The F1 championship depends on engineering mastery. Learn how teams use aerodynamics, downforce, ground effect, modeling, and strategic tire choices to design the fastest, most competitive racing car.
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The Night Before the Launch – (A True Story)
It was well after midnight, when one of the engineers woke violently from his sleep. He and a fellow engineer had wired the rocket motor firing circuit that evening, and through a miracle, he now realized that he had installed the two wires to the circuit BACKWARDS.
A Design Lesson from the Mars Rover Competition
Generating creative solutions to a problem is great—but only if you’re solving the right problems.
Embracing Failure: Your Design Mentor
Everyone needs a mentor and maybe more than one. One of your mentors might be called Mary, Bob, or Jim. But at least one of your mentors should be called “Failure.”
Design for Mongolia
One can learn a lot from designing a yurt or `ger’ for Mongolia. Find out which lessons Ivy found most important.
The Wright Brothers and the Airplane - Five Attributes of Great Engineering Design
The Wright Brothers weren’t just in the right place at the right time - they deserved to be the first to fly by practicing key attributes.