Fun-Engineering

Welcome to Fun-Engineering™. Here you will find information, activities and stories relating to engineering—just for fun!

An Engineering Demonstrator

Link to an Engineering DemonstratorAre you are wondering what Engineering is all about? Click the icon on the right for details of a simple demonstration model that was constructed to explain some of the basic principles of engineering. You can also view a video clip of the demonstrator.

Miss Tumble and the Steam Museum

Link to the Steam Museum StoryThis is a story that is mainly intended for children aged between ten years and fourteen years. It teaches them about the principles of steam engines. The story is also suitable for adults who are interested in teaching children about the technology of steam power plants and the industrial history of the Steam Age. Click on the icon to read the story. It may seem a little far-fetched; but there really is a steam museum, at a place called Straffan.

AAnimated letter 'S'K Leo About Thermodynamics

Go to Ask Leo about ThermodynamicsOccasionally Professor Leo Nest answers questions put to him about Thermodynamics. This stuff is rather technical. Click the moving icon to go to some questions and Leo's answers.

An Interesting Spinning Top

Spinning topThis is a rather unusual spinning top. Click the photo for more information and a video clip.

Website Author's Details

Go to Jim McGovern's PagesThis web site has been prepared by Jim McGovern. Click the photo for details about his career and his publications.

Symmetry

Go to paper about simulation at DIT archiveSymmetry is fun. It's not just part of Engineering—it's part of everything! The link here is to a paper entitled "Some Rather Mechanical Reflections on Symmetry: in Art, Science, Engineering, Mathematics, etc." by Jim McGovern. This was written for a general audience as his Inaugural Lecture as a Professor of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). Click on the image of a tetrahedral kite to go to the DIT archive, Arrow@DIT, from where you can download the paper as a .pdf file.

Double Pendulum

Link to double pendulum demonstrationSimple double pendulums were constructed using plastic conponents from a construction set. The pendulums demonstrate chaotic motion.

A Disused Tractor in Context

Link to some sketchesSome pencil sketches made in Gleann Cholm Cille. Click on the tractor icon to view them.


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