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Environmental engineering

2008-07-14T03:22:40Z

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[[Image:Water Treatment Plant.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The water treatment in Parque Natural da Taipa Grade, Macao. Photo by Glio.]]
Here is where participants create, organize and develop learning resources for environmental engineering.
Environmental engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to improve the natural air, water, and/or land resources, to provide healthier water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to unpollute polluted sites.

For your information, the "topic" namespace contains pages that are for management and organization of small academic units at Wikiversity such as departments (see: [[Wikiversity:Topics]]).

==[[Portal:Learning Projects|Learning projects]]==
:See: [[Wikiversity:Naming conventions#Learning Projects|Learning Projects]]
:See: [[Wikiversity:Learning]] model.

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] should be in the main namespace. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* [[Introduction to Environmental Engineering]]
* Contaminated land management and site remediation
* Risk assessment
* Environmental policy and regulation development
* Solid waste management
* Hazardous waste management
* Environmental health and safety
* Natural resource management
* Noise pollution
* [[Geographic information system (GIS)]]
* [[Carbon capture and storage]]
* [[Pollution Remediation]]

===Water Resources Engineering===
* [[Hydrology]]
* [[Drinking water treatment]]
* [[Wastewater treatment]]

Wikiversity uses the "learning by doing" model of education. We learn by doing.

User descriptive names for learning projects.

==See also==
* [[Portal:Engineering]]
* [[School:Engineering]]

== Related news ==
'''March 7, 2007''' - [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/rpi-bct030707.php Scientist find bacterium that could potentially be used to remove PCB's from the ground without dredging.]

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Environmental engineering

2008-07-14T03:22:08Z

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[[Image:Water Treatment Plant.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The water treatment in Parque Natural da Taipa Grade, Macao. Photo by Glio.]]
Here is where participants create, organize and develop learning resources for environmental engineering.
Environmental engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to improve the natural air, water, and/or land resources, to provide healthier water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to unpollute polluted sites.

For your information, the "topic" namespace contains pages that are for management and organization of small academic units at Wikiversity such as departments (see: [[Wikiversity:Topics]]).

==[[Portal:Learning Projects|Learning projects]]==
:See: [[Wikiversity:Naming conventions#Learning Projects|Learning Projects]]
:See: [[Wikiversity:Learning]] model.

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] should be in the main namespace. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* [[Introduction to Environmental Engineering]]
* Contaminated land management and site remediation
* Risk assessment
* Environmental policy and regulation development
* Solid waste management
* Hazardous waste management
* Environmental health and safety
* Natural resource management
* Noise pollution
* [[Geographic information system (GIS)]]
* [[Carbon capture and storage]]
* [[Pollution Remediation]]

===Water Resources Engineering===
* [[Hydrology]]
* [[Drinking water treatment]]
* [[Wastewater treatment]]

Wikiversity uses the "learning by doing" model of education. We learn by doing.

User descriptive names for learning projects.

==See also==
* [[Portal:Engineering]]
* [[School:Engineering]]

== Related news ==
'''March 7, 2007''' - [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/rpi-bct030707.php Scientist find bacterium that could potentially be used to remove PCB's from the ground without dredging.]

[[Category:Biochemical engineering]]
[[Category:Engineering]]
[[Category:Departments]]

Nuclear engineering

2008-07-14T02:58:55Z

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This field of engineering includes the design, analysis, development, testing, operation and maintenance of nuclear fission systems and components, specifically, nuclear reactors, nuclear power plants and/or nuclear weapons. The field can also include the study of nuclear fusion, medical applications of radiation, nuclear safety, heat transport, nuclear fuels technology, nuclear proliferation, and the effect of radioactive waste or radioactivity in the environment.

You are encouraged to find something about this topic that interests you and added to the content, start a learning or research project, or utilize the materials herein.

== Coursework ==
Undergraduate coursework should begin with a foundation in mechanics and dynamics of particle motion, thermodynamics, introductory computer programming, college level physics and chemistry, and a rigorous training in mathematics through differential equations.

Midway through undergraduate training a nuclear engineer must choose a specialization within their field that they will further study. Further coursework in a nuclear engineering program includes but is not limited to fluid mechanics, reactor physics, quantum mechanics, thermal hydraulics, linear circuits, radiation effects, and neutron transport.

Specialization in fission, includes the study of nuclear reactors, fission systems, and nuclear power plants, the primary teachings deal with neutronics and thermal-hydraulics for nuclear generated electricity. A firm foundation in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in addition to hydrodynamics is a must.

Specialization in nuclear fusion includes electrodynamics and plasmas. This area is very much research oriented and training often terminates with a graduate level degree.

Specialization in nuclear medicine, includes courses dealing with doses and absorption of radiation in bodily tissues. Those who get competency in this area usually move into the medical field. Many nuclear engineers in this specialization go on to become board licensed medical physicists or go to medical school and become a radiation oncologist. Research is also a common choice for graduates.

===Courses===
* [[Radioactivity Basics]]
* [[Introduction to nuclear physics]]
* [[Introduction to engineering]]

==See also==
* [[School:Engineering]]
* [[Wikipedia:Category:Nuclear research centers]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.fusor.net/ Fusor]
* [http://web.mit.edu/nse/ MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering]

===Reviews===
* J.A. Lake. "The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy" [http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0706/ijee/lake.htm (website)]
* C. Schmidt. "The next generation of nuclear power?" [http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/jan/tech/cs_nuclearpower.html (website)]
* http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/
* [http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival Making the World Safe for Nuclear Energy]
* [http://gen-iv.ne.doe.gov/ Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems]
* [http://www.pbmr.co.za Pebble Bed Modular Reactor]
* [http://www.posiva.fi/englanti/ Onkalo Waste Management Project (Posiva)]
* W. Hannum, G.E. Marsh, G.S. Stanford, Argonne Nat'l Lab, "Advanced Liquid Metal Reactors." 1983-2003. (Fast Neutron Reactors and pyro-metallurgical processing) [http://www.nationalcenter.org/NuclearFastReactorsSA1205.pdf (SciAm article)]

=== Related news ===
* (2008) [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/ldx-tt0319.html 'MIT tests unique approach to fusion power']
* '''April 25, 2007''' - [http://www.physorg.com/news96730015.html New advances in fusion research potentially made...]
* '''March 18, 2007''' - [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/121880 Company supposedly discovers method to safely dispose of nuclear waste.]
* '''March 3, 2007''' - [http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/24736.html Interesting article on table top fusion.] Did you know that through nuclear fusion, one could extract 200 gallons of gasoline worth of energy from 1 bucket of sea water? (noted in article)
* '''March 2, 2007''' - [http://english.people.com.cn/200703/02/eng20070302_353780.html Chinese create next generation experimental fusion tokamak reactor.]

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Aerospace engineering

2008-07-14T02:53:55Z

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Welcome to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

Aerospace Engineering deals specifically with aircraft and spacecraft, as well as any other types of machines that can fly. Topics within aerospace engineering include, but are not limited to, aerodynamics, structural dynamics, fluid mechanics, orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, propulsion, and control systems. These topics can be applied to missiles, space structures, satellites, and all aspects related to atmosphere and space flight.

Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise the production of these products. Those who work with aircraft are called aeronautical engineers, and those working specifically with spacecraft are astronautical engineers. Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or production methods. They also may specialize in a particular type of aerospace product, such as commercial aircraft, military fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets, and may become experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, or guidance and control systems.
== Areas of study ==
[[Image:F-l3 lift fan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|X-35B lift fan; the VTOL propulsion system is designed and manufactured by [[w:Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce plc]]]]
===General Prerequisites===
* [[Basic Mathematics]] - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
** [[wikibooks:Calculus | Calculus]]
** [[wikibooks:Differential Equations | Differential Equations]]
* [[Thermodynamics]]/Heat Transfer - Zereoth, First, Second and Third [[laws of thermodynamics|Laws]], [[Enthalpy]], [[Entropy]], Clausius Inequality and ??, Steady State Equation, Modelling Gas Turbines/Engines, [[Conduction]], [[Convection]], [[Radiation]] ([[Black Body]], Grey Body)
** [[wikibooks:Engineering Thermodynamics | Engineering Thermodynamics]]
* Circuits/Electronics
* Physics - Forces, Gravity Equation
** [[wikibooks:Physics Study Guide/Gravity | Gravity]]

=== Statics ===
* Structural Analysis
* Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
** [[wikibooks:Solid mechanics | Solid Mechanics]]

=== Fluid mechanics ===
* Aerodynamics - Derivation of [[shear stress]] on a fluid, [[perfect gas equation]], [[Bernoulli equation]], [[Langrangian and Eulerian reference frames]], [[control volumes]] and control surfaces, [[Conservation of mass]] up to 3-d, [[balance of momentum equations]] up to 3-d, [[Aerofoils]], [[Circulation]], [[Mach Number]] & [[Reynolds Number]], [[Laminar flow|laminar]] and [[turbulent flow]], [[Propulsion]] & [[Turbomachinery]]
** [[wikibooks:Jet Propulsion/Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics]]
** [[wikibooks:Jet Propulsion | Jet Propulsion]]
** [[wikibooks:Rocket Propulsion:Contents | Rocket Propulsion]]

===Aircraft Structures===
* Basic Strength of Materials
* Aircraft Structures - Basic
* Aircraft Structures - Advanced
* Structural Analysis
* Recent Topics
=== Materials Science ===
* [[Material Classes]] - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
* [[Material Microstructure]]
* [[Properties of Materials]] - Strength, Stiffness, Young's Modulus, Elasiticity and Modulus of Elasticity, Hardness, Toughness, Electrical Properties?
* [[Materials Selection]]
* [[Material Processes]] - Annealing, Quenching, Precipitation Hardening, Case Hardening
* [[Failure]] - Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Case studies (aircraft)
* [[Composites]] - matrix and fibers, explanation of directional properties, case studies (carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass)
** [[wikibooks:Material science | Material Science]]

=== Aircraft Design ===
* Basic Aircraft Performance - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
* Dynamics and Control - Control Surfaces,

=== Aviation engines ===
*Hydraulic gas dynamics - characteristics of gas flowing through
*[[Theory of impeler machines]] - profiling blades of compressor and turbine, multi-stage compressor and multi-stage turbine
*Theory of jet engines - modelling turbojet engines
*Construction of jet engines

=== Aeroelasticity ===
*Introduction
*Static Aeroelasticity
*Dynamic Aeroelasticity
*Flight Testing

=== Rover Design ===
*[[Rover Mission Analysis and Design]]

==Department news==
The Aerospace Department is concerned with the technology that constitutes of Aeronautical and Astronautical engineering.

==Topics==
[[Image:Dn8310-2_700.jpg|300px|right|thumb|‘Blended wing’ craft prototype]]
* [[Topic:Fluid mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Aerodynamics]]
* [[Topic:Aeronautics]]
* [[Topic:Astrodynamics]]
* [[Topic:Orbital mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Statics]]
* [[Topic:Engineering mechanics]]
* [[School:Mathematics]]
* [[Topic:Electrotechnology]]
* [[Topic:Turbomachinery]]
* [[Topic:Control engineering]]
* [[Topic:Aircraft flight control systems]]
* [[Topic:Aircraft structures]]
* [[Topic:Materials science]]
* [[Topic:Solid mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Aeroelasticity]]
* [[Topic:Avionics]]
* [[Topic:Reliability engineering]]
* [[Topic:Noise control]]
* [[Topic:Flight testing]]

== External links ==
* [http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pav_home.php Personal Air Vehicle Page at Cafe Foundation (in affiliation with NASA)]
* [http://psas.pdx.edu/ Open avionics]
* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/130398_electplane11.html Boeing's electric plane using fuelcells.]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openavionics/ OpenAvionics]
* [http://www.aiaa.org/ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]
* [http://aero.stanford.edu/adgprojects.html Projects at Standford's Aerodynamics Design Group]
* [http://dthrocket.blogspot.com/ A Project to create a supersonic homebrew rocket]

===Books===
* [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1428996389&id=mViQar7gcfkC&dq=nanotechnology&as_brr=1 Research opportunities in advanced aerospace concepts]

*[[Wikibooks:Astrodynamics|Astrodynamics]]

===Videos===
*[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A481C3DD60812502 MIT 16.01 Unified Engineering - Video Lecture]

*[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=35721A60B7B57386 MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering - Video Lecture]

===Related news===
* (2008) [http://www.physorg.com/news127060603.html 'Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight']
* '''April 26, 2007''' - [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18925331.200-take-a-leap-into-hyperspace.html Paper on hyperdrive system wins award at conference and is examined by US Government researchers...][http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/hyperdrive/]
* '''March 27, 2007''' - [http://www.physorg.com/news94233194.html NASA seeks research proposals.]
* '''March 20, 2007''' - [http://www.physorg.com/news93631842.html Private company to launch rocket.]

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Mining engineering

2008-07-14T02:35:55Z

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Mining Engineering is a field that involves many of the other engineering disciplines as applied to extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring environment.

The need for mineral extraction and production is an essential activity of any technically proficient society. As minerals are produced from within a naturally occurring environment, disturbance of the environment as a result of mineral production is a given. Modern mining engineers must therefore be concerned not only with the production and processing of mineral commodities, but also with the mitigation of damage or changes to an environment as a result of that production and processing.
[[Image:Open pit copper mine-kapunda south australia.JPG||thumb|right|320px|An open pit copper mine in South Australia]]
The two primary types of mine are underground mines and open-pit mines. Minerals that exist mostly underground (eg. coal, gold etc.) are generally recovered using the underground mining process. Minerals like iron ore, limestone, manganese ore, and others are mostly recovered from the surface downwards in opencast mining.

Engineering disciplines that are closely related to mining engineering are:

* Civil engineering
* Environmental engineering
* Geotechnical engineering
* Hydraulic engineering
* Electrical engineering
* Structural Engineering

Specialized areas of mining engineering involve extraction of minerals from underwater mines, seawater, in-situ retorting of rock, and underground gasification.

==Resources==
* [[Wikipedia: Gold mining in the United States]]
* [[Wikipedia: Mining engineering]]
* [[Wikipedia: Mining]]
* [[Wikipedia: Category:Resource extraction]]
* [[Wikipedia: Prospecting]]
* [[Wikipedia: Extractive metallurgy]]
* [[Wikipedia: Mineral rights]]

== See also ==
* [[School:Engineering]]

==External links==
* [http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/sdsmt South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]

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Textile engineering

2008-07-14T02:31:13Z

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Welcome to the department of textile engineering!

Textile engineering (TE) or textile technology deals with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fiber, textile, and apparel processes, products, and machinery. These include natural and man-made materials, interaction of materials with machines, safety and health, energy conservation, and waste and pollution control. Additionally, textile engineers are given training and experience in plant design and layout, machine and wet process design and improvement, and designing and creating textile products.

A textile engineer therefore works with textile materials: fibers, yarns, fabrics, and finishes. Most textile engineers work on product research and development, either improving current textile based products or creating new products. They may also be involved with finding uses for new fibers, yarns, fabrics, or textile finishes.

== Divisions ==
[[Topic:Textile Engineering/Technology_and_Textile_Chemistry|Textile technology and textile chemistry]]

== Learning materials ==
=== Courses ===
* [[Textile Engineering Systems]]
* [[Textile Engineering Design]]
* [[Mechanics of Fibrous Structures]]
* [[Yarn Manufacturing]]
* [[Textile Engineering Quality Improvement]]
* [[Textile Information Systems Design]]
* [[Polymer Engineering]]
* [[Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering]]
* [[Fabric Manufacturing]]
* [[Special Topics in Textile Engineering]]
* [[Fabric Production Systems]]
* [[Textile Composites]]
* [[Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering]]
* [[Industrial Textiles]]
* [[Textile Applications in Medicine]]
* [[Engineering Economics]]
* [[Textile Quality Testing Machinery]]
* [[Dyeing]]
* [[Textile Coloration]]
* [[Industrial Planning and Organization]]
* [[Thermodynamics]]
* [[Materials Science]]
* [[Industrial Management]]
* [[Applied Mechanics]]
* [[Engineering Drawing and Design]]
* [[Novel Topics in Textile Engineering]]

== Research and Learning Projects ==

==Resources==
* [[Wikipedia:Textile engineering]]
* [[Wikipedia:Engineering drawing]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile preservation]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile manufacturing]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile manufacturing terminology]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile printing]]
* [[Wikipedia:Textile industry]]

== Collaborators ==
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==See also==
* [[School:Engineering]]
* [[Textile]]
* [[Weaving]]

== External Links ==
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[[Category:Biochemical engineering]]
[[Category:Nanotechnology]]
[[Category:Chemistry]]