Riddle Me This: Colored Weights
You have a balance scale and six weights. What is the fewest number of times you need to use the balance scale in order to positively identify the heavier weight in each pair?
5 TV Shows That Featured Engineers
While engineers aren’t always the most featured characters on television shows, they are often the most popular. Perhaps more engineering characters will find their way ...
Riddle Me This: Two Cups and a Bucket
You have two small cups filled with water and an empty bucket. How can you dump all of the water out of the cups and into the bucket and tell which water came from which cup, without using any dividers of any kind?
Can An Engineering Board Regulate Free Speech?
In 2017, Mats Järlström, a Beaverton, Oregon resident, was fined $500 by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying for both labeling himself as an “engineer” and for publicly offering ...
Riddle Me This: Last Words?
You have a committed a terrible crime and tomorrow morning you will be taken to the town square and executed. The executioner has taken a liking to you and decides to do you a favor and allow you a choice ...
Five Tips for an Effective PowerPoint Presentation
The design choices made in a PowerPoint can have a dynamic impact on the quality of your presentation and the communication of a concept. An engaging PowerPoint presentation coupled with ...
Riddle Me This: Immanuel the Clock Setter
Immanuel was on his way out the door to visit an old friend across the village when he realized that his grandfather clock had stopped and no longer displayed the correct time. This was the only clock in his home ...
Can Plans and Drawings be Copyrighted?
Engineering plans and drawings involve considerable work and may take months and years to develop. Understandably, many engineering professionals are interested in protecting them and may wonder ...
Riddle Me This: Water Buckets
You have a 5-gallon bucket, a 3-gallon bucket, and a water faucet. How can you accurately put four gallons of water into the 5-gallon bucket?
Understanding Construction Contracts
A construction contract is a legally binding contract between an owner and a builder that defines compensation and how that compensation will be distributed during or after the completion of a ...