This handout, written for the USA Science Fair, is designed to help students (young and old) see the basic engineering principles of things they use, play with, drive, or enjoy in their daily lives.

Athletes jumping off a diving board. A duck circling a pond. Planets rotating in space. What do all these things have in common? They—or at least, their robotic representations—are products of a ...

University of Illinois researchers can now explain the physical mechanisms behind click beetles’ clicking maneuver. Belonging to the Elateroidea family, a click beetle (or snapping beetle) is ...

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A study of basic engineering principles as they apply to design and operation of agricultural buildings and structures, farm water, refrigeration and heating, fencing and subdivision, waste management ...

Legos and Tinkertoys were once the way of learning basic engineering principles. Not so much anymore, thanks to high-tech computers and 3-D printers. Now Copperas Cove High School students have an ...

This module provides students with basic knowledge and command of Mathematics with the key skills (both theoretical and practical) necessary to study Engineering in a university environment. The ...