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announcing that the 16th Edition of Beaty’s Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers is now available on the site.  The new edition of this definitive Handbook includes coverage of green technologies, modern computer applications, and power grid control infrastructures.

To complement the new edition:

•    21 problem-solving videos using content in the Handbook, which demonstrate:
o    Calculations for AC and DC systems including conductor size, I2R loss, and voltage drop
o    Circuit Analysis techniques including Thevenin and Norton Equivalents, Phasor Analysis, and Laplace Analysis

•    2 new Curriculum Maps which cover:
o    Circuit Analysis (DC and AC)
o    Electronics

Find links to these at: http://accessengineeringlibrary.com/browse/standard-handbook-for-electrical-engineers-sixteenth-edition
Thank you – as always – for using AccessEngineering, and do remember to check out the What’s New page to keep up with the very latest content on the site: http://accessengineeringlibrary.com/pages/updates

The word bicycle is from the Latin, bis, twice and the Greek, Kyclos, circle.  This fashionable mode of transport was denounced by a Baltimore preacher in 1896 as a “diabolical device of the demon of darkness”.  His reason for condemnation was not on the perfectly justifiable grounds that the word is an ugly Latin-Greek hybrid (etymological purist would only ride a dicycle) but simply because too many of his parishioners were lured away from church on pleasant Sunday afternoons by the temptation of a bike ride.  Perhaps because they are aware of the potential corrupting danger to moral standards, British Columbia has imposed a 10 mph limit for tricycles.

There are many books in the engineering library on bicycles here are a few of them:  Build your own electric bicyle; The bicycling guide to complete bicycle maintenance & repair : for road & mountain bikes; Cyclepedia : a century of iconic bicycle design; Fifty machines that changed the course of history.

As winter turns to spring happy cycling!

I have just heard the most melodic, soothing, cheerful souds emmenating from the Metal Bells from Box #3.

They transported me right outside, and I imagined I was bare foot, herding a cow to a new grazing field. I have no idea how to herd cattle (or if one even “herds” them) but it was working perfectly in my imagined outdoors. Everything was green, lush and happy.

The complete opposit to the room I am photographing the objects in. It’s hot, dark, and gray. The bells created a much needed escape. Thank you Fluxus, you’ve completely made my Friday.

Happy Friday Everyone!

MetalBells (click to listen)

Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe.

Please send additional comments to Chris Africa.

New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts  includes over 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens. There are also some 50 award winning short films.

All films were presented at major film festivals, many were nominated for awards, and many have won major awards. Films include the Oscar®-nominated Twilight Samurai, directed by Yôji Yamada, and Oscar®-nominated The Scent of Green Papaya, directed by Tran Anh Hung. Collectively the films in the database have won more than 1,000 awards.

Please send additional comments to Tim Shipe.

Silent Film Online brings together films which together represent the basis of modern cinematic technique and film theory. Carefully curated with Alexander Street Press’s Video Advisory Board, the database covers silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Please send additional comments to Tim Shipe.

Do you struggle to stay organized as the semester progresses? Are your notes and files scattered about in notebooks, folders, and various electronic storage devices? Would you like to share your own tips and tricks for staying organized with others? Join us for a Get Organized workshop to learn about free software tools you can use to get organized and stay organized all semester long and share your organization solutions with the chronically disorganized.

Lunch @ the Sciences Library
Get Organized
11:30 am – 12:20 pm, Wednesday, April 10th
102 SL (Sciences Library Classroom)

In this workshop, you will learn how to use free software such as Evernote and Dropbox to:

• Take notes electronically;
• Keep your notes organized;
• Access notes from any computer with an Internet connection;
• Save your files to the cloud;
• Access your files from any computer with an Internet connection.

This workshop is free and open to all UI students, faculty and staff. There is no need to register. You may bring your lunch if desired. Free coffee will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact Sara Scheib at sara-scheib@uiowa.edu or (319) 335-3024.

Did you know? There is a MECCA exhibit at the Engineering Library celebrating the different colleges within the engineering department. MECCA was very popular around 1910-1970. It featured activities like the long beard competition, parade, and hunt for a green stone called the Blarney Stone. Stop by the library to learn more!