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Author
Language
English
Description
September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood,...
42) Roads of doubt
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1920s Jarvis Elliott is trying to build a railroad through Gateway Pass in the Rockies while his daughter Joyce pursues a romance with Ordway, her father's enemy. After Jarvis is injured, Bob Hallock, a clean cut young engineer working, shoulders the responsibilities for completing the project and Joyce joins the struggle against Ordway's underhanded methods"--
Publisher
National Institute for Engineering Ethics
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Incident at Morales involves a variety of ethical issues faced by a company that wants to quickly build a plant in order to develop a new chemical product to gain a competitive edge over the competition."--Quoted from website www.niee.org.
Series
Star trek S.C.E volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Overseen be Starfleet legend Captain Montgomery Scott, the S.C.E. crew must solve the mystery of an outpost attacked by a strange new weapon and improvise a way to defeat a foe who has them outgunned in a heart-stopping space battle.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Explore engineering as a career with this introduction for ages 12 to 16 The job of an engineer is to solve all sorts of complex challenges facing the world while improving our lives through creative, innovative ideas. This engineering book for teens gives you a look into what engineers do and how they drive society forward through math and science. From designing tablets and smartphones to reimagining the way we collect and store renewable energy,...
52) Foundations
Author
Series
Star trek S.C.E volume 5
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
As the U.S.S. da Vinci and its S.C.E. crew take on the task of rescuing a runaway vessel, Captain Montgomery Scott recalls his years as chief engineer of the Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Author
Series
Amazing scientists volume 3
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
This is a rhyming-text picture book about Raye Montague. After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted-- finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed...
56) Black wind
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventure volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
58) Underwater
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A crew of aquatic researchers works to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
340L
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the work electrical engineers do and the preparation necessary for an engineering career. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index"--
