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This interactive presentation, created by James Bourassa and John Rosz for the Electromechanical Digital Library, discusses the calculation of horsepower, RPMs, and torque. Bourassa and Rosz begin by providing detailed definitions of all three topics and then provide mathematical examples for...

This 307-page book, from the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), discusses and offers a solution to America's technician shortage in STEM fields. The proposed solution "is to create career pathways for STEM technicians in existing 4000 STEM high schools that would inform,...

This 2-page resource, provided by Cape Cod Community College, is a diagram showing academic paths to aviation maintenance technology careers. Information on degrees, certifications, and nine careers is provided. Careers include general aviation; manufacturing; commercial airlines; corporate...

This resource, provided by Lorain County Community College, is a glossary for terms used in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive testing (NDT). NDT is the process of studying an object without harming it. While NDE is often used interchangeably with NDT, it specifically refers...

This website from the University of California Berkeley provides information on the Center for the Built Environment (CBE). The CBE's "mission is to improve the environmental quality and energy efficiency of buildings by providing timely, unbiased information on building technologies and design and...

This downloadable publication from the National Academies Press concerns the public understanding of the field of engineering and ways to attract young people to the profession. The report offers tested messages that reposition engineering as a satisfying profession that involves creative ideas and...

This interactive presentation, created by Terry Bartelt and hosted by the Electromechanical Digital Library, discusses the history and theory of Charles's Law, which states, "the volume of a given quantity of gas varies directly with its temperature." A series of interactive flash animations show...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is a demonstration of checking pocket depths during electric guitar construction. Checking pocket depths is described as a way to ensure that the bridge saddles will not be too high during final guitar set-up. In the video Chad McCormack...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown demonstrates how to clean and bend fretwire before installation on an electric guitar. The video runs 5:50...

The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15...