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On this page you will find links to other websites which may be of some interest. I will try to include links to software programs that I recommend for use within the engineering community. I will try to only recommend software that is freeware or shareware because this site is not commercial in nature. All the educational programs that I have personally developed are freely given away to students within my classes for their own benefit. I have included some of the initial text of the different websites for a description of what the link contains.

Abebooks™ is the world’s largest online marketplace for books. Abebooks makes it simple and safe to find and buy—or list and sell—new, used, rare, and out-of-print books online. Book buyers love the variety of over 70 million books offered by more than 13,000 booksellers. This great selection delivers value for all: readers find bestsellers, collectors find rare books, students find textbooks, and treasure hunters find books they’ve been seeking forever. Yes, this is a commercial site, however I have used it quite often to find books that are out-of-print for my research needs. Also, it is a great site for used books which students might prefer due to their lower cost.

Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. With the release of Ad-Aware SE Personal edition, Lavasoft takes the fight against Spyware to the next level. With Lavasoft’s all new Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology, you will not only be protected from known content, but will also have advanced protection against many of their unknown variants. To further protect you, Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition also has the capability to scan and list Alternate Data Streams (ADS) in NTFS enabled volumes. In combination with the new scanning engine, Ad-Aware SE will scan your computer faster and more thoroughly than ever before! Ad-Aware Personal edition is free for non-commercial use.

Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions! Engineers of all kinds will find this program useful, and the best part is that it is freeware!

Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. We have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright. We're a nonprofit organization. All of our tools are free. You can read more about Creative Commons .

CLEERS is a R&D focus project of the Diesel Cross-Cut Team. The overall objective is to promote development of improved computational tools for simulating realistic full-system performance of lean-burn engines and the associated emissions control systems. Specific sub-objectives are:
* To promote development of performance models for emissions control components such as exhaust manifolds, catalytic reactors, and sensors.
* To provide a consistent framework for sharing information and making timely, informed choices among emissions control technologies.
* To identify R&D needs and priorities and provide endorsements for critical projects.
CLEERS is coordinated by a subcommittee of industry, government, and academic representatives reporting to the Diesel Cross-Cut Team. Sponsored activities include a website and technical exchange workshops. I have given a couple of presentations at CLEERS conferences to try to help out the modeling community.

At this link you will find a listing of free compilers for Pascal, C, C++, Java, Basic, Ada and Fortran. I have personally tried the following programs in the list: Dev-Pascall, Dev-C++, Turbo Pascall, Djgpp, XBasic and gcc. Typically I use commercial programs to develop software, however beginning programmers need to start somewhere and the commercial programs that I use are significantly more expensive than free!

On this page you can find a number of very advanced differential equation solvers created by Ernst Hairer and collaborators. This page contains the actual numerical code behind the different solvers. This allows the user to incorporate the solvers in any type of numerical model that they wish to create. Examples are also given to help the user learn how to use the different codes. I have found the numerical algorithms very helpful along with the books where a more complete description of the methods are given.

Welcome to guidebook, a website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces, as well as various materials related to them. This site is meant to be an online museum of graphical interfaces, especially those old, obscure and in desperate need of preservation. Whether you want just to look back and refresh some nice memories from years ago, or are interested in seeing how the GUIs evolved throughout the decades (and it is sometimes fascinating to witness that), I hope you’ll enjoy your stay.

The best band on the planet! I've been into Maiden ever since I first heard Aces High off the Powerslave album back in junior high school. One of the legendary members of the (New Wave of British Heavy Metal), they have created some of the best heavy metal anthems ever. I think I like IM best because of the inclusion of the bass guitar into their music. Unlike most rock albums, Steve Harris's work is actually up front and included along with the regular axe attack. Phantom of the Opera off their first album is a must for upcoming bass guitar players.

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The NASA Computer program CEA (Chemical Equilibrium with Applications) calculates chemical equilibrium compositions and properties of complex mixtures. Applications include assigned thermodynamic states, theoretical rocket performance, Chapman-Jouguet detonations, and shock-tube parameters for incident and reflected shocks. CEA represents the latest in a number of computer programs that have been developed at the NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center during the last 45 years. These programs have changed over the years to include additional techniques. Associated with the program are independent databases with transport and thermodynamic properties of individual species. Over 2000 species are contained in the thermodynamic database. The program is written in ANSI standard FORTRAN by Bonnie J. McBride and Sanford Gordon. It is in wide use by the aerodynamics and thermodynamics community, with over 2000 copies in distribution.

The Netlib repository contains freely available software, documents, and databases of interest to the numerical, scientific computing, and other communities. The repository is maintained by AT&T Bell Laboratories, the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and by colleagues world-wide. The collection is replicated at several sites around the world, automatically synchronized, to provide reliable and network efficient service to the global community. Here you can find the numerical code for advanced differential equation solvers that can be used within your own numerical codes.

This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses its best efforts to deliver a high quality copy of the Database and to verify that the data contained therein have been selected on the basis of sound scientific judgment. However, NIST makes no warranties to that effect, and NIST shall not be liable for any damage that may result from errors or omissions in the Database. The WebBook was developed in part with funds from the Systems Integration for Manufacturing Applications (SIMA) program at NIST. If you need to find thermodynamic data for any type of element or compound, you can probably find it here.

"Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing" is the title of a series of books developed by Numerical Recipes Software and published by . Two non-commercial sites have generously agreed to host the Numerical Recipes Books On-Line for the benefit of the general scientific and technical community, and have been granted copyright permission by Numerical Recipes Software and Cambridge University Press to do so. This website contains the actual Numerical Recipes book in PDF format and is a great resource for engineers and scientists. This book contains a large number of numerical algorithms that can be used with your simulation efforts.

Pandora is a music discovery service designed to help you find and enjoy music that you'll love. It is powered by the , the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. It works like your own personal radio station, you tell it the music you like in the form of artists, albums, and/or songs and it begins to create a station with music similar to what you like. You provide instant feedback on the songs and it continues to update your radio station according to your tastes. The best part about it, is that it is free and runs in a flash script off the web. *NOTE* It plays the explicit versions of songs because they try to remain true to the artists original music intent (see their for more information). You can share your stations with others by looking up their e-mails; mine are under mig8tr@hotmail.com. *WARNING* about my station, I am a metal head so I'll stick the stamp on it. You can also see a listing of my favorite songs generated by Pandora .

TechDig is a Microsoft Windows tool for digitizing data from an image of graph or plot. TechDig can import images from .pcx or .bmp files, or pasted from the clipboard. TechDig is shareware, with a registration fee of $17(US). The shareware version is not crippled in any way, and the only "nag" screen is at startup. Sometimes you need to get data from an old paper when the originals do not exist, this program helps you get that data.

This free units conversion program (Uconeer) is designed specifically for engineers. It includes a wide range of technical categories required by engineers, but it excludes the archaic and esoteric units that clutter the menus of the other conversion programs. One nice feature that this program contains is that it will convert from volumetric flow rate to mass flow rate given standard conditions.

This is the homepage for engineering at the where I began my journey. They have combined the departments. You can check out the of the Aerospace Engineering department and also look at the to understand U of F's vision for the future.

This is the homepage for engineering at the . I currently work in the department, but I have also worked in the past with the department. Please visit both sites to understand what research projects are currently on-going at U of M. You can also look at the to get a better picture of what goes on at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

True to its namesake, former Mechanical Engineering Professor Walter E. Lay (BSE ME '15), the Lay Automotive Lab has supported education and research since the early 1900s. Today, the Lab's research interests are wide-ranging but generally associated with: engine combustion, emissions control, friction, fuel efficiency, vehicular hybrid propulsion and electronics design, and vehicle aerodynamics. It encompasses twelve engine test cells, a high-bay vehicle laboratory, machine shops, and instructional and computer laboratories, including Fluid Mechanics. Michigan Engineering's proximity to Detroit -- the heart of the nation's auto industry -- has made the Lay Automotive Lab a vital contributor to industry. The W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory is currently where I work.

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The W. M. Keck Laboratory for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is located in the François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, home of the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Our group is comprised of faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate students. The emphasis of research done by our group is on algorithm development and numerical simulations for a variety of physical problems, including aerodynamics, space plasma physics, hydraulics, aeroacoustics, combustion, and structural dynamics. For more information on the laboratory or on CFD in general, please explore our pages. My second masters degree was completed under the supervision of Professor Bram van Leer who works within the Keck CFD Laboratory.

 

 

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Date Created: May 28, 2003
Last Revised: March 15, 2006