We've asked the faculty and staff of MSOE to tell us about the websites they like to visit for fun, for research and for gathering information. Check out the recommendations!
| Recommended Website Categories | |
| Economics |
| IDEAS: Economics and Finance Research |
| Engineering |
| Stanford Engineering Everywhere |
| Energy and the Environment |
| Energy Information Administration - official energy statistics from the U.S. Government, recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| Environmental Building News from BuildingGreen.com, recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| US Environmental Protection Agency recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| Life cycle inventory database from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| Facts and Figures |
| U.S. Census Bureau recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| Faculty Development |
| Teaching Tips from the Honolulu Community College, garish, but a darn good summary of teaching resources, recommended by Larry Korta |
| Journals on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education University of Illinois compilation of on-line journals on Effective Teaching, recommended by Larry Korta |
| Strategies for Improving Teaching and Learning National Resource Center for First Year Students and Students in Transition, recommended by Larry Korta |
Resources in Science and Engineering Education Richard Felder's homepage, recommended by Larry Korta
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| NACADA website of the National Academic Advising Association, all things related to academic advising, recommended by Larry Korta |
| Edutopia George Lucas Foundation publication directed to K-12, what our students can expect from us, recommended by Larry Korta |
| Information Commons |
| Connexions An environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. This site contains educational materials for everyone-from children to college students to professionals- organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons "attribution" license. recommended by Vice President, Dr. Frederick Berry |
| Creative Commons A nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build on the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. They provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. recommended by Vice President, Dr. Frederick Berry |
| Interesting/Unusual/Eclectic |
| Cooking for Engineers Every single recipe I've tried from this site has been a success. The instructions include photos for every step. The site also has reviews and information about cooking tools, all from a friendly and detail-oriented engineering perspective. A fun read. recommended by Lisa Rivero |
| Math |
| American Mathematical Association recommended by Dr. Bruce O'Neill |
| Mathematical Association of America recommended by Dr. Bruce O'Neill |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics recommended by Dr. Bruce O'Neill |
| Mudd Math Fun Facts! hosted by the Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Department, recommended by Dr. Bruce O'Neill |
| News |
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recommended by Dr. Carol Diggelman |
| Fark - It's not news, it's fark! Non-news stories from around the world; recommended by Liz Suelzer |
| Newseum - Front pages of newspapers from all over the world; recommended by Paul Churchill |
| Reference |
| Eformulae Math, Science and Engineering Formulas and Tables |
| Efunda: The Ultimate Online Reference for Engineers |
| Science |
| American Scientist Create a free My AmSci account to request an email notice whenever a specified author, department or discipline appears online. recommended by Harry Rollings |
| Technical Writing and Composition |
| IEEE PCS Podcasts: this series of podcasts aims to advance oral and written communication as a core element of engineering, recommended by Nadya Shalamova |
| KniteCite Citation Service creates free, accurate, and complete bibliographies in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, hosted by Calvin College, recommended by Nadya Shalamova |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics recommended by Dr. Bruce O'Neill |
| Nature and Technology Review articles, videos, and podcasts - covers topics in science, technology, engineering, and environment. Excellent resources for students writing research papers/reports/proposals in technical communication classes, recommended by Nadya Shalamova |
| Videos |
| Cornell's eClips - Cornell's Premiere Video Clip Collection on Entrepreneurship, Business, and Leadership, recommended by Larry Korta |
| NOVA: ScienceNOW A great site for videos on science, available through PBS's Nova website; recommended by Dr. Jeff Blessing |
| TED: Ideas Worth Spreading This site has a collection of wide variety of video presentations (each no longer than 20 minute) on various topics by some of the most talented, intelligent, recommended for the intellectually curious by John Traxler and Nadya Shalamova |