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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: The Huygens Probe Lands on Titan

January 14th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – January 14, 2005 – Huygens Probe Lands on Titan. After spending seven years in space, the Huygens probe separated from the main Cassini spacecraft on December 24, 2004, and spent the next three weeks traveling to the moon Titan. After beginning its descent, it transmitted scientific data for nearly five hours [...]

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Engineering Mechanics · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Ford Patents a Plastic Automobile

January 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Today in History – January 13, 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile. The plastic car Ford patented used soy-based plastics and was 25% to 33% lighter than conventional cars of his day. Ford’s dream was to use agricultural-based plastics to provide another market for farmers to sell their crops. Sustainability in design is [...]

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Tags: Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Manufacturing Engineering · Materials Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Johannes Kepler

December 27th, 2009 · Add a Comment

Today in History – December 27, 1571 – Birth of Johannes Kepler.  When Kepler made his calculations from measurements taken by Tycho Brahe and himself, at the turn of the seventeenth century, they had to create many of the instruments that they used.  The types of tedious observations and measurements taken by Brahe and Kepler [...]

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: The Huygens Probe Lands on Titan

January 14th, 2009 · Add a Comment

Today in History – January 14, 2005 – Huygens Probe Lands on Titan. After spending seven years in space, the Huygens probe separated from the main Cassini spacecraft on December 24, 2004, and spent the next three weeks traveling to the moon Titan. After beginning its descent, it transmitted scientific data for nearly five hours [...]

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Ford Patents a Plastic Automobile

January 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Today in History – January 13, 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile. The plastic car Ford patented used soy-based plastics and was 25% to 33% lighter than conventional cars of his day. Ford’s dream was to use agricultural-based plastics to provide another market for farmers to sell their crops. Sustainability in design is [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Manufacturing Engineering · Materials Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

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