Tonya Nilsson has received Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at Santa Clara University. Previously, she was on the faculty at California ...

Racing fans and adrenaline seekers have found a destination in Georgia that captures the thrill of motorsports from the moment you walk through the doors. The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, located at ...

Metal alloys crack and fail through a mechanism called "fatigue" when repeatedly loaded and strained. While it is well known how to design alloys to withstand static loads and pressures, it is very ...

Mechanical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with moving machines and their components. A central principle of mechanical engineering is the control of energy: transferring it from ...

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...

If you've ever watched a glass blower at work, you've seen a material behaving in a very special way. As it cools, the viscosity of molten glass increases steadily but gradually, allowing it to be ...

Mechanical properties are physical properties that a material exhibits upon the application of forces. Examples of mechanical properties are the modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, elongation, ...

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Boston College will begin recruiting the first class for its highly anticipated Human-Centered Engineering program, a major that will integrate BC’s core liberal arts focus and a rigorous engineering ...

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a range of lower- and upper-division undergraduate courses that cover fundamental principles and advanced topics in mechanical engineering. See the ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...