Interesting websites every engineer should know
In this modern world where everything has gone online, there are websites serving the needs of students specifically. Unlike yester years, the online platform is now a medium which caters to every need of a student be it big or small. From an aspiring doctor to an engineer, everyone one goes online to aid their studies in some way or the other.
In India, one of the most sort after career options is engineering. And thus, the internet is flooded with websites satisfying the needs of engineering aspirants. Given below are seven such websites every engineering needs to know about.
These websites focus on collaborating engineers around the world and solve their problems rather than teaching them virtually. Be it a budding engineer or an engineer with years of experience, one should bookmark these websites which can be of real importance to them .
Besides educating (through the medium of mobile apps, videos, forums to communicate, articles and blogs), these websites also aim at helping aspiring engineers at any stage of life along with informing them, inspiring them and entertaining them.
1. Discovere.com: Discover Engineering
If you possess a little knowledge of the engineering field or you are new to it, then this website can be of great help. Discover Engineering boasts a fine collection of engineering stuff to introduce new comers to this field through games, puzzles, articles and forum to interact volunteers in engineering and technology. One can find all engineering education and career related blogs and articles here at this platform.
2. eFunda: Engineering Formulas
Engineering Fundamentals (eFunda) aims to provide working engineering professionals with firsthand and reliable information with easy access for their daily need of resources and other engineering related information. As the name suggests, this website is all about fundamentals of engineering covering those basic formulae and their applications which are often used in daily lives of an engineer. The website acts as a reminder for those formulae and explain in detail the application and conditions for the formulae.
This website is specially meant for students in their basic years of engineering or who are learning engineering that is the college going students. So, whenever you are stuck in any problem and trying to remember the formula, then switch to your eFunda reminder.
3. How Stuff Works
Answering for questions on “how”, this website is another platform for engineers to learn. You can find here any answer related to how the world actually works. Howstuffworks.com is fully packed full with easy explanations answering almost any question which comes to your mind.
4. Engineering.com
Serving audience all over the world, the motto of this website is to inform, inspire and entertain. This website serves its audience with most influential voices in engineering. With the held of media and technology, the website delivers creative, helpful, inspiring, informative and entertaining content across different platforms. The content of Engineering.com can be accessed from mobile devices, video, Internet destinations and social media.
If you are searching for any kind of engineering related question, the website has an answer for it. It offers resources to its users related to engineering videos, mobile applications, games & puzzles, engineering books & articles, directories of engineers, manufactures, etc. and latest updates in the world on engineering and technology.
5. Fun-engineering
Engineering as field of study can be boring. But have you ever imagined learning engineering with fun?
Removing all stereotypes out of your way, fun-engineering.com represents engineering in a fun way. Anyone visiting this website can find all the engineering gems at this portal. Started by Jim McGovern an educator, engineer and researcher, the website communicates the most serious topics in a fun and a lighter way.
6. Eng-Tips Forum
Visit this forum and you will find helpful tips, articles and blogs covering a wide range of disciplines in engineering. A fine collection of engineering tips and whitepapers for multiple fields can be found at eng-tips.com.
7. GlobalSpec: IHS Engineering360
Providing more than 7.5 million industry professionals with engineering information, IHS Engineering360 is the world’s largest online platform for technical workers. The website offers content, tools, insights and information across various disciplines and industries. Not only this, the website also provides its users with a platform to communicate with each other. A user can look for stuff at this website such as News & Analysis, Standards Directory, Products & Suppliers, Engineering Community and Reference Library.
