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  • Riddle Me This Clock
    Riddle Me This: Immanuel the Clock Setter

    Riddle Me This: Immanuel the Clock Setter

    Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits

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 ...

By PEimpact JH|2023-03-20T13:09:53-06:00November 2nd, 2020|Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits|2 Comments
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  • Cypress St Viaduct
    Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse

    Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse

    Friday Famous Failures

Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse

On October 17, 1989, Ruth Anne Liu-Johnston left her office in San Francisco and traveled toward downtown Oakland. On her way, she drove across the Bay Bridge and took the I-880 connector. As she drove, she noticed her speedometer ...

By PEimpact JM|2023-03-06T10:48:13-06:00October 29th, 2020|Friday Famous Failures|3 Comments
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  • Ethical Dilemma for June
    The October Ethical Dilemma: Sign Your Plans

    The October Ethical Dilemma: Sign Your Plans

    Ethical Dilemma

The October Ethical Dilemma: Sign Your Plans

Engineer Patrick, employed by Superior Engineering, leaves Superior and goes to work for competitor Maverick Engineering. A project which Patrick was responsible for was virtually completed, but ...

By PEimpact KH|2021-05-25T08:33:08-06:00October 19th, 2020|Ethical Dilemma|50 Comments
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  • Pop Quiz for October
    October Pop Quiz for Engineers

    October Pop Quiz for Engineers

    Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers

October Pop Quiz for Engineers

Will October’s pop quiz be a trick or a treat? Take it and find out! Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

By PEimpact KH|2023-03-06T10:28:51-06:00October 12th, 2020|Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers|0 Comments
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  • Helpful tips
    Five Tips for an Effective PowerPoint Presentation

    Five Tips for an Effective PowerPoint Presentation

    Tuesday Tidbits

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 ...

By PEimpact KH|2023-03-06T10:37:46-06:00October 5th, 2020|Tuesday Tidbits|0 Comments
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  • Riddle Me This Buckets
    Riddle Me This: Water Buckets

    Riddle Me This: Water Buckets

    Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits

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?

By PEimpact JH|2023-03-20T13:10:02-06:00October 5th, 2020|Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits|7 Comments
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  • TV Tower Collapse
    Radio Tower Collapse – Texas

    Radio Tower Collapse – Texas

    Friday Famous Failures

Radio Tower Collapse – Texas

As the last section of the tower was being raised, the supporting bolts suddenly failed, and the entire section fell, cascading a thousand feet to the ground. On the way down, the falling section sheered away guy wires and caused the entire structure to topple.

By PEimpact JM|2023-03-06T10:48:46-06:00September 24th, 2020|Friday Famous Failures|18 Comments
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  • Ethical Dilemma for September
    The September Ethical Dilemma: Building Bridges

    The September Ethical Dilemma: Building Bridges

    Ethical Dilemma

The September Ethical Dilemma: Building Bridges

Engineer Craig is employed by UVW Consultants, a major structural engineering firm, and is acting project manager for the construction of a bridge. After completing his work on the bridge, Craig leaves the firm and associates ...

By PEimpact KH|2023-03-20T12:59:07-06:00September 14th, 2020|Ethical Dilemma|5 Comments
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  • Pop Quiz for September
    September Pop Quiz for Engineers

    September Pop Quiz for Engineers

    Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers

September Pop Quiz for Engineers

Will you fail this fall? Take the engineering pop quiz and find out! Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

By PEimpact KH|2023-03-06T10:28:34-06:00September 4th, 2020|Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers|0 Comments
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  • Copyright
    Can Plans and Drawings be Copyrighted?

    Can Plans and Drawings be Copyrighted?

    Tuesday Tidbits

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 ...

By PEimpact KH|2022-09-15T08:19:38-06:00August 31st, 2020|Tuesday Tidbits|0 Comments
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