CS #403 - Engineering

[les_au]

pano of the mildura weir, with out it and the rest of the loch system on the murray river, vast amounts of the country would have water shortage problems. this system also turns areas along the river into a massive food production area

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CS #403 engineering by les_au, on Flickr

 

[les_au]

My little contribution to this week's thread - a superb example of amazing engineering:

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true, how everything gets squeezed into those small cameras is a marvel

 

[les_au]

I am a mechanical engineer, and graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando in 2007. It's now the 2nd largest university in the country with approximately 60,000 students. Things have changed a lot since my time there.

There were two engineering buildings for most of my time at UCF, with a third opening in my senior year. It is a fairly large research engineering college, with the space industry focused in Central Florida and other tech industries as well. This is the newest engineering building, which was sponsored by the Harris Corporation:

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Also, UCF completed and opened an on campus football stadium a few months after I graduated. I left immediately after graduation for active duty service in the Navy and was only finally able to get to a game at the new stadium in the 2013 season. Bright House Stadium has been given the infamous nickname of the "Trampoline". The engineering of the stadium was called into question in 2007 in connection with the nickname the students gave it: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-11-30/news/stadium30_1_stadium-ucf-louie

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very cool take on the theme

 

[les_au]

Some folks might not approve of the methodology, but it’s a combination of chemistry and genetic engineering that makes this clean field of Roundup-ready soybeans possible.

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true, the debate continues here about GM crops, but the work behind em is amazing

 

[mawyatt]

...And of course as usual...
Just as a gentle reminder for EVERYONE,
and a friendly "heads up" for "newbies",
PLEASE post only images
captured during this time frame of the CS here.
Thanks!
And y'all have fun!!
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Is it OK to post engineering images that are 3~4 weeks old? The image is a stacked image of silicon chips, most of the work is in the post processing which involved 100s of stacked images.

Mike

 

[Bob Coutant]

Engineering tools from 60 years ago. [Shaky photograph, but the photographer’s older than the tools.]

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[donlaw]

A couple of different types of engineering here:
This is the Houston Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe who was noted for his "skin and bone'' architecture that emphasized structural elements.

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HMFA1 by donlaw200, on Flickr

This one from the sculpture garden at the HMFA: Decanter by Frank Stella, sort of engineering gone abstract...

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HMFA Sculpture by donlaw200, on Flickr

 

[AndyMcD]

pano of the mildura weir, with out it and the rest of the loch system on the murray river, vast amounts of the country would have water shortage problems. this system also turns areas along the river into a massive food production area

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CS #403 engineering by les_au, on Flickr

That is an excellent pano - and certainly fits the theme.

 

[AndyMcD]

Engineering tools from 60 years ago. [Shaky photograph, but the photographer’s older than the tools.]

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LOL Bob,

I've never used a slide rule - electronic calculators had become the vogue by the time I came on the scene but I did sometimes have to use books of tables to lookup information.

 

[AndyMcD]

A couple of different types of engineering here:
This is the Houston Museum of Fine Arts Caroline Wiess Law Building designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe who was noted for his "skin and bone'' architecture that emphasized structural elements.

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HMFA1 by donlaw200, on Flickr

This one from the sculpture garden at the HMFA: Decanter by Frank Stella, sort of engineering gone abstract...

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HMFA Sculpture by donlaw200, on Flickr

Don, that's an excellent pair of pictures for this theme. I like the contrast between the angular basic structure of the first compared to the curviness of the second

 

[mawyatt]

Engineering tools from 60 years ago. [Shaky photograph, but the photographer’s older than the tools.]

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Remember the slide rule well and the trusty CRC book which had all the tables (trig, log, calculus, and so on)!! These tools served me well until the HP calculator which was replaced by the modern CAD tools. I remember when one of my classmates came in with the HP35 scientific calculator, wow what an impression that was.

 

[dhalloxf]

Boynton Hall on the campus of what was the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science. It is now known as WPI.
My office was located about half a mile from the campus and over a period of 44 years I spent many lunch hours walking through the campus grounds.

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[mawyatt]

Porsche GT1 Split-Block 3.6L Twin Turbo.

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[mawyatt]

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Another Porsche engine. This is the last of the air cooled flat 6 engines, also 3.6L from my guards red 1996 993 911. I need to replace the air box rubber air intake, it's disintegrated due to the heat.

The previous turbo image is from my black 2007 997 twin turbo 911. Porsche engines and 911s are masterpieces of engineering IMO.

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[mawyatt]

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[Palmguy]

Porsche GT1 Split-Block 3.6L Twin Turbo.

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Very nice.

 

[AndyMcD]

Boynton Hall on the campus of what was the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science. It is now known as WPI.
My office was located about half a mile from the campus and over a period of 44 years I spent many lunch hours walking through the campus grounds.

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That's a very impressive looking building and I can see why you'd spend time around it.

 

[AndyMcD]

Porsche GT1 Split-Block 3.6L Twin Turbo.

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Another Porsche engine. This is the last of the air cooled flat 6 engines, also 3.6L from my guards red 1996 993 911. I need to replace the air box rubber air intake, it's disintegrated due to the heat.

The previous turbo image is from my black 2007 997 twin turbo 911. Porsche engines and 911s are masterpieces of engineering IMO.

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Very nice series and an excellent interpretation of the theme.

 

[Clix Pix]

This certainly is a fun thread, seeing how each participant has approached the topic! Love those Porsches!

 

[AlJohnston]

One of the lesser-known bridges in the North East, and some examples of the National Grid...

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