Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Top 14 reasons to date an engineer:

14. We are trained to do it right the first time
13. We are used to all nighters
12. We are always willing to experiment
11. We know how to decrease and increase friction
10. We know all about heat transfer
9. We do it with more torque
8. We can wire your circuits
7. Free body diagrams
6. Potential for smart children
5. Engineering couples have better moments
4. We know how to deal with stress and strain
3. We know it's not the length of the vector that counts, but how you apply the force
2. "Lubrication, Friction and Wear" is actually a class
1. The world DOES revolve around us....we pick the coordinate system

..Taken from a friend's FB profile.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Sunday, March 02, 2008

You know you're an Engineer when..

You believe what you study (Engineering) can be applied in real life.

You refer to a pillar as a "vertical beam".

You handwriting is illegible.

You start examining slow motion videos of water droplets.

You believe the world is governed by equations.

Update on 18th March:
A Vertical Beam subjected to axial loading is known a column
.bah