check out the Engineering Library’s MECCA exhibit an Engineering celebration very popular from the 1920-1970 celebrated with parades, long beard contests, finding and kissing the Blarney stone by upper classman.  The Blarney stone imported from Ireland was lost for 27 years. Some pictures from parades and events from political statements having to do with theContinue reading “The MECCA Exhibit”

Whenever a fly alights on an ocean liner of about 35000 tons, the ship tends to sink lower in the water by one tenth of the thickness of an atom (0.1 A) – this can be measured at present by means of an electrostatic capacity meter.  If the fly lands on the handrail, say 15Continue reading “A fly and a ship”

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:Continue reading “Beaty’s Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers”

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 hybridContinue reading “Bicycles: Machines that changed the course of history”

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!

Did you know?  March 30th is Eiffel Tower Day. Here are some facts about the Eiffel Tower: http://ow.ly/jdsKB that you might find interesting. The facts contain construction facts, Eiffel Tower Height, area, weight, tower steps and elevators and much more. Eiffel’s tower : and the World’s Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled,Continue reading “Eiffel Tower Day”

  A quarterly journal of the American Meteorological Society, publishing scientific research and analysis on the interactions of  Weather, Climate and Society.  For more information: http://www.ametsoc.org/pubs/journals/wcs/index.html  

The Hydrological Sciences Journal is the publication of IAHS International Association of Hydrological Sciences.  IAHS is the oldest and foremost international nongovernmental organization which deals with hydrology and water resources.  The Hydrological Sciences Journal is the official journal of IAHS.  The scope of the journal includes: the hydrological cycle on the Earth surface water, groundwater, snow andContinue reading “New the Hydrological Sciences Journal”

The Engineering Library has renewed its subscription to the Monthly Weather Review.  The Online release is published by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).  The Journal Researches results relevant to the analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics, including technique development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This includes papers on numerical and dataContinue reading “Monthly Weather Review”

          Celebrate Pi Day! on Thursday, March 14th at 1:59 – 4:00 pm In front of the Lichtenberger Engineering Library in the Student Commons.   There will be FREE apple pie bites, lemonade, and coffee as well as a trivia competitions every 15 minutes. Pi, Greek letter, is the symbol forContinue reading “Come Celebrate Pi Day with Free Pie!”