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This presentation, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2022 Annual Institute. During the presentation, Jessica Granderson, Director for Building Technology on the White House Council on Environmental Quality, discusses federal...

This brief interactive activity, by the Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty, is an easy-to-use introduction to fiber optic cables and their uses. Students are able to reveal each section at their leisure as they click through the helpful illustrations and...

This self-study course from the Fiber Optics Association covers fiber optic network design. Intended for either those already working in fiber optics, or those with some knowledge, this course covers an introduction to what is involved in designing a fiber optic network, how to choose appropriate...

Optical fibers transmit light signals and are widely used in the telecommunications industry to transmit data over long distances. Light travels through the core material of an optical fiber by essentially repeatedly bouncing off the cladding material that surrounds the core. Understanding...

Fiber U is a learning website provided by the Fiber Optics Association. This website includes free online self-study programs, tutorials, textbooks, videos, iPad apps and links to other FOA pages that will help users learn about fiber optics and premises cabling. The site includes the following...

This video segment, adapted from ATETV, follows Travis Blackwell, a field service engineer working for ESAB Manufacturing, showcasing how technical college prepared him for work in this field. This video is a helpful for students considering or pursuing electromechanical engineering degrees to help...

This 286-page report is provided by the Goodman Research Group, Inc. and discusses a long-term study of more than fifty undergraduate engineering programs. The study used questionnaires for students, engineering deans, and engineering faculty as well as student focus groups and site visits. The...

This brief interactive activity, by Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty members Joseph Wetzel and Brian Gremore, provides a lesson on gateway servers to further illustrate how data travels on the Internet. The illustrations and animations help...

This brief interactive activity, by Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty members Joseph Wetzel and Douglas Tabbutt, provides a basic lesson on firewalls. This learning activity introduces the purpose of a firewall and a simple overview of what a firewall...

This brief interactive activity, by Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty members Joseph Wetzel and Douglas Tabbutt, provides an interactive lesson on packet filters to demonstrate their use. After a brief explanation, there is an activity that allows the...