Jacob’s Engineering Notes | Walking Weird Ways

In a twist of fate, I’ve been a bit inspired by Paul’s Online Math Notes.
The intent of this page is to provide a decent resource list for people related to engineering, as well as provide a place to look at ideas to explore in order to increase understanding. This is not a site that gives answers, but it will provide methods and notes for topics often encountered when studying engineering.

I must admit, I am biased towards static websites, so don’t expect flashy. I find it tends to be more convoluted than straightforward methods.

Short List:

Math and Physics:

Paul’s Online Math Notes – Good math resource, for Calculus, Differential Equations, and Algebra. Also discusses study methods, common math errors, and other topics.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html – Physics resource, hosted on Georgia State University. Has links to other bubbles of resources at the university. Old but golden; still uses clickable image linking.

Equations, Tables, and Tools:

Wolfram Alpha – Math AI / online calculator. Typically useful for integrations and derivations that are hard to solve manually. Works free, but also works better with paid plans (more computing power, more detailed answers).

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com – Lots of tables and small tools, across numerous topics. Supported by advertisements.

https://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows – Conversion tool, especially useful for cross system conversions. Windows / Wine on Linux/Unix OS exclusive.

https://www.latex-project.org/get/ – LaTeX, mathematics presentation. Various distributions available.

https://www.mathcad.com/ – Mathematics presentation, paid. Also wraps over in

https://www.matweb.com – Material Properties resource

MS Paint – No seriously. On every windows machine, and see this video for reasons (NSFW).

Courses

MIT Open Courseware – Full notes, assignments, and other resources for most courses. Pretty cool, also pretty technical.

Post Undergrad Tools:

(The three following are partnered websites. All three over similar material overall.)

https://engineeringlibrary.org – Formal resources from public domain sources (DOD, DOE, NASA) on various topics usually encountered in specific industry / applications. Also includes some calculators. The .org gives credence to this being a larger project.

https://mechanicalc.com – A website selling access to web based calculators for machine design. Good textbook references; different reference library than the above. Overall a good amount of useful information

https://pdhclassroom.com – Option for continuing education for professional engineers. Pricing is based on a yearly payment for access, as opposed to variable plans. Content viewable free of charge.

https://guides.loc.gov/engineering – Library of Congress Engineering guide. Mostly geared towards professional and formal resources, and mostly references books and limited access databases, but overall good content to take to industry. Recommends books on Technical Writing.

Other

https://newtondesk.com – Downloadable notes, about courses. Free with ads onscreen.

https://civilenggforall.com

https://www.khanacademy.org – They cover differential equations and linear algebra.

https://www.mcmaster.com

https://www.digikey.com – General electronics hardware supplier

https://www.grainger.com

https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html

https://www.arduino.cc

https://www.autodesk.com/education/home

https://www.theengineeringcommunity.org

https://www.hubs.com/knowledge-base