Study guides
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Study & learning
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Calculator.org
Free online calculator and conversion tables.
- Go to Calculator.org
CheResources
Chemical engineering study aids - some content free, though there is a fee for premium content.
- Go to Cheresources.com
Design Aids - Free Engineering Software
A huge number of useful programs for all engineering disciplines.
- Go to Designaids.com
EEVL search engine
Search the content of over 160 freely available full-text engineering ejournals.
- Search EEVL
eFunda - Engineering Fundamentals
Excellent engineering reference site, free for the first 15 minute visit, with special rates for students.
- Go to eFunda.com
BYU.com electronics & computer engineering study aids
Tables and references, plus all the the basics of analogue and digital electronics.
- Go to BYU.com
Filtration & separation
Offers data analysis, calcuators and equipment selection for filtration & separation tasks.
FreeCalc.com
Online calculators covering general engineering, liquid and gas flow, HVAC, pumps, heat transfer, vessels and tanks, valves and piping, and separation equipment. Calculators are referenced and illustrated.
- Go to FreeCalc.com
Free Engineering Software
Includes steam tables, fluid flow calculators, psychrometric calculators, air duct calculators, conversion calculators. Especially useful for chemical engineers and building services engineers.
Free Six Sigma tutorial
A free tutorial covering basics of Six Sigma.
- Go to Six Sigma Tutorial
GlobalSpec - Engineering Search Engine
Primarily used to search for parts but also a good source of information with its 'learn more about' sections.- Go to GlobalSpec.com
Jehar Online
Engineering calculators and freeware.
- Go to Jehar Online
LMNO Engineering, Research and Software
Online calculators including hydraulics of open channels, tank discharges, pipe friction factors and head losses, and groundwater calculations. Some calculations are free while other require a registration fee.
- Go to LMEOEngineering.com
MAP 24
Super mapping site that's fast and easy to use.
- Go to Map 24
Math.com
Basics calculus, probability, statisitics and more.
- Go to Math.com
My Calculators
The online computational and graphics website.
- Go to MyCalculations.com
NASA Technical Report Writing
A guide for engineers, researchers, and scientists explaining the basics of writing accurate and easy to read technical reports. Each stage of report writing is discussed - from preparation, style, and composing introductions to describing experiments, results, and compiling references.
Online Conversion
Convert anything from viscosity to international shoe sizes.
- Go to OnlineConversion.com
The Thermal Wizard
A useful tool to help you understand and solve common heat transfer problems and thermal phenomena.
- Go to ThermalWizard.com
Process Tools
Teaching aids for chemical engineering students
- Go to ProcessTools.com
Reactor Lab
The Reactor Lab is a software program that provides simulations of a variety of chemical reactors.
- Go to Reactorlab.com
How To Study
Free study skills, strategies and tips.
- Go to HowToStudy.com
Study Skills Self-help
Online study skills workshops and time management techniques.
- Go to Study Skills Self-help
Study guides and strategies
Exhaustive site covering effective listening, project management and report writing as well as all basic study techniques.
General interest
General interest sites
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
Put your spare computer processing power to good use, analyze radio-telescope data to find evidence of extraterrestrial life, learn about improving the design of the CERN LHC particle accelerator or improving the accuracy of long-term climate prediction, and more…
ECHO
Online history of science, technology and industry.
- Go to ECHO
Engineering Fun
Interesting articles related to engineering and other fun stuff.
- Go to Engineering Fun
Engineering Jokes
A rich vein of engineering humour.
- Go to Engineering Jokes
How Stuff Works
The only site on the web that tells you how to pick a lock, build a nuclear reactor, climb Mount Everest, grill a chicken and iron your shirt. Scarily addictive.
- Go to Howstuffworks.com
I Want One of Those
A wide selection of gadgets, gifts, gizmos, lifestyle accessories, adventures and all sorts of fabulous "difficult to find" goodies.
- Go to I Want One of Those
IG Nobel Prizes
All you need concerning the strange minds of our time.
- Go to IG Nobel Prizes
JumbleTown
Never look a gift horse in the mouth - or a dishwasher, or a sofa. Everything free, provided you collect. Ideal for struggling students.
- Go to Jumble Town
Mycoted
27 wickedly ingenious lateral thinking exercises guaranteed to get you looking at problem solving in a whole new way.
- Go to Mycoted
Nobel Prizes
All you need concerning the great minds of our time.
- Go to Nobel Prizes
Swarm Sketch
SwarmSketch is an ongoing online canvas that explores the possibilities of distributed design by the masses.
- Go to Swarm Sketch
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Everything you could possibly want to know about the history of Maths. Look up famous Irish mathematicians or explore the history of zero.
- Go to The MacTutor
The Mind of Leonardo
Exploring the thinking of one of the world's great engineers.
- Go to The Mind of Leonardo
The Planetary Society
More distributed computing - help scan movies of sections of the aerogel collector from the 'Stardust' spacecraft for interstellar dust particles.
- Go to The Planetary Society