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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett, 1857

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Apr. 9, 1806 - Sep. 15, 1859). Pioneering British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Brunel is famous as a prolific and innovative engineer. He worked with his father on the first tunnel under a navigable river—the Thames Tunnel—which is still in use today. He is also known for the first propeller-driven, ocean-going, iron ship—the SS Great Britain. When launched in 1843, it was the largest ship ever built.

OER: Mechanical Engineering Resources & Collections

ASEE Open Textbooks for Engineering
The American Society for Engineering Education's listing of open textbooks, organized by engineering discipline.
Engineering Computations - Using Python
A repository of learning modules in computations for undergraduate engineering students. This collection could also be useful to practitioners in other scientific fields.
Engineering Statics
Free course from Carnegie Mellon University.
The LaTeX Project
Create articles, documents, dissertations, and textbooks with this free software! LaTeX (pronounced LAH-tek or LAY-tech) is an open source typesetting program with full support for mathematical and scientific publications, including complex equations!
MIT Open Learning Library
National Academies Press
The National Academies Press lists more than 8,500 titles. Almost all of these can be downloaded--as PDFs--for free by the chapter or the entire book.
OER Commons - Engineering
Open Textbook Library - Engineering
Browse the whole engineering collection, or select the Browse Subjects link, to look for books on Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.

Burt Rutan

Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (Jun. 17, 1943 - ). Retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur. Known for many projects, including the Voyager—the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling.

Rutan Voyager

Rutan is also known for SpaceShipOne—the first privately built, flown and funded craft to reach space (Source for images: wikipedia.org).

Engineering Resources - Mechanical Track: Open Educational Resources

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

OER: Mechanical Engineering Resources & Collections

Burt Rutan