General Engineering Resources

Engineering Council  Deals with engineering as a profession

Engineering Industries Association  Engineering industry website

Institute of Mechanical Engineers  

Institute of Measurement and Control  

Mechanical Engineering Magazine  

ETB: Engineers Toolbox  A freely available collection of advanced online computational and reference modules for professional and student engineers

Eureka magazine  

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library  Engineering topics including some online tutorials and a CAD tutorial to download

BUBL Link  Catalogue of internet resources for engineering

EASEIT.Eng  Evaluative and Advisory Support to Encourage Innovative Teaching in Engineering (helps teachers to select computer-based learning materials)

Engineering Design

Design Council  The Design Council website

Institute of Engineering Designers  Includes a database of suppliers, details of events, and links

Engineering Standards

British Standards Institute  Access to standards and associated information

Engineering Technology

Timken  Technical information on bearings and bearing assemblies

Norgren Pneumatics  FAQs and freely downloadable literature about pneumatic engineering

Globalspec.com  Access to electrical, optical and mechanical components; includes technical library with application notes

Bolt science  Glossary and tutorials on nuts, screws, bolts and bolting techniques

Engineering Processes

The Welding Institute  Claims to be "the world's most extensive on-line resource on welding, brazing, soldering, mechanical fastening, and surface coating"

Welding procedures and techniques  Failure analysis, TIG and MIG welding, brazing, soldering, etc

Engineering Materials

EEVL: Materials engineering  Links to quality-assessed websites (follow materials engineering links)

Matweb.com  Database of material properties, including polymers, metals, ceramics, semiconductors, etc. Free access to basic features

Principal Metals online  Data on more than 5,000 ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Worldwide composites search engine

American Society for Testing and Materials  Details of standards and technical publications

British Plastics Federation  Information on plastics

Corrosion source: the corrosion portal  Extensive technical data on corrosion (US-based)

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