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 ...

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.

As editors and engineers, we too were once bitten by the technology bug and continue to be intrigued with the science of how things work. This handout, which our editors put together for the USA ...

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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 ...

Ensuring product compliance is a little like building software: In the early days of the discipline, it was a highly manual, ad hoc endeavor that depended extensively on expert knowledge and ...

Featuring the basic principles of materials selection for application in various engineering outcomes, this comprehensive text contains complete and in-depth coverage on materials of use, their ...