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Behind the Scenes of the Brunel Tree
January 2, 2014
That’s right, this post will finally answer that burning query: “But how did you make that wonderful parametric Christmas Tree designer, truly, Tom, you are a God amongst men and should become president…Read More
Design Yourself A Brunel Christmas!
January 1, 2014
Have yourself a parametric Christmas and happy new year with this Christmas Tree engineering design game- can you turn a profit against these winds?Read More
Civil Engineering Is…
November 4, 2013 7
Wiping my identity in a black-box virtual machine to remove the skews of the long and tattered history Google collects on you; I took note of the first five auto-completes from this ‘vanilla’ www.google.co.uk (well, I am…Read More
Finite Element Tetris
September 23, 2013 2
Finite elements software and have some time on your hands? Well, you buckle down to perform some serious geometrically non-linear dynamic imagt analysis… Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you: Finite Element Tetris.Read More
Civil Networking
September 9, 2013 1
A quick search online turns up 24 tips of how to have a conversation without the other person hating you; but these “7 Habits of Intolerable People” rub me up so much the wrong way. But why? Taking that I’m heading…Read More
Clients and Civil Engineers
July 22, 2013 3
There’s a lot to be learnt from a terrible experience, especially if you can see yourself reflected (no matter how palely) in it. Taking my Bridge in for Repairs. I’ve had my bridge for 20 years now, no problems. Well, that’s…Read More
7 Habits of Dynamic Project Managers
July 8, 2013 6
I’ve put together 7 awesome habits that, by following, will make you into the most dynamic engineering project manager outside of this box! There’s no I in team, but there is a me[a/e]t! Touching base (for at least…Read More
Game of Thrones: Engineering The Wall
June 10, 2013 18
I thought I’d take a look at one of the most impressive structures in the whole of the Seven Kingdoms (spoiler free, of course). Forget the gilded fortifications of Kings Landing, or the castle of Winterfell- I’m…Read More
Engineering Games: Viaduct Designer
June 3, 2013 1
In Viaduct Designer you take responsibility for building bridges ahead of a speeding train, to save driver and cargo from depths of oblivion. Of course, we all know that in real life our train would have already plummeted…Read More
5 Most Charming James Bond Gadgets
May 27, 2013 1
In celebration of a demi-century of Bond, here are some of the wonderful gadgets cooked up by engineering mastermind Q. Some of them are ridiculous. All of them are either an engineer’s dream… or nightmare. Some…Read More
