Superstructures – The Boeing 747

An interesting piece on the construction of the Boeing 747. The Boeing 747 is a widebody commercial airliner which is among the world’s most recognizable aircraft, and was the first widebody ever produced. Manufactured by Boeing’s Commercial Airplane unit in the United States.

Written on April 25, 2010 | Posted in Videos | Be the first to comment

Hubble Space Telescope

This is the beginning of a series of videos produced by the ESA for public distribution about the Hubble Space Telescope and much more.

Written on April 21, 2010 | Posted in Articles | Be the first to comment

Civil Engineering “…The future is not what it used to be!”

“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”  Paul Valery Forty years ago civil engineers were concerned with issues surrounding pollution to air, water and the environment, traffic congestion, nuclear power, energy, global warming and oil shortages. Today those issues still exist while additional issues of water [...]

Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in Articles | 1 comment

Profile Engineer – Dr. Wernher von Braun

This week’s profile engineer is Dr. Wernher von Braun, a German-American rocket scientist, astronautics engineer and space architect. Dr. Wernher von Braun  moved to the United States following a well orchestrated surrender of 500 top German rocket scientists following the Allied capture of the V-2 rocket complex he was the leader of. The V-2 was [...]

Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in Articles,Career | Be the first to comment

Qualified Vendor – Engineering Crowd Sourcing

Qualified Vendor (QV) is a Virginia-based company involved with engineering crowd sourcing by providing a convenient exchange platform for engineering quotes.  Unlike the traditional sourcing route – submitting RFQs to an endless stream of vendors, crowd sourcing reverses the RFQ process.  Instead of you going from supplier-to-supplier, you make a summary of your RFQ and [...]

Written on April 12, 2010 | Posted in Articles | 1 comment

5 most dangerous roads in the world

My first engineering job in college was working for a roadway design consultant. I found the work fascinating because it mostly involved site surveys and CADD design. During the short duration of that internship, I don’t recall experiencing a challenge that I could not address, especially given the vast tools available at my disposal. So, [...]

Written on April 2, 2010 | Posted in Articles,TOP 10 | Be the first to comment