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Climbing with adhesion

by Mark Kutkosky
Climbing with adhesion
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1525 views
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Mark Cutkosky is Fletcher Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. Here he discusses climbing robots and how they can take their cue from nature.

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00:27:00

Adventures in Nontranslational Research

by Martin Chalfie
Adventures in Nontranslational Research
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1388 views
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Professor Martin Chalfie regrets the disproportionately high funding of translational research, defined as applied research for the treatment of human diseases.  With examples from the research in his lab he wants to show how important nontranslatio....

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Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others

by Karl Muller
Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1272 views
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The discovery of superconductivity in hole doped La2CuO4 was motivated by the interest to find this phenomenon in an oxide.  After the discovery near 35 K, copper oxides with transition temperatures of up to 131 K at normal pressure were found, i.e.....

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00:07:00

Is Nano-Silicon Brittle or Ductile?

by Daiming Tang
Is Nano-Silicon Brittle or Ductile?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1926 views
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This presentation compares the mechanical properties of bulk- and nano-silicon.

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01:01:00

Carbon electronics

by Ravi Silva
Carbon electronics
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1699 views
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From structure and topology, to mechanical and electronic properties, a seemingly simple change in bonding between carbon atoms can conceive a plethora of material types. With diamond and graphite known since antiquity, better understanding of the sy....

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Measuring the strain

by Rachel Tomlinson
Measuring the strain
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2121 views
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Looking at stress patterns in components using polarised light, part of the 'Engineered by US' exhibition

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00:03:00

Stronger Materials

by Dustin Gerrard
Stronger Materials
for 22 and upwards,
Lectures | 22 and upwards | 12 years ago | 1805 views
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Brigham Young University student Dustin Gerrard explains his research in materials science during Summer 2010 at Harvard University in the laboratory of David Weitz under the direction of Sujit Datta.

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00:03:00

Recycled streets

by Dept of Civil Engineering UoS
Recycled streets
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1940 views
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Developing an energy efficient concrete to reduce road repairs

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00:03:00

Why a Chair?

by Bill Hammack
Why a Chair?
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2015 views
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Bill asks the question 'Why a chair?' ... the answer reveals the human aspects of engineering design.

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IBM Selectric Typewriter

by Bill Hammack
IBM Selectric Typewriter
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 13 years ago | 6308 views
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Using slow motion video Bill Hammack shows how the mechanical digital-to-analogue converter of IBM's revolutionary 'golf ball' typewriter works.

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Aluminium drinks can tab

by Bill Hammack
Aluminium drinks can tab
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2338 views
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Bill uses slow motion video to show the ingenious engineering design of the apparently simple tab of a pop can.

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The Whiffletree

by Bill Hammack
The Whiffletree
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2723 views
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Bill describes how a whiffletree was used in early calculating devices to do mechanical digital to analog conversion. He shows briefly the device used in an IBM Selectric Typewriter.

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