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Engineering Tools
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- The
Basics of Design Engineering
- iCrank.com - The Mechanical Engineering Portal
- Pro/Engineer
Tips - The CAD package used in the ME department.
- Machine Tools - MIT's Introduction and Use of Common Machine
Tools
- Metal
calculator - This tool from Metal suppliers online can be
used to calculate the weight of a piece of metal given its type
and dimensions. You can also download the calculator if you use
Windows.
- Mega
converter - Many different types of engineering units conversions.
- Manufacturing
Processes - Information about manufacturing processes and
other engineering fundamentals.
- Efunda - Online reference for design, materials, processes, unit conversion and more.
Department Engineering Services top
Computer Information top
Design Information top
- Patents
and Patent Searching - Information about patents and links
to several excellent online patent search sites.
- Online
Catalogs and Industry Directories - Find the components you
need for your design online.
- RPI's list of design resources - Similar to this page.
- UMass'
EDLib - contains materials databases, standard machine components,
and much more.
- Matweb.com
- A good resource to get material properties for most engineering
plastics, metals, ceramics, and other materials.
-
Online engineering calculators - A list of links to engineering
calculators, from unit conversions to fluid mechanics, and most
of what's between.
- CDRH
Device Advice - Center for Devices and Radiological Health
advice on getting medical products approved for sale in the U.S.
- CDRH
Good Guidance Practices - Center for Devices and Radiological
Health recommendations on regulatory submissions, design of medical
products, and inspection and enforcement procedures.
- Questlink.com
- A comprehensive listing of IC's, logic circuits, and other electronic
components.
- Plastics.dupont.com
- Good resource information on polymers. Look under services &
solutions > design
- GE
Plastics - Another place to go learn about plastics
- BME Source - Portal for the Biomedical Technology design community.
Finding Company Information top
- SEC
Edgar Database - Securities and Exchange Commission's on-line
database of public company filing information. Includes annual
reports (10-K form) for ALL public companies in the U.S. Here
is the search
page.
- Gotoanalyst.com
- U.S bancorp web site.
- Corporateinformation.com
- What you need to know. A lot of information about companies
and also a list of other sites to look for financial reports,
data etc.
- Hoovers.com
- Corporate information at your fingertips.
- Looksmart.com
- A search engine specifically for business related search queries.
Searching Technical and Literature
Databases top
- U
of MN Libraries - A comprehensive index of both on- and off-line
resources available in the University library system. Include
the U's on-line card catalog.
- MEDLINE:
the comprehensive database of medical and bioengineering journals
developed by the National
Library of Medicine . Over 9 million citations.
New Product Development top
- Bitlaw.com
- An excellent resource concerning the law about patents, copyrights,
trademarks and contracts.
- Zoomerang.com
- A site web site that allows you to custom design a survey, issue
you a URL and post results, all for free. Very useful for market
research or product concept testing.
- Devicelink.com
- An excellent compilation of links for most issues relating to
the design of medical devices.
- FDA
process overview - All the ins and outs of FDA classification
as well as the FDA approval process.
- Overview
of the "Stage-Gate" process for developing new products.
- An on-line
DfE tutorial for designers is available to bring you up to
speed on this very important aspect of design.
Teams and Project Management top
Other Information for Designers top
Other Sites of Interest top
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