Category: Basics

I'm a hands on engineer and I was skeptical of sitting behind a desk all day looking at a computer. However, I also knew that I wanted to design and build things for a living. Most mechanical...

Steel and Aluminum are the two most popular materials when it comes to making structures. Yet, steel seems to win more. One of the ways that it beats Aluminum is in fatigue because aluminum does not...

Multiplying large numbers is difficult. Any 4th grade math student will tell you that! When you learned how to multiply large numbers, it probably looked a little like this. Personally I never...

Multiplying large number is difficult. Any 4th grade math student will tell you that! When you learned how to multiply large numbers, it probably looked a little like this. This is complicated...

To quote my mentor, C. Marvin Franklin, “Bolts are Magic.” This is true! In the world of engineering, bolts simply are magic. They allow us to complete many projects and serve us in a variety of...

To quote my mentor, C. Marvin Franklin, “Bolts are Magic.” This is true! In the world of engineering, bolts simply are magic. They allow us to complete many projects and serve us in a variety of...