Disc 1: Engineering and technology in your world --
Your house as an engineered system --
Three structural systems for load bearing --
Platform-framed housing construction --
Site design and storm runoff --
disc 2: Dam, reservoir, and aqueduct design --
Water treatment and distribution --
Wastewater disposal and treatment --
Fossil fuels: coal,oil, and natural gas --
Power generation from coal --
Oil, gas, and nuclear power --
disc 3: Renewable sources of electricity --
Electrical power transmission: the grid --
Electrical power distribution --
Everyday thermodynamics: refrigeration --
Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning --
Home energy efficiency --
disc 4: Passive solar and net-zero- energy homes --
The plain old telephone service --
The global telecommunications network --
Cellular phone technology --
Satellites and satellite communications --
Simple machines around the houses --
disc 5: User-centered design --
The internal combustion engine --
Torque, power, and transmission --
Suspension, steering, and braking --
disc 6: Traffic engineering --
Solid waste disposal and recycling --
The future: engineering for sustainability.
Disc 1. Engineering and technology in your world ; Your house as an engineered system ; Three structural systems for load bearing ; Platform-framed housing construction ; The building envelope ; Site design and storm runoff --
disc 2. Dam, reservoir, and aqueduct design ; Water treatment and distribution ; Wastewater disposal and treatment ; Fossil fuels: coal,oil, and natural gas ; Power generation from coal ; Oil, gas, and nuclear power --
disc 3. Renewable sources of electricity ; Electrical power transmission: the grid ; Electrical power distribution ; Everyday thermodynamics: refrigeration ; Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning ; Home energy efficiency --
disc 4. Passive solar and net-zero- energy homes ; The plain old telephone service ; The global telecommunications network ; Cellular phone technology ; Satellites and satellite communications ; Simple machines around the houses --
disc 5. User-centered design ; The internal combustion engine ; Torque, power, and transmission ; The drivetrain ; Suspension, steering, and braking ; Highway engineering --
disc 6. Traffic engineering ; Everyday bridges ; Tunnel engineering ; The railroad ; Solid waste disposal and recycling ; The future: engineering for sustainability.
