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Engineering

Welcome to the Engineering Subject Research Guide

This guide is intended for students enrolled in the StFX Engineering program. It should help with finding information that will be useful for completing assignments, papers, and presentations for Engineering courses.

OliBac, le viaduc de Millau / Millau viaduct, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Check out this database!

Engineering Case Studies Online
We have a new database we hope you find interesting and useful for some of your courses in Engineering. It is a comprehensive and authoritative resource providing in-depth, impartial analysis of key engineering failures. Includes video and text resources, providing coverage for more than 50 of the most frequently taught and seminal case studies around the world, including:

  • Air France Flight 4590
  • Apollo 13
  • The Big Dig
  • Boeing 787 Dreamliner
  • Chernobyl Power Plant
  • Comet Airliners
  • Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig
  • Ford Pinto
  • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
  • Hyatt Regency Walkway
  • Space Shuttle Challenger
  • Tacoma Narrows Bridge
  • Titanic
  • TWS Flight 800

Websites for Engineers