KMODDL - KMODDL is a collection of mechanical models for teaching the principles of kinematics--the geometry of pure motion. The core of KMODDL is the Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms and Machines, an important collection of 19th-century machine elements held by Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Demonstrate with searching for a spiral pump. Display movie.
Exercise - Look for a kinematic model that with an intemittent mechanism. Where was this technology used?
Cornell Daily Sun is available back to 1880 at http://iarchives.library.cornell.edu/. Current issues are at http://www.cornellsun.com/. Show how to find a news item on lake source cooling. Can you find the article on "not enough water for Cornell's hydroelectric power plant? What year was the power plant built?
DSPACE - Cornell University's digital repository of scholarly information. Demonstrate engineering education for a article on the history of engineering at Cornell. It's located in the publication Cornell Engineering Quarterly, a good source of information about the college. Can you find an article on the Sundial, which was built in the middle of the engineering quad?
Patent Searching - Cornell has many important inventors, including Wilson Greatbatch (implantable pacemaker), Willis Carrier (air conditioning), Robert S. Langer (biomedical applications of polymers), and Leroy Grumman. Several Cornell inventors have been elected Cornell entrepeneur of the year at http://epe.cornell.edu. Search MicroPatent in the Library Catalog and demonstrate a Thomas Edison search. Ezra Cornell is an inventor as well as a founder of Cornell University. Using MicroPatent, what did he invent in 1844?
What invention is Leroy Grumman known for?
Tip - In MicroPatent, search inventor names like this example: hawkins_jeffrey_c* unless you are searching pre-1971 patents, then search in large box only - thomas near3 edison. Make sure you have the proper dates selected.
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