |
| NASA Human Space Flight: A NASA site devoted to tracking human space flights. Includes interactive modules and experiments. | |
| NASA Technical Reports Server: The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program’s mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises. | |
| National Science Digital Library: Educational Resource for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. | |
| Roaming the Red Planet: A NASA web site devoted to the exploration of Mars. Interactive features. | |
| Science@NASA: NASA’s news site. | |
| Space Science: This web site documents all of NASA's programs relating to astronomy, the solar system, and the sun and its interaction with Earth. | |
Chemical Engineering |
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| American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Web site of the student chapters of the AIChE. The careers button is full of information about high school and college programs in Chemical Engineering. Also has interesting things to do related to chemical engineering. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| Zoom Into Engineering: Web site of the PBS program Zoom into Engineering. Lots of fun things to do. | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| American Society of Civil Engineers: This web site has links to histories and biographies, as well as to educational and career opportunities. | |
| Big Dig – Central Artery/Tunnel Project: The Central Artery/Tunnel Project is the largest, most complex, & technologically challenging highway project attempted in American history. Project goal was to reduce traffic congestion, improve mobility & the environment in Boston. | |
| Bridge Building: A site dedicated to the art and science of bridge building. | |
| BridgePros: "This site is dedicated to the Engineering, History & Construction of Bridges." BridgePros offers specific project updates, links to other bridge sites, employment classified listings & a learning center. | |
| Building Big: Website of a PBS mini-series exploring big structures and what it takes to build them. Includes links to interactive labs. | |
| Building Green: Resources for those who want to build energy-efficient, environmentally friendly buildings includes case studies, articles, a discussion forum, a reference webliography, and a database of 1400+ reviewed products . | |
| Build It – Bust It: On this web site you design, build, and test your own structures and then share what you learned with others. | |
| Centuries of Civil Engineering: This is the web site of an exhibit done at the Linda Hall Library celebrating the 150th anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers. | |
| Civil Engineer: This site provides useful and educational information for engineers, students, and academia in all areas of civil and environmental engineering. | |
| Construction Weblinks: This site provides web links to all areas of construction sciences. | |
| Earthquake Country: A site presented by the Southern California Earthquake Center that is packed with information regarding earthquakes in that part of the world. It also provides a link to a page with information about the recent TV miniseries "10.5". This page lists some of the errors in the miniseries "10.5" followed by a brief explanation about why they are wrong. | |
| Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: The web site is dedicated to the cause of reducing earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering. | |
| European Environment Agency: European Environmental Agency (EEA) provides information and links to all participating nations' regulations and standards. | |
| European Rivers Network: ERN seeks to promote sustainable, wise management of rivers as opposed to past exploitation, pollution & degradation. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| National Earthquake Information Center: This web site tracks Earthquake activity in the last seven days around the world. | |
| National Institute of Building Sciences: This site is the building community’s connection to the authoritative national source of knowledge and advice on matters of building regulation, science, and technology. | |
| National Ocean Service: The NOS provides leadership in the maintenance of the coasts and the oceans by bringing science, management, and public policy together. It conducts research, provides nautical charts and surveys, and provides information on coastal hazards. | |
| Skyscraper Museum: Located in New York City, museum celebrates that city's architectural heritage & examines forces shaping its successive skylines. Future site of museum will be in Battery Park City in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. | |
| Tunnel Builder: This site has news and information about tunnel building around the world. | |
| Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center provides the world highway community with the most advanced research and development related to new highway technologies. | |
Computer Science |
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| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
Electrical and Computer
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| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
Engineering (Education) |
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| American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Web site of the student chapters of the AIChE. The careers button is full of information about high school and college programs in Chemical Engineering. Also has interesting things to do related to chemical engineering. | |
| Discover Engineering: A fun site full of engineering information. | |
| Engineer Girl: Celebrates the achievements of women engineers and encourages girls and young women to enter the field of engineering. | |
| Engineering: Your Future: A guide for high school students interested in engineering and engineering technology careers. Sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education. | |
| Engineers: Everything you ever wanted to know about engineering as an occupation in the U. S. From the U. S. Department of Labor. | |
| Engineers Dedicated to a Better Tomorrow: A charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the engineering profession, with links to information about pre-college education sites, and college engineering programs. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| A Guide to High School Programs in Science and Engineering: Links to competitions, camps, and other programs for high school students. | |
| High School Programs: A site dedicated to encouraging minority students to consider engineering and technology careers. Sponsored by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| Intel Science Talent Search: Site of America’s oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science competition. | |
| InventorEd's Kids Inventor Resources: A terrific starting point for curious, inventive kids. Includes advice on safety and the skills inventors need, inventors' stories, and resource links. | |
| Technology Student Association (Formerly JETS): This website is sponsored by the Junior Engineering Technical Society. | |
| Linda Hall Library: The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology is a public library dedicated to providing the most comprehensive science, engineering, and technology collections, reliable library services, and finest educational programs and exhibits. The web site provides access to the collections as well as the exhibits and services of the library. | |
| National Engineers’ Week | |
| Pre-Engineering Education: A collection of resources for high school students interested in engineering. | |
Engineering (General) |
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| Aerodynamics For Students: This web textbook contains information, data tables and computer programs for the study of Aerodynamics. | |
| American Plastics Council: This Web site about plastics and polymers features a "virtual plastics classroom" for teachers and links to the latest plastics news. | |
| Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics: This web site is a beginner's guide to aerodynamics, aeronautics and propulsion systems. | |
| Cassini-Huygens: Close Encounter with Saturn: This is the official NASA site for the Cassini space mission. Look here for multimedia features, photos, and the latest news updates the spacecraft's close encounter with Saturn . | |
| Cassini-Huygens: Kids Space: This NASA site is a lively mixture of both fact and activities aimed at children, but useful for higher level students and adults. It has an abundance of pictures (some animated) that help to explain the mission and the scientific facts as they are revealed by the Cassini spacecraft . | |
| Discover Engineering: A fun site full of engineering information. | |
| Engineer Girl: Celebrates the achievements of women engineers and encourages girls and young women to enter the field of engineering. | |
| Engineering: Your Future: A guide for high school students interested in engineering and engineering technology careers. Sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education. | |
| Engineers: Everything you ever wanted to know about engineering as an occupation in the U. S. From the U. S. Department of Labor. | |
| Future Scientists and Engineers: The web site of a national organization for students interested in careers in science and engineering. Covers, projects, events, resources, and information on local chapters. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Hands On Plastics: Created for middle-school teachers by the American Plastics Council, this site is suitable for anyone wanting a quick run-down on the history of plastics and polymers, the various kinds of plastics, and how plastics can be recycled. There are science experiments and online simulations, as well as a free kit teachers can order. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| Intel Science Talent Search: Site of America’s oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science competition. | |
| InventorEd's Kids Inventor Resources: A terrific starting point for curious, inventive kids. Includes advice on safety and the skills inventors need, inventors' stories, and resource links. | |
| Langley Research Center: The web site for the nation’s first aeronautics laboratory. Emphasis is on the improvement of today’s military and civilian aircraft, and on designing the airplanes and spacecraft of tomorrow. Interactive modules concentrate on the design of aircraft and spacecraft. | |
| Macrogalleria: Billing itself "a cyberwonderland of polymer fun", this site offers information on where how and where polymers are used, how they are made, and how materials scientists study them. | |
| MicroScape – A Virtual Laboratory: Take an extremely close-up look online at stuff from around your house, like a penny or the tip of a ball point pen. | |
| Microworlds: A Web site for high-school students that includes biographies of materials scientists, profiles of kids interested in materials science, and close-up examinations of materials such as Kevlar. | |
| Molecular Expressions: The Molecular Expressions web site features photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy. The site goes where no microscope has gone before by offering one of the Web’s largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope (commonly referred to as “photo-micro-graphs”). | |
| NASA: Main NASA web site. | |
| NASA Technical Reports Server: The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program’s mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises. | |
| National Science Digital Library: Educational Resource for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. | |
| Roaming the Red Planet: A NASA web site devoted to the exploration of Mars. Interactive features. | |
| Science@NASA: NASA’s news site. | |
Industrial Engineering |
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| Agilent Technologies Student Resources Page: Valuable resources from career tips to tutorials. Includes the Brainy Fun Section of brain teasers, games, puzzles, and cartoons. | |
| Engineers Make It Real: A large collection of links to sites on colleges, scholarships, campus, clubs, events. | |
| The Gilbreth Network: A site on the life and work of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, pioneer industrial engineers and efficiency experts (and the parents of the original “Cheaper by the Dozen”). Includes web links on the Gilbreth's and the history of industrial engineering. | |
| IE Trivia Page: A page of little-known facts about industrial engineers, historical perspectives on industrial engineering, and the impact of efficiency experts on modern society. | |
| Industrial Engineering: From the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site covers the nature of the work, job prospects, earnings, and other relevant topics. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| Manufacturing Is Cool: Web site, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, is for students interested in manufacturing and engineering. Includes virtual plant tours, engineering games, and links to sites for engineering camps, competitions, societies and organizations, career, college, and scholarship information, and a portal to math and science puzzles. | |
Mechanical Engineering |
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| A-car.com: is a site on automotive innovations, including safety, fuel consumption, environmental factors, and comfort. Links to related news articles and resources. | |
| Alabama Best Middle and High School Robotics Competition: News from previous years’ contests and upcoming competition. | |
| FIRST—“For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology: The web site for the annual National Robotics Competition, which includes 26 regional events and an international championship final held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Information on entries, awards, and rules, as well as resources for interested students. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| How Stuff Works: A site that explains and illustrates how a great variety of things work, from diesel engines to cell phones. Includes various subdivisions: Computerstuff, Autostuff, Electronicsstuff, Sciencestuff, and others. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| InventorEd's Kids Inventor Resources: A terrific starting point for curious, inventive kids. Includes advice on safety and the skills inventors need, inventors' stories, and resource links. | |
| Popular Science Magazine: Articles on the latest developments in science and technology, including medicine, computers, consumer electronics, aviation, auto, and others. | |
| Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE): Includes a section for students with information on competitions, college departments, and careers. | |
| Why Knot?: A fun website from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, consisting of a two and one-half minute video demonstrating how engineering principles can be used to solve unusual problems not normally associated with technology. | |
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
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| American Foundry Society: This is the home web site of the American Foundry Society whose members aim to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metalcasting industry. | |
| American Plastics Council: This Web site about plastics and polymers features a "virtual plastics classroom" for teachers and links to the latest plastics news. | |
| Challenge of Materials: A gallery and web site all about materials. | |
| Foundry Educational Foundation: This web site provides information on technical careers and educational opportunities for students interested in the metal casting industry and metallurgical engineering. | |
| Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. | |
| Ingenious: Seeing Things Differently: "This site brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into SCIENCE and CULTURE." Click on a topic — seeing, identity, migration, etc. — and you're presented with images and text that challenge you to think about some fascinating questions. | |
| Macrogalleria: Billing itself "a cyberwonderland of polymer fun", this site offers information on where how and where polymers are used, how they are made, and how materials scientists study them. | |
| Mad Science Network: Mad Science Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well. | |
| MicroScape – A Virtual Laboratory: Take an extremely close-up look online at stuff from around your house, like a penny or the tip of a ball point pen. | |
| Microworlds: A Web site for high-school students that includes biographies of materials scientists, profiles of kids interested in materials science, and close-up examinations of materials such as Kevlar. | |
| Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS): TMS is a professional society whose membership consists of student, professional, and retired scientists and engineers who seek to promote the global science and engineering professions concerned with minerals, metals, and materials. | |
| Steel Recycling Institute: The Steel Recycling Institute is a unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute. It is an industry association that promotes and sustains the recycling of all steel products. The SRI educates the solid waste industry, government, business and ultimately the consumer about the benefits of steel's infinite recycling cycle. | |
| Steelworks Learning Center: This Interactive web site is from the American Iron and Steel Institute. It has information about iron ore mining, steel manufacturing, recycling, and new iron and steel products. | |
| Strange Matter: Discover the secrets of everyday stuff. |
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