ASEPCO Engineers’ Pub—Engineering Resources
Reference Sites
- Metric Conversion Calculator Courtesy of Wilha Tools, a quick no-nonsense input-number-see-result calculator.
- United States Patent Database Fast-search by company or patent number. GREAT help section for searchers.
- Online Encyclopedia, Bartleby.com, a wonderful one-stop reference encyclopedia, fully indexed and easily searchable.
- Digital Realtime Library A home page of sources.
- Digital Clock/Calendars More about time than you need to know.
- Society of Women Engineers SWE is a non-profit educational service.
- Lateral Science A fun site containing things that you should NOT try at home. Sort of "Jackass" for engineers.
Traveling?
- Weather.com Just fill in the city or ZIP code, you’ll get a recent weather update, radar map, and coming week’s weather.
- One-Stop Travel Center Here you can access all the most popular booking sites for travel.
Shopping Sources
- McMaster-Carr These people sell everything.
- Grainger.com This company sells almost everything.
- Harbor Freight This site offers a wide range of tools at great prices.
Industry News
- Biotech News This site has a good wire feed.
- Yahoo!'s Biotech Finance News Good collection of stories, updated hourly.