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Engineers Protecting the Planet
Engineers are helping to protect the environment by improving recycling techniques, designing more energy-efficient cars and appliances, protecting water, developing less resource-intensive method of farming, and more. Engineering is critical to making cleaner, safer technologies less expensive and more readily available - helping everyone do more to protect our environment.
Here are some links on engineering and the environment.
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American Association for Wind Engineering
This site provides some useful information concerning the engineering aspects of wind and wind-related problems and some pointers to contacts and valuable sources of information.
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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is a professional and technical organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE provides essential value to our members, their careers, our partners and the public by developing leadership, advancing technology, advocating lifelong learning and promoting the profession.
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Energy Quest
Explore various areas on this map, and you'll find three levels of difficulty.
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Engineers Without Borders - International (EWB-I)
Engineers Without Borders - International (EWB-I) facilitates links and collaboration between humanitarian organizations that have emerged over the past 25 years or are emerging in various countries around the world. These organizations share a similar mission, which is to partner with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting new dimensions of experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers. Check out their membership organizations in over 40 countries, and visit their partners to see what engineers are doing around the globe.
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FEMA for Kids
Find out about different weather phenomenon and preparing for natural disasters on this site for students in grades K-6.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Education Center
From flood control and disaster relief to military base construction, the USACE is to charged meet national security, emergency and other national requirements. You'll find lots of lessons, games, links and stories in the education center.
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