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!”

What does 3D printing have to do with food scarcity and climate change? http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/09/2757331/3d-printing-food/

Underground climate change causing the  “drunken” forests of Alaska. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/09/2759181/alaska-permafrost-arctic-hudson-bay/

How not to write a headline about the IPCC’s Climate Science Report: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/30/2691301/ipcc-media-coverage/

Using a technique called high-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM), researchers in China have visualized the molecular structure of a hydrogen bond: http://io9.com/the-very-first-image-of-a-hydrogen-bond-1426759827