Do-It-Yourself Engineering
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Master the principles of engineering with 17 hands-on projects you can do yourself taught by a West Point engineer.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Why DIY Engineering?
- 02: Exploring the Science of Structure
- 03: Design and Build a Cardboard Tower
- 04: Bridging with Beams
- 05: Make a Suspension Bridge
- 06: Design a Concrete Sailboat
- 07: Set Sail!
- 08: Make a Radio-Controlled Blimp
- 09: Exploring Aerodynamics
- 10: Build a Model Airplane
- 11: Take Flight!
- 12: Build a Model Helicopter
- 13: This Is Rocket Science
- 14: Build a Rocket
- 15: Make an Electric Launch Controller
- 16: Let's Do Launch!
- 17: A Tale of Three Catapults
- 18: Build a Ballista, Onager, and Trebuchet
- 19: Design a Hydraulic Arm
- 20: Make a Water Turbine
- 21: Design a Gear Train
- 22: Make a Mechanical Clock
- 23: Design a Motor-Powered Crane
- 24: Creative Design: A Tribute to Rube Goldberg
Taught by
Stephen Ressler
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