USEFUL WEBSITES - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

A range of high-quality resources for Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy are freely available on the web. Start exploring them here:

• The Colorful Fluid Mixing Gallery: Created by André Bakker, containing colourful images from his work with fluid mixing and other free resources.
• SciTech Connect: Provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of DOE research and development reports.
• A Tutorial on the Basics of Bolted Joints: Offers a basic introduction to bolted joints.
• Transport Web: A commercial resource/directory for all transport connected organisations, within both commercial and the non-commercial sector.
• Wind-wildlife Impacts Literature Database (WILD): Collection of literature covering wind power/energy, power lines and communication and television technology. Lots of the time with full-text access.

Organisations of extra interest for mechanical engineers

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers: (USA) ASME is a not-for-profit membership organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, career enrichment, and skills development across all engineering disciplines.
• Institution of Civil Engineers Library catalogue Library website
  ICE is a registered charity that strives to promote and progress civil engineering.
• Institution of Engineering and Technology: (UK) The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.
• International Federation of Automatic Control: A multinational federation of National Member Organizations, each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic control in its own country.
• Motor Industry Research Association: (UK) MIRA is an international organisation operating in several locations around the world. Teams apply knowledge and experience for the benefit of clients in established and developing industries worldwide.
• Society of Automotive Engineers: (USA) The engineering society for advancing mobility in land, sea, air and space SAE technical papers.
• Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders: (UK) The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) exists to support and promote the interests of the UK automotive industry at home and abroad.