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Small things considered : why there is no perfect design / by Petroski, Henry.(CARDINAL)179009;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.
Subjects: Engineering design.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Launchpad Engineering & Design Module- [video-enabled device]/ System Pack. by Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268;
STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day.Ages 10+
Subjects: Educational games.; Mobile apps.; Launchpad.; Educational games.;
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Engineering & design module. [video-enabled device]. by Playaway Launchpad.; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.(CARDINAL)868990;
The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day. -- Brick Blocks Classic: Test your strategic and critical thinking skills in this famous and fun Tetris-like activity! -- Edison Versus Tesla: Two of the school's top students compete in this year's science fair. See the shocking results in this story! -- How Do Boomerangs Work?: It depends on which variety of boomerang you're using. -- How Do Bridges Not Fall Down?: Learn all about architecture and engineering in this engaging explanation of their basic principles, which includes an introduction to bridges, columns, skyscrapers, and more. -- How Do Seesaws Go Up and Down?: Learn all about mechanical engineering in this engaging explanation of its basic principles, including an introduction to levers, wedges, and inclined planes. -- How Do You Lift a Lion?: Explore the functions of levers, wheels, and pulleys, and learn how to lift a lion, pull a panda, and deliver a basket of bananas to a baboon birthday party! -- Mini Bean Adventures: Cyrus the little bean was kidnapped by an evil bird and was dragged into an unknown area. Your task is to help Cyrus overcome all the trials and bring him home to his family! -- Monster Puzzles: Play this exciting new monster puzzle game in which you have to eliminate a huge number of monsters by strategizing the right chain reaction to clear the field! -- Pipe Collection: This is a classic pipe puzzle game in which you have to connect all the pipes in the right way. Challenge your critical thinking skills in this fun strategy game! -- When Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa Fall Over?: A look at why it is leaning and if/when it is likely to fall down. -- Who Am I?: Architect: Quiz themed videos, presents all the aspects of cool and inspirational jobs. Can you guess the career, before the answer is revealed? -- Who Am I?: Video Game Designer: Quiz themed videos, presents all the aspects of cool and inspirational jobs. Can you guess the career, before the answer is revealed?Ages 8+Grades 3-5.
Subjects: Video games.; Educational games.; Video recordings.; Engineering; Design; Puzzles; Inventions; Building; Machinery; Architecture; Curiosity; Predicate calculus; Research; Algebra; Statistics; Measurement; Mobile apps.;
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City Engineering & Design Building Set by Learning Resources (Firm),publisher.;
Ages 3 and over.
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Hidden wonders : the subtle dialogue between physics and elegance / by Guyon, Etienne,author.; Baudoin, Patsy,translator.(CARDINAL)785419; Bico, José,author.; Coq, Naïs,1984-illustrator.; Reyssat, Étienne,author.; Roman, Benoît,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 312)."HIDDEN WONDERS focuses on the objects that populate our everyday life -- crumpled paper, woven fabric, a sand pile -- but looks at them with a physicist's eye, revealing a hidden elegance in mundane physical mechanisms. In six chapters--Builders, Creating Shapes, Building with Threads, From Sand to Glass, Matter in Motion, and Fractures--the authors present brief stories, set in locales ranging from the Eiffel Tower to a sandcastle, that illustrate the little wonders hidden in the ordinary. A simple experiment that readers can perform at home concludes each story. More than 200 illustrations bring the stories to life." -- adapted from cover flap.
Subjects: Aesthetics.; Design.; Engineering.; Physics.;
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Adapt : how humans are tapping into nature's secrets to design and build a better future / by Khan, Amina,author.(CARDINAL)415069;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index.Part I: Materials. 1. Fooling the mind's eye : what soldiers and fashion designers can learn from the cuttlefish ; 2. Soft yet strong : how the sea cucumber and squid inspire surgical implants -- Part II: Mechanics of movement. 3. Reinventing the leg : how animals are inspiring the next generation of space explorers and rescue robots ; 4. How flying and swimming animals go with the flow -- Part III: Architecture of systems. 5. Building like a termite : what these insects can teach us about architecture (and other things) ; 6. Hive mind : how ants' collective intelligence might change the networks we build -- Part IV: Sustainability. 7. The artificial leaf : searching for a clean fuel to power our world ; 8. Cities as ecosystems : building a more sustainable society."Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly good at doing more with less. If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning, it stands to reason that nature can teach us a thing or two about sustainable technology and innovation. In Khan's accessible voice, these complex concepts are made simple. There is so much we humans can learn from nature's billions of years of productive and efficient evolutionary experience. This field is growing rapidly and everyone from architects to biologists to nano-technicians to engineers are paying attention. Results from the simplest tasks, creating Velcro to mimic the sticking power of a burr, to the more complex like maximizing wind power by arranging farms to imitate schools of fish can make a difference and inspire future technological breakthroughs. Adapt shares the weird and wonderful ways that nature has been working smarter and not harder, and how we can too to make billion dollar cross-industrial advances in the very near future."--
Subjects: Engineering design.; Biotechnology.; Nature.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Human factors in work design and production / by Sell, Reginald George.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Human engineering.; Work design.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Understanding the world's greatest structures [videorecording] : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity / cStephen Ressler. by Ressler, Stephen J.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure : forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across : beams and bending. Disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults -- The rise and fall of the Gothic cathedral. Disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph --The rise of iron, and steel, framed buildings. Disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure.Instructed by Professor Stephen Ressler, Professor of Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point.DVD.
Subjects: Instructional films.; Structural design.; Structural engineering.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Understanding the world's greatest structures [videorecording] : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity / by Ressler, Stephen J.,teacher.; Leven, Jon,film director.(CARDINAL)554917; Scarbrough, Wendy,film director.; Blandford, James,film producer.(CARDINAL)849607; Guide (work):Ressler, Stephen J.Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, course guidebook.©2011.; Teaching Company,production company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-202).Producer, James Blandford ; directors, Jon Leven, Wendy Scarbrough.Studio crew, Jim Allen and [five others] ; editor, Rich Bernett.Lecturer: Professor Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy at West Point."Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity -- a marvelous learning experience that takes you around the world and reveals the stories behind the most famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures from thousands of years of history. These 24 lectures take you on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour that deftly blends history and science to create an unforgettable survey of our world's most remarkable structural masterpieces, one informed by the fundamentals of structural engineering and their underlying scientific principles."--Publisher.DVD; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Instructional films.; Structural design.; Structural engineering.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Engineering design for the control of workplace hazards / by Wadden, Richard A.(CARDINAL)265969; Scheff, Peter A.(CARDINAL)153360;
Includes bibliographies and index.
Subjects: Industrial safety.; Engineering design.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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