NASA
NASA | GLAST Prelude for Brass Quintet, Op.12
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institiutions and partners in France, Germany,...
NASA
NASA | Maryland's Place in Space
What a spectacular day for the Goddard Space Flight Center. During the day the Marylands Place in Space Expo was held at the Baltimore Convention Center. It was like exploring the universe in your own back yard. There was over 100...
Science360
Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Alpine Skiing and Vibration Damping
Kam Leang, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Tom Watson, of Watson Performance in Hood River, Ore., describe how advanced materials and engineering help reduce unwanted vibration, optimizing the performance of athletes....
Zach Star
Is Studying Engineering Really Worth It
Most people will tell you that engineering is definitely worth the hard work. I would agree with this but there are people who may not see it as "worth it" depending on their situation. This usually comes down to not truly wanting to go...
APMonitor
Solve Linear Equations with Excel
Excel MMULT and MINVERSE functions are used to solve systems of linear equations such as A * x = b by inverting A and multiplying by the right hand side (x = A^-1 * b).
Physics Girl
What do programmers actually do?
I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actually do?
Science360
Exercise Scientist - Beth Mooradian
What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What does an exercise scientist really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may...
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Webb Space Telescope: Building the Next Discovery Machine
Webb is preparing for a million-mile journey to its lookout point over the universe. Engineers have been hard at work designing, installing, and testing the world’s next discovery machine that will change astronomy for years to come....
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Solve Linear Equations with MATLAB
MATLAB is used to solve a set of linear equations (Ax=b) by inverting the matrix A and multiplying by the b vector. Three ways to solve A*x=b are: x = inv(A)*b % good x = A\b % better x = linsolve(A,b) % best See...
TMW Media
Battery Power Innovations: Battery voltage
What is a volt? What careers deal with battery production and innovation? Battery Power Innovations, Part 3
APMonitor
Python Basic Statistical Analysis
Python statistical functions such as average, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, and custom counting are demonstrated in an iPython notebook.
TMW Media
Cochlear Implants: Implant support and future advances of the technology
How has hearing assistant technology improved over the years? What you can do if you want to work in this field? Cochlear Implants, Part 4
APMonitor
Data Analysis with Python for Excel Users
A common task for scientists and engineers is to analyze data from an external source. By importing the data into Python, data analysis such as statistics, trending, or calculations can be made to synthesize the information into relevant...
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Raoult's Law Vapor Liquid Equilibrium Solved with Excel
Microsoft Excel is used to calculate the liquid mole fraction and temperature of a mixture, using Raoult's law for vapor-liquid equilibrium. Excel solver is used to solve for 2 equations and 2 unknowns.
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Generate Poisson Distribution and Histogram in Excel
Powerful statistical analysis tools are available in the Excel is add-in data analysis package. This is an example of generating a randomly sampled Poisson distribution (1000 values) and plotting the frequency of the result.
NASA
NASA | Inside Astrobiology: Inge ten Kate
Inge ten Kate talks about the origin of life, the VAPOR instrument, and the unique opportunity to be both a scientist AND an engineer.
Science360
How do biologists and engineers work together?
We asked David Fyhrie, program director in the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate, "How do biologists and engineers work together?" in this special edition of “Ask a Scientist” taped at Awesome Con, where David talked...
Science360
Marine Biologist - Ayana Johnson
Have students who think they want to be marine biologists? Show them this video! It'll get them even more excited. Ayana Johnson, who is working on her Ph.D. at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, first fell in love with the ocean and...
Next Animation Studio
San Francisco's Leaning Tower Keeps on Tilting Over
Owners of the tower’s luxury apartments are gnashing their teeth after a $100 million rescue effort was abandoned.
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Euler's Method for ODEs in Excel
Euler's method can be used to simulate and optimize differential equations in Excel. This tutorial demonstrates the steps to set up the simulation and then match the response to data.
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Microsoft Excel Solver for Engineering Optimization
Excel Solver is a powerful tool for engineering optimization. This tutorial shows how to solve a simple benchmark problem with an objective function, inequality constraint, and an equality constraint.
Visual Learning Systems
Problem Solving: Engineers and Solutions
The video discusses the concept of problems and solutions, highlighting how scientists and engineers spend their time designing solutions to various problems.
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Curated Video
The Legacy of Robert Van de Graaff
This video provides a brief overview of the life and accomplishments of Robert Jemison van de Graaff, an American physicist and inventor. It discusses his invention of the Van de Graaff generator, a high-voltage generator that produces...
Curated Video
Stephen H Long: The Man Who Mapped the West
Stephen H. Long mapped much of the unexplored American West – but he made one big mistake that set Western migration back decades.