Join us tomorrow Wednesday March 26th for a 15 minute class on using–Protein Database:  3-D Protein structures.  The class will be held at 2:30 in the Engineering Library (2001C SC) http://goo.gl/N9eS1v Taught by Chris Childs (Health Sciences Education and Outreach Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences)

On March 14 at 1:59 pm we gather together to celebrate the most famous and mysterious of numbers.  That Pi is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter seems simple enough but Pi turns out to be an “irrational number.”  Computer scientists have calculated billions of digits of pi, starting withContinue reading “Come Celebrate Pi Day 3.14,1:59!”

The Lichtenberger Engineering Library is now highlighting the Winter Olympics. This exhibit features information related to the Winter Olympics in general and showcases some of the engineering components for the fifteen sports participating through a plethora of library resources. The 22nd Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place from February 6th to 23rd, 2014 in Russia,Continue reading “The Winter Olympic comes to the Engineering Library”

I hope you did and are doing well with finals and enjoyed the hot coffee, cocoa and cider served at the Engineering Library to help you keep awake during these grueling sessions.  In between exams I saw some of you putting together the LEGO blocks and it looked like you were having fun!  The LEGO blocks were for you from KariContinue reading “Well Finals Are Almost Over And The Holidays Are About To Begin!”

Right now showing at the engineering library is an exhibit called The Cult of LEGO.  It shows what can be created with Lego and touches on the many books we have on LEGO at the library. Lego is a popular line of construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company’sContinue reading “The Cult of LEGO Exhibit”

Steel bridges : conceptual and structural design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges / Jean-Paul Lebet, Manfred A. Hirt ; translated from the French by Graham Couchman. Jean-Paul Lebet Available at Engineering  Library (TG380 .L43 2013 ) The book is divided in 5 parts. The first part is the a general introduction to bridges and terminologyContinue reading “New at the Engineering Library a book about Steel Bridges”

Earlier this year we brought you a blog about a team of Dutch students, here it is again and with it a book that you will find at the Engineering Library on the systematic development of  highly efficient and clean vehicles look it up the call number is at the bottom of the page. youContinue reading “Available at Engineering Library”

Last January, a medical helicopter flying from Mason City to Emmettsburg crashed in a field, killing all three of the people on board; the pilot reported encountering ice and snow just before that crash. Now, researchers at the University of Iowa and engineers at Rockwell Collins are working on new technology to keep pilots andContinue reading “Researchers Give Pilot Sight in Storms!”

The spirit of October through Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://uispeccoll.tumblr.com/post/63659861666/in-the-spirit-of-october-today-we-are-featuring

From Wikipedia: Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists and chemistry students on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM,[1][2][3] making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro’s number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in onemole of substance, oneContinue reading “Let’s celebrate Mole Day!”