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Videos

CES EduPack video demonstrations

Hugh Shercliffe, EN, Flash Files on Website

30/08/2009

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EduPack Used at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department. Audio-video Flash files illustrating the main functions of EduPack for new users (first year undergraduate engineering students). See Cambridge Engineering Selector- Support Material, half way down the page. Keywords: CES EduPack, Demo, Guides.


Video

How Many Lightbulbs?

David JC MacKay / University of Cambridge, EN, Website

2009

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Without Hot Air Part of the Cambridge Ideas series of videos. David MacKay, author of Sustainale Energy—without the hot air, explains his interest in exploring renewable energy options using the analogy of how many lightbulbs each option could power. Keywords: Renewable Energy, Physics, Comparisons, Resources.


Exercises

Investigation of a Manufactured Article

Rob Wallach, University of Cambridge, EN, ZIP (20.6 MB)

2010

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Lighter Resources to support a project where a cigarette lighter is dismantled and analysed. It covers material and process selection and materials analysis. The resource has both a guide for instructors and all the documents needed by the students. Keywords: Materials, Processes, Selection, Product Design, CES EduPack.


Paper

 

Multiple objective optimisation of composite sandwich structures for rail vehicle floor panels
Mr Craig William Hudson, Dr JJ Carruthers, Prof. AM Robinson, EN, Link

June 2009

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Writing A paper describing an alternative to the Ashby method to select high performing lightweight materials.


Powerpoint

Design For Sustainability

Jamie O'Hare, University of Bath, EN, PPT (5.5 MB)

2008


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Truck and Building This presentation looks at Eco Design, its definition, what are its drivers and how it is applied. It gives industrial case studies. Keywords: Eco Design, Sustainaility, Legislation, Life Cycle, Design.


Book (Via CORE Materials Website)

Teaching Engineering

Professor Peter Goodhew / University of Liverpool and the UK Centre for Materials, EN, Book via website

September 2010

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Teaching Engineering This book is aimed at practising teachers of engineering and physical sciences at undergraduate or taught postgraduate level. It is intended to be based on clear research evidence and to explain as clearly as possible what the educational terminology actually means for the lecturer. It is distributed under a creative commons license via the CORE Materials website. Keywords: Engineering, Teaching, Undergraduate.