Engineering: Suggested Sites

Java Applets for Engineering Education
A project funded by the National Science Foundation, hosted by Virginia Tech.

Science.gov is a gateway to U.S. government science information. The portal offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.

The Online Ethics Center mission is to provide engineers, professionals, and students with resources that will help them understand ethical problems that arise in their work or study, and the responsibilities of research.

The Materials Gateway of the Materials Research Society (MRS) provides comprehensive, current materials science and engineering information, organized in an accessible format.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) is a collection of engineering course material produced and maintained by the Stanford School of Engineering. SEE currently hosts ten courses, including a core three-course series on computer programming, plus courses

From the National Academy of Engineering this site hopes to encourage girls to pursue engineering as a career.

Each achievement is presented with a brief introduction, timeline, and historical essay. From the National Academy of Engineering.

Searchable by material type, manufacturer, trade name, or UNS number (Unified Numbering System for Metals and Alloys). Results include physical, mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties.

Provides a single, comprehensive source for a wide range of video and text material focusing on engineering failures and successes. There are quality documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.

This organization's website brings together video lectures by some of the top faculty at leading universities, such as Stanford, MIT and Berkeley.