Engineering Sources: An Overview: Websites

Applications and step by step demonstrations of solutions to linear equations.

Math reference tables in both English and Spanish.

From the National Institute of Standards and Technology, conversion factors and other information on official standards for weights and measurements.

Links to research institutes, events, publications, and other topics, organized by major engineering subjects.

Calculators, converters, product sites, and other tools for practical engineering tasks.

Essays and interactive timelines on major engineering events of the last century, from the National Academy of Engineering.

Links to high quality engineering websites from around the world.

From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention, links to archives and other sources in the U.S. and Canada for documentation about the work of major inventors. The Lemelson Center sponsors a variety of other useful sources relating to the design and invention process.

Links to research and teaching resources on engineering and technology or multidisciplinary sites with a strong focus on technology.

Links to over 400 million science-focused web sites, including articles, patents, reports, and other document types, from Elsevier.

Articles, industry news, job announcements, technical reports, thesis & dissertations and less familiar research repositories.

Job postings and other resources for locating jobs and advancing in the engineering professions.

Gateway to all government sources on science and search results.

Selected NASA technology briefs published between 1963 and 1975 are available on the Hathi Trust Digital Library website.

Declassified U. S. government documents, including correspondence and memoranda, technical studies, national security policy statements and intelligence reports. Documents date from 1946 through 2002.

From the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

NSF-funded clearinghouse offing many resources relating to engineering ethics, including potential teaching materials such as case studies. The site developed in response to the clause in the America Competes Act requirements for ethical conduct for grant applicants.

From the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), information on codes, training, and other topics related to professional ethics.

Assisted by NSF funding, the CEES is a joint project of the National Academy of Engineering and the Ethics Education Library (EEL) at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology and features case studies, teaching tools, and other sources.

Links to scholarly societies worldwide that focus on both general engineering and specialties.