Civil

These lectures will educate you on design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and natural environment.

1. Design of Foundations for the World’s Tallest Buildings  Clyde N. Baker, Jr., P.E., S.E. has served as geotechnical engineer or consultant on eight of the twenty tallest buildings in the world including; the Petronas Towers in Malaysia; 101 Financial Center in Taiwan; and Burj Dubai in Dubai. His topics for lecture are design, analysis and construction of deep foundations for high-rise structures.

2. Prestressed Concrete Structures  Professor. A.K.Sengupta teaches you all there is to know about prestressed concrete structures in this lecture. From pressure lines to analysis of rectangular sections, you will finish this lecture fully informed.

3. WTC Lecture – collapse of WTC Buildings  Steven E. Jones discusses the collapse of the World Trade Towers from a physics perspective.

4. Water Resources Engineering A lecture Series on Water Resources Engineering by Prof. Rajesh Srivastava, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur. Learn about waste water systems, fluid mechanics, and surveying.

5. Engineering for the Ecological Age: Lessons from History  John Ochendorf, a structural engineer, lectures about historical structures and the importance lesson they hold for modern building technology.

6. Introduction to Railway Engineering  A lecture series on railway engineering.  Compare different transportation systems and the importance of each one.

7. Strength of Materials   In this lecture on the concepts of Strength of Materials you will cover subjects like Analysis of Stress and Strain, Torsion, Deflection of Beams and many more.

8. Sustainable Pavements  Listen to Mojca Ravnikar Turk from the Slovenian National Building and   Engineering Institute. She speaks about producing and implementing materials for sustainable road construction.

9. Macroscopic Modeling of Traffic in Congested Cities: Empirical Evidence, Analytical Derivations and Control Applications  Create a macroscopic model with variable inputs and outputs that could describe a rush hour dynamically. This professor describes in detail vehicular traffic movement in cities on an aggregate level.

10. Fluid Mechanics  In this lecture, Professor Eldho T. I., Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Bombay, gives 40 video lectures on the concepts of Fluid Mechanics. Some of the topics covered include: Fluid Statics, Kinematics, and Dynamics of Fluid Flow.

11. Surveying  Whether building a house, laying out a road, or constructing a dam, this lectures will help you with the first requirements needed.  Learn how to collect information and data to take the necessary measurements.

12. Hydraulics Get detailed explanations of hydraulics in this lecture series. This professor focuses on open channel hydraulics and velocity and pressure distribution.

Electrical

Learn about the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism with these lectures.

13. Solar Photovoltaics Technology: The Beginning of the Revolution  Dr. Lawrence L. Kazmerski, Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He is one of the major contributors to solar energy and the growth of theelectrical industry in the United States.

14. Electronics – High Speed Devices & Circuit  This lecture will give you all the facts you need about high speed devices, circuits, and materials. Topics include crystal structures in GaAs and Temary Compound Semiconductors and their application.

15. Automated Critique of Sketched Designs in Engineering  Designers often use a series of sketches to explain how their design goes through different states or modes to achieve its intended function. Learn how to create such explanations that can often be a difficult problem for engineering students.

16. Electrical – Electro Magnetic Fields  Given by Prof. Harishankar Ramachandran from the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras.  His focus is on electromagnetic fields and goes over important laws such as Gauss’s law and Coulo mb’s law. 

17. Digital Integrated Circuits  Review the basic concepts of digital integrated circuit with Dr. Amitava Dasgupta. Some of the topics covered include semiconductors, Schottky Transistors, Specifications of Logic Circuits, ECL Basic Operation, and Transmission Line Effects.

18. Munushian Lecture: Charles Townes  Jack Munushian was a long-time USC professor and provost. Every year there is a lecture given by a keynote speaker.  Professor Charles Townes lectured this year on a broad range of engineering topics.

19. 55 Transmission Lines & E.M. Waves  Get useful advice for studying transmission lines and E.M. waves from Professor R.K.Shevgaonkar from the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT in Bombay.

20. Small Signal Circuits  Professor Anant Agarwal from MIT Department of Electrical Engineering actually gives a humorous lecture on amplifiers and small signal circuits.  In one or two steps he directly gives you the output as a function of the input.

21. Electronics – Digital VLSI System Design  Learn all about VLSI Design from Professor S.Srinivasan. Combination circuit and Sequential circuit design are just some of the issues of electronic engineering discussed. Ochsendorf realized that historical structures held important lessons for modern building technology.– Ochsendorf realized that historical structures held important lessons for modern building technology.– Ochsendorf realized that historical structures held important lessons for modern building technology.Engineering for the Ecological Age: Lessons from Historyveryv   

22. Control Engineering  In this course, Professor S.D. Agashe, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Bombay, gives 47 video lectures on the concepts of Control Engineering.

23. Convex Optimization  Professor Stephen Boyd, of the Stanford University Electrical Engineering department, expands upon his previous lectures on convex optimization problems for the course.

24. Circuit Theory  Discuss the concepts of circuit theory, such as network equations, magnetically coupled circuits, poles, zeros, and network response.

25. Industrial Instrumentation  With this lecture series, you will learn the basic terminologies of instrumentation such as range, span, and settling time dead zone. The professor also highlights 1^st order and 2^nd order instruments with step.

Software & Computer

Educate yourself on the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software’s.

26. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs  This has been MIT’s introductory pre-professional computer science subject since 1981. A great emphasizes is put on the role of computer language as a vehicle for knowledge.

27. Computer Science & Software Engineering at the University of Melbourne  Find out everything there is to know about computer science & software engineering. This professor will show you how to take all the steps and how to study.

28. Wireless Communication   Versed on the concepts of Wireless Communication, Dr. Ranjan Bose will keep you updated on cell capacity and reuse, Mobile Radio Propagation, Modulation Techniques, and Wireless Networks.

29. End User Software Engineering  Dr. Margaret Barnett, a software engineer for Google, talks about end user software engineering.  This is a fairly new process that they have been implementing into the user environment.

30. Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials  Understand the theories and applications of atomistic computer simulations to models. This professor will help you to predict the properties of real materials.

31. Computer System Engineering  Learn the basics of computer system engineering as explained by MIT’s Hari Balakrishnan.

32. Artificial Intelligence  A fairly long lecture on the concepts of Artificial Intelligence. Learn about project programming and resolution.

33. Introduction to Computer Graphics  Professor Sukhendu Das gives this video lecture series on the basics of Computer Graphics. Some of the topics covered include Reflection through an Arbitrary Line and Plane and Regularized Boolean Set Operations.

34. Computer Language Engineering  This is a lecture within MIT’s engineering department’s "Computer Systems and Architecture" concentration. Analyze the subjects related to the implementation of high-level programming languages.

35. Principles of Programming Languages  Comprehension of programming languages it what you will receive from this talk. Syntax, Grammar, Ambiguity, and Semantics are just a few of the subjects that are gone over.

36. Systematic Testing of Software with Structurally Complex Inputs  Darko Marinov of Google uses structurally complex data to explain automated testing. Topics for testing include web-traversal code that encodes web pages.

37. Programming Methodology An introduction to computer applications with a heavy focus on modern software engineering rules. Good programming style and object oriented design are heavily discussed.

38. Human Aspects of Software Engineering: Social and Cognitive Perspectives  A lecture focusing on human aspects of software engineering and illustrates how agile software development environments play a part.

Biomedical

This is a relatively new subject but advances in body scanners in the last 2 decades have had a major impact on the practice of engineering medicine. Get the latest developments with these lectures.

39. FES treatment of lower extremities of patients with upper / lower motor neuron lesion: A comparison of rehabilitation strategies and stimulation equipment   Manfred Bijak (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor at the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics at the Vienna Medical University. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 and continues lecturing about his work with mobilization of paraplegics with surface stimulation and the development of a multichannel stimulation system.

40. Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering   Learn about engineering principles for Drug Therapy and Tissue Engineering from W. Mark Saltzman, Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University.

41. Developing Cytoscape  Trey Ideker from UC San Diego discusses the implementation and process of developing the engineering term “cytoscape”.

42. Introductory Biology  Get the basic biology principals from this MIT lecture series. This course is used for all biomedical engineering majors.

43. Biomechanical Properties Decipher the structural aspects of biomaterials with Lisa Pruitt from UC Berkley.

44. Advances in Biomedical Engineering  Review Oxford University’s contributions to advancements in biomedical engineering over the last 25 years. Also find out how the Department’s new Institute of Biomedical Engineering is developing technology for hospitals in the future.

45. Academy Talk #3 about "KinBase"  Probe the kinetic geonomics that affect us as living organisms from Gerard Manning, another member of UC Sandiego.

Mechanical

With being one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines, mechanical engineers can continue their vast education with some help from these talks.

46. Machine Learning  Discover how machines "learn" due to statistical patterns, learning theory, adaptive control and more.

47. Mechanical Engineering Design  Discuss the application of principles of mechanics, materials science, and manufacturing processes to the design of components. This UC Berkley professor will show you all there is to know about synthesis and analysis of a major machine design project.

48. Dynamics of Machines  This lecture involves the basic rules and motions of machines. Given by Professor Amitabha Ghosh from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

49. Design Thinking as a Problem Solving Tool in Technology and Life  A focus on a stage process that engineers can use both in technology and life. The steps are define, research, ideate, prototype, choose, implement, and learn.

50. Computer Control of Machines & Processes  Evaluate the processes of machines and computer control. You can tell this professor enjoys mechanical engineering and teaching at the University of Wisconsin.

51. Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids  These lecture notes will keep you informed on topics such as large displacement analysis of solids and structures and deformation, strain, and stress tensors.

52. Principles of Mechanical Measurements Learn the principles of mechanics and measurements from Professor R. Raman in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Institute of Indian Technology in Madras.

53. Critical Heat Flux Condition in Mini- and Microchannels  This is the topic of discussion Michael K. Jensen, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A part of their 2009 Mechanical Engineering Lecture Series.

54. Kinematics Of Machines  Professor Asok Kumar Mallik describes the inner makings of machines. This is also called kinematics in the engineering field. Gain knowledge on appraisal, identification, and screening.

55. Project and Production Management This series discusses several subjects of project and production management.

56. Euler’s Equation of Motion   From the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT in Kanpur. Find mathematical equations for Euler’s and others.

57. Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes  A deep discussion regarding characteristic time and length and Simple Kinetic Theory will keep you on your toes. This MIT professor also goes into a brief outline of the Schrödinger Equation.

Environmental

These discussions will help Environmental engineers to practice their discipline of improving the environment to provide healthy water, air, and land as well reform polluted sites.

58. The Second Law and Energy  Get the basic principles of thermodynamics in this lecture. Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu teaches that energy is conserved and that you can do work from heat.

59. Geosciences and Carbon Sequestration to Address Climate Change  Dr. Margaret Leinen debates about geoengineering our way out of global warming. She also gives time to discuss cellulosic biofuels, solar wind, and nuclear energy.

60. Environmental Air Pollution  A Lecture Series on Environmental Air Pollution by Prof. Mukesh Sharma, Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur.

61. (Eco)Logical:Greening the 21st Century City  Learn about creating environmentally sensitive construction standards for all public buildings. This helps private enterprises achieve similar standards, including the use of recycled materials and solar panels.

62. Earth Systems Engineering  Think carefully about the complexity of human systems and our tendency to generate complexity. Get a reasonable handle on going forward in engineering and problems we face in the future.

63. Environmental Engineering Applications of Geographic Information Systems  Contains several of the lectures from the class at MIT. Learn about digital elevation models and assembling them to be cost effective.

64. How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?  After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the professors offer some pointed lessons in flood prevention and reconstruction, from overseas, from our own history, and from other parts of the U.S.

65. Introduction to Engineering Geology  Another lecture brought to you by IIT. Professor Debasis Roy elaborates on structures, rock foundations, and physical properties of minerals.

66. Innovation Design In this lecture series, you’ll learn about environmental innovation and the innovation process in general, as it’s related to engineering and science.

67. Planet Water: Complexity and Organization in Earth Systems  Rafael Bras is credited with launching the science of hydrology and discusses water complexity here.

Miscellaneous

These lectures offer some topics of interest to engineers such as biology, mathematics, and science.

68. Aircraft Systems Engineering  Jeffrey Hoffman of MIT lectures about the origins of the space shuttle, thermal protection systems, main engines and more.

69. Engineering New Approaches to Cancer Detection and Therapy  Find out what’s on the brink of cancer research.

70. Introduction to Chemical Engineering  If you are thinking about the Chemical Engineering field then you should definitely make time to watch this lecture. Learn about the basic of the field from start to finish.

71. Ray Kurzweil on how technology will transform us  Ray Kurzweil introduces the idea of a future populated with nanobots.

72. Mathematical Methods for Engineering II  This is a MIT graduate-level course that is a continuation of Mathematical Methods for Engineers I. Topics include numerical methods; initial-value problems; network flows; and optimization.

73. Principles of Chemical Science, Normal Track  This course from MIT scientist Sylvia Ceyer covers atomic theory of matter, radiation and more.

74. Do-It-Yourself Biology  Natalie Kuldell combines computer engineering history with genetic engineering to predict a DIY future and scientific community.

75. Globalization of Science: Opportunities for Competitive Advantage from Science in China, India and Beyond  Fiona Murray reveals how science, technology and engineering are valid forces in the business world, especially in competitive markets like China and India.

Lectures can be a great way for engineers new and old to get a high-quality education from the comfort of your own home. These lectures have created the opportunity for engineers to grow and learn whether at a top colleges or university, as well as from other engineers around the world.

Perhaps you don’t like your boss, perhaps your workload is skewed when compared to your pay, and perhaps you don’t get along too well with your colleagues. No matter what hardship you face at the office each day, here’s why it’s not a good idea to trade in one job for another when in the middle of a recession:

• It’s not easy to find a new job: If you quit before you have a new job lined up and in your pocket, you’re going to find the job hunt a massive uphill climb that will leave you in dire straits as far as your regular finances are concerned. You may be out of a monthly salary for longer than you think, and if you haven’t been savvy enough to save enough money to tide you over this period, you’re going to be in a real pickle. Finding a new job, especially in these tough times, is not going to be as easy a task as it was earlier, even if you’re highly qualified and very skilled.
• You may be jumping from the frying pan into the fire: There’s no guarantee that the conditions at your new place of work and the salary are going to be satisfactory. In fact, they may be worse than what you are used to now. So if your current job pays a reasonable amount and does not overwork you, you’re better off adjusting to the situation. After all, a known devil is better than an unknown one.
• You may be fired soon after you join the new job: This is a very likely situation in today’s scenario. You never know when the axe is going to fall, and who it’s going to fall on. If the new company folds and takes you down with it, you have no one to blame but yourself. Of course, there are no guarantees that the job you have now is permanent, but at least you’re not the one who’s making the decision.

Now the rumors are doing the rounds – Kris won because of the huge teenage and twenty-something fan following that he enjoys; Adam lost because of his apparent links to homosexuality (he has been picture kissing other guys); Kris won because he was the more all-American hero among the two; Adam lost because people did not like the way Simon Cowell was blatantly egging voters to vote for him; and so on and so forth. Some people are even speculating that the results were rigged – host Ryan Seacrest always makes it a point to announce the difference in the number of votes between the two finalists. But this time, not a word from him on the subject.

Can the results of such a popular show be engineered? If so, why should they be engineered in the first place? Isn’t the show hugely popular without having to resort to such gimmicks? Or is it just that the public loves a conspiracy and is not happy without speculating on why the favorite lost and the rank outsider won?

There have been other instances of supposedly engineered results, the most infamous of them being the one that made George Bush president of the USA for eight years. But no matter how huge the hue and cry raised after unexpected results, no matter how skewed the results are from the expectations, you cannot change the way the votes turned out. And so back to AI, we have a new champion, one who was the underdog, but who is set to rule the roost today. Engineered or not, it’s the end result that people remember, not the controversy that surrounded it at the time.