April 30th--This Day in Engineering History
1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, is born (d. 1855). Image: Oil painting of Carl Friedrich Gauss, by C.A. Jensen. Source...
Nanette South Clark
April 29, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The 22nd Anniversary of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Fatigue Failure--April 28, 1988
According to the Aircraft Accident Report by the National Transportation Safety Board : "On April 28, 1988, at 1346, a Boeing 737-200...
Nanette South Clark
April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Two Structural Failures on April 26th
By definition, a failure in structural engineering is that condition of a structural element (or its material components) which renders it i...
Nanette South Clark
April 25, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Math Cartoons
I believe my hiatus is over. It was brought to you by the H1N1 virus and Christmas. Thank goodness I survived them both...haha. Having sai...
Nanette South Clark
March 01, 2010
Friday, November 20, 2009
November 20th--This Day in Engineering History via YouTube
Happy Birthday to the International Space Station! The First Solar-Powered Flight - 1980 1923 - Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) patented an autom...
Nanette South Clark
November 20, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Hillside Motor Structural Failure--Nov. 16, 1973
The Frederick Post , Frederick, Maryland, Friday, November 16, 1973. No Injuries Reported Building Collapses At Evergreen Point No one was i...
Nanette South Clark
November 16, 2009
The F-16 Fighting Falcon Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft
"The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, the first of the US Air Force multi-role fighter aircraft, is the world's most prolific...
Nanette South Clark
November 16, 2009
