Everyday Engineering : Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life

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Course no. 1116; 36 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Engineering and technology in your world -- Lecture 2. Your house as an engineered system -- Lecture 3. Three structural systems for load bearing -- Lecture 4. Platform-framed housing construction -- Lecture 5. The building envelope -- Lecture 6. Site design and storm runoff -- Disc. Lecture 7. Dam, reservoir, and aqueduct design -- Lecture 8. Water treatment and distribution -- Lecture 9. Wastewater disposal and treatment -- Lectue 10. Fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas -- Lecture 11. Power generation from coal -- Lecture 12. Oil, gas, and nuclear power -- Disc 3. Lecture 13. Renewable sources of electricity -- Lecture 14. Electrical power transmission: the grid -- Lecture 15. Electrical power distribution -- Lecture 16. Everyday thermodynamics: refrigeration -- Lecture 17. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning -- Lecture 18. Home energy efficiency -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Passice dolar and net-aero-energy homes -- Lecture 20. The plain old telephone service -- Lecture 21. The global telecommunications network -- Lecture 22. Cellular phone techonology -- Lecture 23. Satellites and satellite communications -- Lecture 24. Simple machines around the house -- Disc 5. Lecture 25. User-centered design -- Lecture 26. The internal combustion engine -- Lecture 27. Torque, power, and transmission -- Lecture 28 The drivetrain -- Lecture 29. Suspension, steering, and braking -- Lecture 30. Highway engineering -- Disc 6. Lecture 31. Traffic engineering -- Lecture 32. Everyday bridges -- Lecture 33. Tunnel engineering -- Lecture 34. The railroad -- Lecture 35. Solid waste disposal and recycling -- Lecture 36. The future: engineering for sustainability.
Taught by Stephen Ressler.
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