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Michael Noe  (library subject specialist) | U of U  Mechanical Engineering Dept. | Pat McMurtry (Department Representative)

Main Library Databases:

Compendex / Engineering Village 2 - (1970 - Present)
The primary scholarly index for Mechanical Engineering, indexing over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. Search the scholarly Compendex index or search engineering web pages on the internet.
Topics Covered: chemical and process engineering (15%), computers and data processing (12%), applied physics (11%), and electronics and communication (12%) civil engineering (6%) and mechanical engineering (6%).

Engineered Materials Abstracts - (1986 - Present)
Indexes the world's literature on polymers, ceramics and composites: their properties, applications and manufacturing. Citations from over 1500 journals, conferences, technical reports and dissertations.

INSPEC - (1968 - Present) WARNING! - When the Database Opens You *Must* Select 'Inspec' as the Database to Search.
This is the primary index for Physics, Computer Science & Control Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering. This is an excellent resource for articles on computer and control technology for mechanical engineering applications.
Topics Covered: Computing and control, physics, electrical engineering and electronics, and information
Science.

MathSciNet - (1940 - Present)
The best index to the scholarly Mathematics literature. Provides access to over 60 years of "Mathematical Reviews" and "Current Mathematical Publications", two premier indexes.

Mechanical Engineering Abstracts - (1981- Present)
Coverage of 734 scholarly journals and trade publications are currently monitored for inclusion in this database. Not all publications monitored are fully indexed. This database is a very good second choice for Mechanical Engineering topics after Compendex (EI Village 2).

NTIS - (1964 - Present)
The National Technical Information Service covers information on U.S. government sponsored research and development projects, and reports, software, and data from 300 government agencies, ncluding NASA, DOD, DOE, EPA, DOT and the Department of Commerce. Each biweekly update is cumulative.

Science Citation Index - (1980 - Present)
SCI covers over 3,300 of the world's most significant scientific and technical journals across more than 160 engineering and scientific disciplines (the top 25-30% of journals in each discipline determined by citaion frequency), with over 700,000 new items indexed each year. Find articles by keyword/author searching or by following "citation-webs" to other important articles that don't necessarily share similar keywords.
Topics covered: *All* engineering, science & medical disciplines.

Standards:
The Science & Engineering Library carries a full set of ASTM standards (updated every 3 years), IEEE standards, the ANSI Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes, SAE - J series standards (in the "SAE Handbook"), most ACI standards (in the "ACI Manual of Concrete Practice"), and a smattering of ISO and other standards. Visit the Science & Engineering Library's Standards Page for more information and links to many standards issuing organizations.

Property Data: EngNetBase (CRC Handbooks Online) -
Search 80+ CRC Handbooks from primarily Engineering disciplines. In addition to vast amounts of property data, many of these handbooks have descriptive chapters that provide an overview of certain engineering and science topics.

Selected reference works located in the Science Reference Collection, Level 4.
Besides scholarly literature, much information useful to engineers is in books, handbooks, & encyclopedias. A few of these very useful resources are listed below. This is *not* a complete list. The large majority of property data published over the last century is *not* available on the Internet, but is found in printed handbooks, looseleaf collections, and journals. Locating data takes perseverance and not every material or compound has published values for all possible properties. Reference books are not usually allowed to leave the library. However,many reference books that are available for checkout, may be found in the main engineering collection. Consult a Science & Engineering librarian for assistance in locating property information. Nearly all of the selected reference works below have been published in the last 10-15 years.
An asterick (*) denotes a handbook searchable in the online database "EngNetBase".

Reference Sources, Search Engines & Gateways

EngNetBase (CRC Handbooks Online) -
Search 80+ CRC Handbooks from primarily Engineering disciplines. In addition to vast amounts of property data, many of these handbooks have descriptive chapters that provide an overview of certain engineering or science topics.

Knovel Engineering Handbooks   
  Search for properties or short overview articles from over 450 Handbooks & Instructional Books in Engineering
      Search All Knovel Books for Properties/Data
      Search All Knovel Books for Keywords

NIST Web Search Engine -http://www.boulder.nist.gov/ - (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Lots of property data is published by the US government and is available on the web. Use this site to search all NIST websites. Use the phrase "property data" and then the type of data your looking for. Results can be very specific, but once you've identified a site useful to you . . .

NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory - http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/guide/melpage.htm
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Developing many of the underpinning components of automated intelligent-processing systems that soon will be the core of all world-class manufacturing operations. These include intelligent machines; advanced sensors for real-time in-process measurements; software for precision control of machine tools; and information technology for integrating all elements of a product's life cycle.

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Mechanical Engineering - http://cdr.stanford.edu/WWW-ME/home.html
Directory of links type site.

World Wide Web Virtual Library- Mechanical Engineering http://www.vlme.com/
Listings for Free online services: General Engineering Services, Jobs, Publications, Online Calulation-Aids, Catalogs and Databases, Free Software and Information Services, Misc. Information and Services. Vendor pages for: Mechanical Components, Electronic and Electromechanical, Software, Educational, Consulting, Publications.

WWW Virtual Library -Systems and Control Engineering - http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/extras/Virtual_Library/Control_VL.html

WWW Virtual Library- Engineering - http://vlib.org/Engineering.html
Investigate all of the engineering disciplines listed in this excellent online library.

WWW Virtual Library- All Disciplines - http://vlib.org/
Investigate the full breadth of disciplines in this online library.

Other Reference Sources:      

Mechanical Enigneering - Academic Departments - from Google http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/Mechanical_Engineering/Academic_Departments/
Web sites of Mechanical Engineering departments at other universities offer a variety of resources, most important among these are lists of preferred web resources (links) as well as in-depth information on research conducted at other universities.

Allexperts.com: Mechanical Engineering - http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=667
Volunteer experts answer your questions about mechanical engineering. A free public service.

Best Manufacturing Practices - http://www.bmpcoe.org/
Information on "Best Manufacturing Practices" identified in industry, government, and academia through a survey and benchmarking process.

CAD on the Web - http://www.cadontheweb.com/
Database of CAD/CAM/CAE resources on the Internet.

Calculations and Equations of Fluid Mechanics - http://www.lmichael.noeng.com/
An online fluid dynamics calculator.

CFD codes list - http://www.icemcfd.com/cfd/CFD_codes.html
A large list of commercial, public-domain and shareware codes.

CFX User Subroutine Archive - http://bgtibm1.me.uiuc.edu/people/d-creech/cfd/subroutine/
A public archive of user Fortran subroutines for adding functionality to the computational fluid dynamics software CFX. Users can share routines by submitting them to the archive.

CGDM - http://greenmfg.me.berkeley.edu/green/Home/Index.html
An interdisciplinary research initiative and an industry/government/university partnership to develop linkages between manufacturing and design and their environmental effects and to integrate engineering information, management practices and government policy-making.

Chemical Propulsion Information Agency - http://www.jhu.edu/~cpia/
Technical resources, including database of propulsion papers.

Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator - http://www.aoe.vt.edu/aoe3114/calc.html
Computes the standard relations for compressible flow of a perfect gas. The calculator is intended to provide a faster more convenient alternative to printed tables and charts (e.g. NACA Report 1135). Three sets of relations are included: Isentropic Flow Relations, Normal Shock Relations, Oblique Shock relations.

DataGalaxy.com - http://www.datagalaxy.com/
Subscription service to access specifications, standards, and product information.

Design for Environment (DFE) - http://www.flash.net/~rcade/dfe
Links to hazardous and alternative materials information.

EMSTO: Microsystems Technology Online - http://www.nexus-emsto.com
EMSTO is the European information clearinghouse on microsystems technology.

Eng-Tips - http://www.eng-tips.com/gthreadminder.cfm/lev2/16/lev3/58/pid/404/
Mechanical Engineers' technical support forums and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.

EngineeringPages.com - http://www.engineeringpages.com
Links to product vendors, literature, software, standards, patent databases, and jobs.

Engineering Software Database - http://ftp.mecheng.asme.org/
Lots of software available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers site.

Engineering Toolbox - http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
Covers many engineering disciplines. Tutorials, design, materials properties information and more.

EPO - European Patent Office - http://ep.espacenet.com/
Users map choose to connect to individual member nations' patent servers or may perform a basic patent search of all member nations' sites at once through the EPO search engine.

ERCOFTAC Fluid Dynamics Database WWW Services - http://fluindigo.mech.surrey.ac.uk/
Fluindigo. University of Surrey. Registration required.

Fluid Dynamics and Statistical Physics - http://www.entek.chalmers.se/~vide/liens/cfd/cfdlnk.htm
Links to web pages related to fluid dynamics and statistical physics.

iCrank.com - http://icrank.com/cgi-bin/pageman/pageout.cgi?path=/knowledge_bank.htm&t=3
Provides index to design resources, reference data, vendors, seminars, trade shows, employment information, and more.

Library of Congress, Selected Internet Resources - Engineering - http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/scitech/engineering.html
Links to many sites related to engineering, including specialized government sites, national laboratories, societies, etc.

MatWeb - http://www.matweb.com/
MatWeb's database of materials properties includes thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, and polyolefins; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus a growing list of semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.

Mathematical and Statistical Software Available at NCSA - http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Apps/Math/the_packages.html

Mechanical Engineering Resources on the WWW - http://www.gearhob.com/
Associations, CAD,CAM,CAE, components, design, finite element, machine shop, materials, publications, safety, semiconductors, links.

Mechanics Equations - a brief reference - http://design.alfred.edu/mechanics.html

MechEngineer.com - http://www.mechengineer.com/
Portal type site. Has links, email, job postings, and news.

MEMS Clearinghouse - http://mems.isi.edu
Information about MEMS and the MEMS community.

MIT Mechanical Engineering Student Resources - http://www-me.mit.edu/Resources/resources.htm
Company information, copyrights and trademarks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, electrical components, guides, literature, maps, materials supplies, mechanical componnets, patents, safety, standards, transportation, web searching and more.

Modern Aviation Museum - http://surf.to/airpictures/
Pictures, background information, and technical specifications for military and civil aircraft.

Nanometer-Scale Metrology (NIST) - http://www.mel.nist.gov/div821/webdocs-14/821-14.htm
National Institute of Standards and Technology - research projects and measurement services in nanometer scale metrology. ITSC Fluids Movie.

Resources for Mechanical Design/Engineering - http://www.rxn.com/~demu001/mech_des.html
Links to design related sites.

Robotics and Automation Related Sites - http://www.ncsu.edu/IEEE-RAS/RAS/RASsite.html
A clearinghouse for information about every aspect of Robotics and Automation. Worldwide sites are arranged by country with links to professional societies and publications.

Robotics Internet Resources Page - http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/robotics.html

Robotics Related Services on the Internet - http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/groups/ailab/links/robotic.html

Steven Henderson's Design Links - http://w3.one.net/~shender4/eng-links.htm
Resources for design engineers and a Java units conversion calculator.

ThomasRegister.com - http://www93.thomasregister.com:80/login.cgi?&script_name=index.html
Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America where you can View thousands of online company catalogs and websites,View and download millions of Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, and submit RFQs for open bids. Must register for free.

U.S. Department of Commerce - MicroElectroMechanical Systems Project - http://mems.nist.gov/
Seeks to stimulate economic growth through technology, measurements, and standards.

USPTO - United States Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
Search US Patent Grants back to 1790 (full-text since 1976, full-page images since 1790) as well as trademarks. A great deal of engineering information is available through patents.

Virtual Design-Build - http://www.virtualdesignbuild.com
A site for engineers and construction professionals in the manufacturing industry. Contains lots of technical data.

Web Directory: Fluid Dynamics Links - http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/fluids.html
Detailed links to periodicals, data sources, organizations, indices, projects and more.

yourDictionary.com - http://www.yourdictionary.com/
A meta engine for searching over 800 dictionaries in 160 different languages. Look up the deffinitions of physical properties, laws, and other technical terms.

Journals, Magazines, & Newsletters

The EEVL List of Free Online E-journals - http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/maglist.html
While many of these publications are not shcolarly, this is a very good pointer to many freely available online publications in, or related to , engineering topics.

(The) Engineer - http://www.theengineer.co.uk/
Online version of the UK weekly newspaper for engineers in the manufacturing industry. Web site includes the latest issue plus archives of previous issues, job listings, and an events calendar.

Journal of Propulsion and Power - http://www.aiaa.org/publications/journals/propulsion-scope.html
Covers aerospace propulsion

Machine Design Online - http://www.penton.com/md/
Online version of popular trade publication.

Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online - http://www.memagazine.org/
Selected feature stories from the print version, weekly updated late-breaking technical and industry-related business news, forums for lively discussions etc.

NDTnet - http://www.ndt.net/
Online Journal of Nondestructive Testing and Ultrasonics.

Scholarly Societies & Trade Associations

AIAA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - http://www.aiaa.org
ASME : American Society of Mechanical Engineers - http://www.asme.org/
ASHRAE : American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers - http://www.ashrae.org
HEI : Heat Exchange Institute - http://www.heatexchange.org/
IME : Institution of Mechanical Engineers (British)- http://www.imeche.org.uk/
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - http://www.stle.org/
Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. - http://www.sem.org/

Educational Resources

Google's Mechanical Enigneering Academic Departments - http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/Mechanical_Engineering/Academic_Departments/
Web sites of Mechanical Engineering departments at other universities offer a variety of resources, most important among these are lists of preferred web resources (links) as well as in-depth information on research conducted at other universities.

A Brief Overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - http://www.cs.indiana.edu/scicomp/cfd.html
From Indiana University Computer Sciences Dept.

Aerospace Digital Library - http://www.adl.gatech.edu
Guided access to aerospace engineering, at all levels. K-12 introductions, university undergrad and graduate courses, publications, data, research and software. Developed by teachers and researchers.

An introduction to robotics - http://ananke.advanced.org/18242/robotics.shtml
Provides a brief overview of robotics and AI.

Aerospace Online - http://www.aerospaceonline.com/
Daily news and product updates for professionals in the aerospace industry- Information on manufacturing, technology, equipment, supplies, and discussion forums, online chat, newsletter and software.

Aerospace Online: Download Library Center - http://www2.aerospaceonline.com/content/downloads/Downloads.asp

Bad Human Factors Designs - http://BadDesigns.com/
Learn from other peoples' mistakes! Useability design is the focus.

Basics of Design Engineering (CAE Overview) - http://www.machinedesign.com/bde/cad_cam/cadcam.html
High-level overview of CAE technology for mechanical design, with a brief section on Design Analysis
methods. Excerpts from Machine Design magazine.

Beginner's Guide to Propulsion - http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortp.html
Tutorial slides on basic propulsion concepts.

Best Manufacturing Practices - http://www.bmpcoe.org/
Information on "Best Manufacturing Practices" identified in industry, government, and academia through a survey and benchmarking process.

Bolted Joints Tutorial - http://www.boltscience.com/pages/basics1.htm
Provides solutions to problems relating bolted joints and to threaded fasteners in general.

CAD on the Web - http://www.cadontheweb.com/
Database of CAD/CAM/CAE resources on the Internet.

Center For Applied Microtechnology - http://www.engr.washington.edu/~cam
Provides education for, research, and promotion of microtechnology.

Ceramic engine - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1614
Description of engine based on Silicon material.

CGDM - http://greenmfg.me.berkeley.edu/green/Home/Index.html
An interdisciplinary research initiative and an industry/government/university partnership to develop linkages between manufacturing and design and their environmental effects and to integrate engineering information, management practices and government policy-making.

Chemical Propulsion Information Agency - http://www.jhu.edu/~cpia/
Technical resources, including database of propulsion papers.

COG project - http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/cog/
A humanoid robot in development.

Colorful Fluid Mixing Gallery - http://www.bakker.org/
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of fluid mixing in the process industries.

Dilbert.com - http://www.dilbert.com/
Come on now, wouldn't a short break really feel good?!

European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion - http://lmfwww.epfl.ch/lmf/ERCOFTAC/
European association of research, education and industry groups in the technology of flow, turbulence and combustion.

Gear Design Topics - http://members.aol.com/gearLab
Includes finite element method for gear tooth stress analysis, and hob animations.

Heat Exchange Institute - http://www.heatexchange.org/
Committed to the technical advancement, promotion, and understanding of a broad range of utility and industrial-scale heat exchange and vacuum apparatus.

Hydraulic Systems Troubleshooting - http://hydraulics.webjump.com/
Includes Brief tutorials regarding Industrial Hydraulics.

Integrated Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping Initiative - http://imtr.ornl.gov/
Cooperative project to produce R&D plans to help guide U.S. manufacturing technology investments to meet challenges of globalization and increased competition. Topics include Information Systems for Manufacturing Enterprises, Modeling & Simulation, Manufacturing Processes & Equipment (including intelligent controls), and Technologies for Enterprise Integration.

Internet Finite Element Resources - http://www.engr.usask.ca/~macphed/finite/fe_resources/fe_resources.html
List of FEA resources including public domain and shareware programs, commercial packages, useful URL's, ftp sites, newsgroups, listservers, bulletin boards and books which contain source code.

ITSC Fluids Movie Archive - http://www.itsc.com/movies/
Animations produced by CFD-codes of either classical, interesting or familiar fluid & thermal processes.

Los Alamos National Laboratory - http://www.ccs.lanl.gov/
Scientific Computing Group at Los Alamos presents information about its major areas of activity: . Advanced Computing; Methods for Advanced Scientific Simulations; Modeling, Algorithms, & Informatics; Transport Methods.

M.S. Cramer's Fluid Mechanics Site - http://www.eng.vt.edu/fluids/msc/no_frms.htm
Come on in to learn a bit more about gasdynamics, transonic flow, shock waves, dense gases, BZT fluids, automotive and bicycle aerodynamics, wave propagation.

Mechanical Shocks and Vibrations - http://llalanne.free.fr
Description of the main methods of analysis and laboratory simulation of mechanical environments. Book ordering function broken.

MechanicsEquations - http://design.alfred.edu/mechanics.html
This page summarizes some solid mechanics equations & provides some simple examples. A listing of fundamental differential mechanics equations is also provided.  

MEMS Clearinghouse - http://mems.isi.edu/
Discussion groups, job listings, industry news, and their important material(s) database.

National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery - http://reman.cims.rit.edu/

National Center for Supercomputing Applications - http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Apps/CFD/CFD-homepage.html
The Computational Fluid Dynamics Group at NCSA focuses on research in the area of Direct and Large Eddy Simulations of complex turbulent flows. Research into turbulent flows, development of numerical methods and their implementation and performance on parallel architectures are some ongoing research efforts.

Neurobotics Lab - http://neurobotics.bu.edu/
Applying neural networks and other biomimetic techniques to the control of mobile robots.

Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology and National Prototype Center - http://orcmt.oakridge.org/
Established to solve tough manufacturing problems for U.S. government and industry. ORCMT is a national resource for manufacturing technology: it serves as a catalyst for applied research, development,design, prototyping, production, and training. See their "Best Manufacturing Practices".

PipingDesign.com - http://www.pipingdesign.com
Web-Based Resource for Process Piping Professionals.

Practical Approaches to Engineering Analysis - http://www.ite.com/~itekb/whitepaper/white_paper.htm
A high-level white paper describing different forms of engineering analysis and its incorporation into the design cycle.

Prof. McCarthy - http://www.eng.uci.edu/~mccarthy/
Includes text of "Design of spatial linkages and robotic systems".

Propulsion Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory - http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/
Info on their research projects, and a propulsion primer.

Reliability Engineering Snapshot - http://www.resnapshot.com
A monthly illustrated collection of actual failure analysis case studies in the fields of corrosion, lubrication, machine design, material properties, people, and vibration.

RoboCup Official Site - http://www.robocup.org/02.html
The Robot World Cup Initiative (RoboCup) is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined.

Robohoo! - http://www.robohoo.com
The World's Largest Index of Robotics Resources.

Robotics, Learning, Chaos, Complexity, Systems - http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~mwd/robot.html

Rolling Bearings Design Guide - http://www.dig.bris.ac.uk/hbook/bmenu.htm

Rotor Dynamics - http://www.brad.ac.uk/research/mbdmst/rotordynamic/
Tutorial on rotating shafts, bearings, seals, out-of-balance systems, instability and condition monitoring. Each section contains links to commercial and non-commercial sites of relevance to that section.

Scientific American - Tackling Turbulence with Supercomputers - http://www.sciam.com/0197issue/0197moin.html
Introduction to CFD and turbulence modeling.

Scroller Wheel - http://www.ids.bc.ca/scroller
Describes technique of rotary mechanics that is almost frictionless and therefore greaseless.

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics - http://www.vki.ac.be/
Non-profit international educational and scientific organisation, located in Belgium hosting three departments (aeronautics and aerospace, environmental and applied fluid dynamics, and turbomachinery). It provides post-graduate education in fluid dynamics and encourages "training in research through research" . Created in 1956 following Theodore von Kármán's proposal, it is currently supported with subsidies from most of the member countries of NATO and with an income derived from contract research.

Walking / Animal ROBOT Projects - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/9237/MyRobots.html
Three Robot Projects; -Two four-leg Walking Robots -A Mouse like Robot.

Ethics

Onlineethics.org - The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science- http://onlineethics.org/
Science, Engineering Technology Ethics Links - http://www.chowan.edu/acadp/ethics/science.htm
National Institute for Engineering Ethics Online - http://www.niee.org/
     Applied Ethics in Professional Practice - Case of the Month - http://www.niee.org/Case-of-the-Month/
National Society of Professional Engineers - NSPE Ethics Reference Guide - http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1%2Drefr.asp
     NSPE Code of Ethics, Case studis, Consolidated Table of Contents to the Opinions of the Board of Ethical Review,
      Subject Reference Guide to NSPE Code of Ethics.
The Ethics Center - http://www.taknosys.com/ethics/ 
Ethics Resource Center - http://www.ethics.org/index.html
Ethics in Computing - http://courses.ncsu.edu/classes-a/computer_ethics/
Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute - http://seeri.etsu.edu/default.htm
Web Clearinghouse for Engineering and Computing Ethics - http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jherkert/ethicind.html

Jobs       (links below are to sites with jobs specifically for Mechanical Engineering majors)

CFD Online - http://www.cfd-online.com/
An online center for Computational Fluid Dynamics. Services include a comprehensive link section, a jobs database and a discussion forum.

Computer-Aided Engineering Career Center - http://caecareers.com/
Careers for CAD/CAM systems and applications design, analysis and manufacturing engineers and engineering management sponsored by Computer-Aided Engineering magazine.

The Engineer - http://www.theengineer.co.uk/
Online version of the UK weekly newspaper for engineers in the manufacturing industry. Web site includes the latest issue plus archives of previous issues, job listings, and an events calendar.

EngineeringCentral.com - http://engineeringcentral.com/
Engineering jobs and career guidance.

EngineeringPages.com - http://www.engineeringpages.com
Links to product vendors, literature, software, standards, patent databases, and jobs.

ESCAPE: Engineering Specific Career Advisory Problem-Solving Environment - htttp://www.ecn.purdue.edu/ESCAPE/fields/industrial/defn.html
The Engineering Specific Career Planning and Problem-Solving Environment provides basic career information on various engineering fields. Statistics from Purdue gradutes is used as a statistical sample.

MechanicalEngineer.com - http://www.mechanicalengineer.com/
Job listings for mechanical engineers and related jobs. Also a forum for open discussions, and a list of recommended books on the field.  

MechEngineer.com - http://www.mechengineer.com/
Portal type site. Has links, email, job postings, and news.

MEMS Clearinghouse - http://mems.isi.edu/
Discussion groups, job listings, industry news, and their important material(s) database.

World Wide Web Virtual Library- Mechanical Engineering http://www.vlme.com/
Listings for Free online services: General Engineering Services, Jobs, Publications, Online Calulation-Aids, Catalogs and Databases, Free Software and Information Services, Misc. Information and Services. Vendor pages for: Mechanical Components, Electronic and Electromechanical, Software, Educational, Consulting, Publications.

Selected Web Resources

Aerospace Online: Download Library Center - http://www2.aerospaceonline.com/content/downloads/Downloads.asp
Has turbomachinery blade design package.

Airfoil Analysis Software for the PC - http://www.hanleyinnovations.com
Software for airfoil anlaysis and informative aerodynamics articles.

Basics of Design Engineering (CAE Overview) - http://www.machinedesign.com/bde/cad_cam/cadcam.html
High-level overview of CAE technology for mechanical design, with a brief section on Design Analysis methods. Excerpts from Machine Design magazine.

Bolted Joints Tutorial - http://www.boltscience.com/pages/basics1.htm
Provides solutions to problems relating bolted joints and to threaded fasteners in general.

Center For Applied Microtechnology - http://www.engr.washington.edu/~cam
Provides education for, research, and promotion of microtechnology.

CFD Online - http://www.cfd-online.com/
An online center for Computational Fluid Dynamics. Services include a comprehensive link section, a jobs database and a discussion forum.

Colorful Fluid Mixing Gallery - http://www.bakker.org/
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of fluid mixing in the process industries.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Literature - http://bgtibm1.me.uiuc.edu/people/d-creech/cfd/literature/
Comprehensive list of computational fluid dynamics literature. Includes books on many topics including turbulence, heat transfer, grids, numerical methods and special topics.

Computational Structural Mechanics at NCSA - http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SCD/Science/PET/
Resources for CSM professionals from Computational Structural Mechanics, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois.

Cornell Nanofabrication Facility (CNF) - http://www.nnf.cornell.edu/

DARPA MEMS Program - http://www.darpa.mil/MTO/MEMS/
Overview of government program and MEMS technology in general.

EEVL Top 100 Engineering Sites - http://www.eevl.ac.uk/top-100.htm
This top 100 list is taken from their catalog of the best engineering web sites. A very good collection of worthwhile web sites.

(The) Engineering Zone - Engineering Analysis Overview - http://www.flinthills.com/~ramsdale/EngZone/analysis.htm
High-level overview of Computer Aided Analysis methodologies and listing of CAE links.

Finite Element Method Universal Resource - http://femur.wpi.edu/
Introduction to FEM, general FEM resources and educational information.

Finite Element People - http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~lfranca/links/fem_people.html
List of researchers and scientists that work in using, developing, improving and analyzing finite element methods in various applications.

Fluid Dynamics and Statistical Physics - http://www.entek.chalmers.se/~vide/liens/cfd/cfdlnk.htm
Links to web pages related to fluid dynamics and statistical physics.

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology - http://www.iwu.fhg.de/english/index.htm
Investigations of the entire process chain of forming technology from the plants and processes of tool and die making over the area of forming procedure to the used machine techniques. Important fields of activity are machine and process control as well as valuation of properties of machines and products. The recent field of activity is micro-production engineering.

Gear Design Topics - http://members.aol.com/gearLab
Includes finite element method for gear tooth stress analysis, and hob animations.

HVAC Ducting utilities for AutoCAD & IntelliCAD - http://www.asvic.com.au/mq-hvac.htm
Draw HVAC Ducting with ease. Several duct shape & fully customizable. Ducting, tees, branches, diffusers, dampers, flexible ducts & much more. FREE fully functional demo.

Hydraulic Systems Troubleshooting - http://hydraulics.webjump.com/
Includes Brief tutorials regarding Industrial Hydraulics.

iCrank.com - http://www.icrank.com
Mechanical Engineering portal site. Includes vendor and newsgroup directories, reference data, a product development forum, technical information and links to mechanical engineering resources.

IMS: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems - http://www.ims.org/
Official information on the international intelligent manufacturing systems rsearch program.

Intelligent Micromachine Initiative - http://www.mdl.sandia.gov/micromachine/
MEMS research and development at Sandia National Laboratories.

IntelliSense - http://www.mems-intellisense.com
Provides total MEMS solutions from CAD tools for MEMS to product development and manufacturing.

Internet Finite Element Resources - http://www.engr.usask.ca/~macphed/finite/fe_resources/fe_resources.html
List of FEA resources including public domain and shareware programs, commercial packages, useful URL's, ftp sites, newsgroups, listservers, bulletin boards and books which contain source code.

ITSC Fluids Movie Archive - http://www.itsc.com/movies/
Animations produced by CFD-codes of either classical, interesting or familiar fluid & thermal processes.

Java - Engineering Applets - http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/lts/java_eng.html
Engineering applets of many types including many simulations.

Johns Hopkins University- Center for Nondestructive Evaluation - http://www.cnde.com/
Center for Nondestructive Evaluation.

Lulea University of Technology - http://www.luth.se/depts/mt/me/
Research on the characteristics and behaviour of lubricants in mechanical systems.

Mechanical Analysis Home Page - http://www.highfiber.com/~tes/analysis.htm
A collection of resources for structural, thermal, and fluids analysis, with links to material resources, software and consultants.

MechanicalEngineer.com - http://www.mechanicalengineer.com/
Job listings for mechanical engineers and related jobs. Also a forum for open discussions, and a list of recommended books on the field.  

MEMS Clearinghouse - http://mems.isi.edu
Information about MEMS and the MEMS community.

(The) MEMS Exchange - http://www.mems-exchange.org
A distributed MEMS fabrication environment providing access to MEMS manufacturing technologies.

MEMS web - University of Colorado at Boulder - http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/MEMS
Research in RF MEMS, optoelectronic MEMS, and MEMS reliability. NSF Center for advanced manufacturing and packaging of microwave, optical, and digital electronics.

Modern Aviation Museum - http://surf.to/airpictures/
Pictures, background information, and technical specifications for military and civil aircraft.

Neurobotics Lab - http://neurobotics.bu.edu/
Applying neural networks and other biomimetic techniques to the control of mobile robots.

PipingDesign.com - http://www.pipingdesign.com
Web-Based Resource for Process Piping Professionals.

Practical Approaches to Engineering Analysis - http://www.ite.com/~itekb/whitepaper/white_paper.htm
A high-level white paper describing different forms of engineering analysis and its incorporation into the design cycle.

Pro/ENGINEER - http://www.ptc.com/products/proe/
3D Mechanical design software.

Prof. McCarthy - http://www.eng.uci.edu/~mccarthy/
Includes text of "Design of spatial linkages and robotic systems".

Propulsion Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory - http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/
Info on their research projects, and a propulsion primer.

Rolling Bearings Design Guide - http://www.dig.bris.ac.uk/hbook/bmenu.htm

Rotor Dynamics - http://www.brad.ac.uk/research/mbdmst/rotordynamic/
Tutorial on rotating shafts, bearings, seals, out-of-balance systems, instability and condition monitoring. Each section contains links to commercial and non-commercial sites of relevance to that section.

Safety & Reliability Web Sites - http://www.riskworld.com/websites/webfiles/ws00a001.htm
North Texas System Safety Society Safety & Reliability Web Sites.

Simcar.com - http://www.simcar.com/
Automotive simulation software for engine and powertrain control.

Standard MEMS, Inc. - http://www.stdmems.com
Provides complete vertical integration of MEMS, including design, fabrication, packaging, testing and system integration.

Tribologist.com - http://www.tribologist.com
Provides a gas phase lubrication whitepaper and contact calculators.

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics - http://www.vki.ac.be/
Non-profit international educational and scientific organisation, located in Belgium hosting three departments (aeronautics and aerospace, environmental and applied fluid dynamics, and turbomachinery). It provides post-graduate education in fluid dynamics and encourages "training in research through research" . Created in 1956 following Theodore von Kármán's proposal, it is currently supported with subsidies from most of the member countries of NATO and with an income derived from contract research.

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Database Selection Note: The best overall index for Mechanical Engineering literature is "Compendex". This index is found at the "Engineering Village 2", the names are frequently used interchangebly. "Mechanical Engineering Abstracts" is a very good second choice for many mechanical engineering topics. "INSPEC" is the best source for computer, electronics and control literature. "NTIS" is the source for reports on government funded research (of which there is a great deal in many diverse areas). "Applied Science & Technology Abstracts" give access to many trade publications and to several top journals that have a distinctly "applied-engineering" focus. The "Science Citation Index" covers the top 25-30% of journals in Mechanical Engineering journals and also provides the ability to search the scholarly literature based on citation-sharing to locate topically related articles.

Remote Access to Library Databases: Nearly every database offered by the library come with license restrictions from the database producer. Normally, the library is allowed to offer database access to selected library computers only (restrictive license) OR to all computers across campus (usual license). If you are a student, faculty or employee of the Univesity of Utah, you may register for remote database access, allowing you the ability to search from home or other off-campus locations.

The large majority of Property Data published over the last century is not in electronic format, or on the Internet, but is found in printed handbooks, looseleaf collections, and journals in the Science & Engineering Library located on 4th floor of Marriott Library. Locating data takes perserverence and not every material or compound has published values for all possible properties. Consult a Science & Engineering librarian for assistance in locating property information. The NIST web site is an excellent free source for a broad range of property information.

Engineering Handbooks on a great many subjects are available in print in the Science & Engineering Reference Collection on Level 4 of Marriott Library (see map). This is an area rich in engineering data and short turorials. Much more data is availble here than on any web site. Reference books do not circulate but many handbooks, as well as introductory to advanced books on nearly all engineering topics are available for check-out from the general collection.

The Call Number arrangement of library materials is a subject arrangement.
Use call number areas to browse for books on specific engineering topics. Be aware that information on some subjects, especially those that have applications in other engineering areas, may be divided among more than one range of call numbers.

For online Patent Information visit the USPTO (US Patent & Trademark Office) or the EPO (European Patent Office) sites; listed above under the Web LInks "Reference Sources" section.