Museum of Science
Ei E: Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills Lesson 2
Students think like mechanical engineers as they observe and analyze the moving parts of common machines. [13:23]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills Lesson 1
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Leif, a boy from Denmark, learns about mechanical engineering as he designs his own windmill. [12:42]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Giving Robots and Prostheses the Human Touch
Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles, Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. The team, led by mechanical engineer Veronica J....
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Mechanical Engineer
Meet Nate Ball, a mechanical engineer who designs and builds devices that solve problems and even save lives, for example, vaccination devices for remote or disaster areas. He discusses what it's like to be an engineer, a robot project...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Pied Piper of Fish
Maurizio Porfiri wants to build robots that can herd fish like sheepdogs. Sound fishy? He's farther along than you might expect. A few years ago, Porfiri, a mechanical engineer at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University,...
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Wind Turbine Design
A video exploring wind turbine design by looking at the impact of blades, blade shape, blade length, and tower height. See how all these variable affect the ability of the turbine to maximize power output. Site also includes an article...
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Working of Steam Turbine
Learn how steam turbine engines create mechanical energy by transforming thermal energy. Follow the path of energy transformation as high energy fluid travels through rotor blades. Also understand the three energy components of flowing...
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: How Does a Differential Work?
Did you ever consider that one of the wheels on your car has to rotate faster as it makes a turn because it has to travel a further distance? This video will explain the parts of a differential which allows that during the turn the...
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: How Does a Diesel Engine Work?
This video will explore how the diesel engine mechanics work. Site also includes an article that discusses topics found in the video. [6: 19]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Cutting Force Analysis: Merchant's Circle
Did you know that tools used to make mechanical structures experience forces? Learn how to predict those forces using Merchant's circle analysis. Site also includes an article which discusses all concepts covered in the video. [5:44]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Gas Turbine Engine: How It Works
A video investigating how a gas turbine engine produces power and thrust force in an aircraft. [4:27]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Kalina Cycle Power Plant
A video explaining how the Kalina cycle uses a mixture of two working fluids for power production. [5:43]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: How Does a Centrifugal Pump Work?
A video explaining the most used hydraulic pump in the world, the centrifugal pump. Understand how the pump is used to produce flow or raise pressure of a liquid. [4:37]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Working of Francis Turbine Work
Learn about the Francis turbine and how it works in hydroelectric power stations with this video. Understand how the runner is the most important of the turbine as it fitted with different blade shapes. [4:13]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Pelton Turbine: Wheel Working & Design
Learn about how the Pelton turbine works based on its design aspect. [5:09]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Kaplan Turbine Working and Design
Learn about how the Kaplan turbine works based on its design aspect. [5:01]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: First Law of Thermodynamics for an Open System
Explores applications of the first law of thermodynamics.
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Introduction to Turbulence & Turbulence Modeling
Learn that turbulent flow has three dimensions, is fluctuating, and is chaotic. This video will explore turbulent flow and why it is important for engineers to understand how to predict it. [8:14]
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: What Is a Torsion Spring Hinge?
See how adding this spring to a hinge makes it easier to open or close. [0:36]
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: High Tech Tents
Mechanical and design engineer Connie Yang is as extreme as the high-tech tents she designs for NEMO Equipment. [1:04]
Crash Course
Crash Course Engineering #3: Mechanical Engineering
Explore the engineering discipline of mechanical engineering on this video. Learn how it began with the steam engine and has moved to the development of aerospace engineering, biomechanics, and robotics. [9:38]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Cutting Analysis: Mechanics of Machining
A video discussing how to analyze material removed at a single point orthogonal cutting operation. Site also includes an article which discusses all concepts covered in the video. [2:57]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Centrifugal Pump
A video investigating a radial flow device called a centrifugal pump that is used to start flow or raise pressure. Site also includes an article that discusses topics found in the video. [5:55]
Learn Engineering
Learn Engineering: Centrifugal Pumps: Design Aspects
Learn about the pump and motor for pumping fluids works in a centrifugal pump in this video. Understand the design aspects of the pump that allow it to function. Site also includes an article that discusses topics found in the video. [5:32]