May Pop Quiz for Engineers
MAY you do well on this month's pop quiz. Here's the May 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?
Riddle Me This: Fence Building
How would you build the most efficient fence for this farmer?
Digitally Signing and Sealing Your Plans
Digital Signatures are added with the aid of a third-party authentication program, which both ensures that the Professional Engineer is the one signing the document and prevents future repudiation. The authentication programs can vary, but they function by assigning an individual “certificate” that verifies identity ...
Airplane Propeller-Induced Flutter
One night in September 1959, a Lockheed Electra L-188A turboprop aircraft with 28 passengers and 6 crew apparently disintegrated mid-flight over Buffalo, Texas. The Electra was new at the time, the first large turboprop airliner built by a United States aircraft company ...
The April Ethical Dilemma: Peer Review
Engineer Bruce serves as a peer reviewer as part of an organized peer review program developed to assist engineers in improving their professional practice...
April Pop Quiz for Engineers
Will you do EGGcellent on this month's quiz? Here's the April 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?
3D Printing for Engineers: An Introduction
3D Printing is a field of rapidly growing significance that offers advantages attractive to the Engineering profession. The global 3D Printing market size was estimated to be worth $11.58 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $35.38 billion by 2027 ...
Riddle Me This: Rope Burning
You have a lighter and two ropes. How can you accurately time forty-five minutes?
The DuPont Buffalo Plant Explosion
It should have been a day of routine maintenance on November 9, 2010 at the DuPont plant in North Tonawanda, New York. Tank 1, which normally contained 10,000-gallons of polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), a slurry used in manufactured countertops, had been cleaned and inspected in preparation for repairs ...
The March Ethical Dilemma: Conflict of Interest
Issues involving conflicts of interest have long been some of the thorniest issues faced by engineers. The Board of Ethical Review has had numerous occasions...