6/11/2015

5AppsEveryEngineerShouldHave

5AppsEveryEngineerShouldHave
Mon,06/08/20153:57pm
JanineE.Mooney,EditorinChief|@JMooneyWDD
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DuringtheAppleWorldwideDevelopers
ConferenceinSanFrancisco,theAppStore
(@AppStore)tweetedaninterestingstatistic:
"@AppStoreTheaveragepersonhas119
apps.#WWDC15apple.co/live."
Theaveragepersonhas119applicationson
theirphone.Justimaginehowmanytheabove
averagepersonhas.I'mnotsureifthatnumber
isamazingoralarming,butwhateverthecasemaybe,appsarea
thing.Averybigthing.
WATCH:EmergingTest&MeasurementTechinWireless
Communications
Theymakethingseasiertofind,do,see,hear,andsoon.Whichiswhy
weall,apparently,havesomanyofthemdownloadedonourphone.
Nowwhetherweusethemall,well,that'sawholeotherstory.
Withthatsaid,IstartedthinkingofalloftheappsthatItrulydouseon
adailybasis,andhowmanyappsthereareouttherethatcould
makeyourlife,asanengineer,abiteasier.
(Oh,andforallofyouAndroidusers,I'veputtogetheranicelistfor
you,too:5AndroidAppsEveryEngineerShouldHave.)
1.AIAAAerospaceDesignEngineersGuide
DevelopedbyAmericanInstituteofAeronautics

andAstronauticsInc.,theappisanauthoritative
resourceforusebyaerospaceprofessionalsduring
designinceptionanddevelopment.Theappprovides
everydayreferencefromyourdevice.Itsroleisto
serveasaspecializedpurpose,infieldtoolusedby
designengineerstoperformbackoftheenvelope/roughorderof
magnitudeestimatesandcalculationsforearlypreliminaryand
conceptualaerospacedesign.

2.MechanicalEngineer
DevelopedbyMultiEducatorInc.,MechanicalEngineer
isagreattoolforanyengineer.Theapphasover300
mechanicalengineeringformulas,aswellasover300
conversionformulasintheprogram.Withover70
majorareascovered,includingactuatorsbearings,
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heattransfer,kineticenergy,andmore,youcanevensaveformulas
andaccessrecent/favoriteformulas.

3.DecibelLossCalculator
Thistool,developedbyiTechTools,calculatespower
lossbetweeninputpowerandoutputpowergiventhe
lossdecibel(dB)betweeninputpowerandoutput
power.Lossiscalculatedasaratiobetweeninput
powerandoutputpower,andasapercentage.The
appcanbeusedintheareaofradio,optical,and
electriccommunications.

4.iCircuit
iCircuitbyK
r uegerSystems,Inc.,isanappfor
designingandexperimentingwith,youguessedit,
circuits.Integratedisasimulationenginethatcan
handleanaloganddigitalcircuitsandfeaturesreal
time,alwaysonanalysis.Useitasyouwouldany
CADprogram:addelements,connectthemtogether,
andsettheirproperties.Withover30elementstobuildyourcircuits,
theapphaseverythingfromsimpleresistors,toswitches,toMOSFETS,
todigitalgates.

5.EngineeringProfessional
EngineeringProfessional,anotherappdeveloped
byMultiEducatorInc.,combinesalloftheformulas
fromtheirformulatorapps.Over650formulasallow
youtodetermineeverythingfromcalculationson
shaftstocalculationonloadsonbeams.Thereare
100conversionformulas,aswellasasectionfor
determiningAreaformulas,andallformulascanbesaved.Some
formulasinclude:ACDC,batteries,BTUconversion,generators,
impedance,andmore.

DidIleaveanygreatengineeringappsout?AreanyoftheappsI've
includedabovetotalfails?Commentbelow,oremailyourcomments
tojanine.mooney@advantagemedia.com.

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