Evan Fruehauf
Engineering
Welcome to the USF Engineering LibGuide! This comprehensive guide is designed to support students, faculty, and researchers in the field of engineering by providing easy access to essential resources and information. Here, you will find a curated collection of books, academic journals, databases, and other valuable materials to aid your study and research. Whether you are looking for the latest engineering research, need help with citations, or are seeking guidance on how to effectively utilize library resources, this LibGuide has you covered. Explore the various sections to discover tools and tips that will enhance your learning experience and support your academic success in engineering.
Starting Points
Discipline Related Resources
Offers access to a comprehensive collection of databases and repositories tailored to the field of engineering. These resources offer essential information, including academic journals, technical standards, and industry reports, to support research and professional development in various engineering disciplines.Interdisciplinary Resources
Features a curated selection of databases and repositories that bridge multiple fields of study, fostering a holistic approach to research. These resources provide valuable insights and data from diverse disciplines, enabling engineers to explore innovative solutions and collaborate across various domains.Primary Source Repositories
Enables access to a diverse collection of original sources, including government data hubs, newspapers, and local reporting from USF. These resources provide firsthand information and unique perspectives crucial for conducting thorough and informed engineering research.
Upcoming Workshops for Engineers
USF Workshops 4 Researchers
Virtual workshops on a range of tools and techniques supporting the research endeavors of USF researchers across disciplines. Workshops are offered in fall and spring semesters and are not recorded. Instructional material from past workshops are available in our workshop archive.
New Texts for Engineers
The Science of Answering Questions by Call Number: HA35 .S78 2024ISBN: 9781793582508Publication Date: 2023-05-16The Science of Answering Questions: A Statistical Approach introduces students to the process of determining an answer to a question or problem through the collection of information, the use of statistical tools on the information, and reaching a conclusion based on the results. Opening chapters explore the evidence needed to answer the question of interest. Students learn about variables, levels of measurement, populations, samples, and sampling, as well as commonly used and freely available statistical software that can be used in statistical analyses. Additional chapters introduce ways to display and describe information collected from the sample, including summaries, summary tables, and graphs. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are covered. Readers explore descriptors, predictors, point estimation, deviation and variance, probability distributions, and interval estimation.
Sustainable Materials - with Both Eyes Open by Call Number: TA403.6 .A47 2012ISBN: 9781906860059Publication Date: 2012-04-01The book presents a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics etc., but with less impact on the environment. First it's a wake-up call, then it's a solutions manual. The solutions presented here are ahead of the game now. By providing an evidence-based vision of change, the book can play a significant role in influencing our future. The book has been written for: designers; engineers; operations, technical, and business managers; traders; government and NGO officials associated with business, climate, energy, environment, waste, trade and financing. It is relevant to a wide range of industries: energy: steel and aluminium; mining; construction; consulting; manufacturing; transport, automotive, aerospace, marine; architecture.
Global Energy by ISBN: 9780198719526Publication Date: 2015-11-15What energy sources to use and how to ensure their availability is one of the most fundamental policy questions facing human societies today. The choices have many global dimensions and implications, from the geopolitics of energy markets, to energy prices, to the emissions from energy systems and their environmental impacts, including climate change. This book explores in depth the full range of these issues, giving a comprehensive, but relatively concise,account of the energy issues, options and choices that face all countries, and plotting out different potential energy paths with very different technological profiles and implications for energy securityand environmental change. The book concludes with a review of the policies that countries can use in order to influence the way their energy system develops over the crucial decades between now and 2050.
Co-Intelligence by Call Number: QA76.76.E95 M655 2024ISBN: 9780593716717Publication Date: 2024-04-02In Co-Intelligence, Mollick urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher, and coach. He assesses its profound impact on business and education, using dozens of real-time examples of AI in action. Co-Intelligence shows what it means to think and work together with smart machines, and why it's imperative that we master that skill. Mollick challenges us to utilize AI's enormous power without losing our identity, to learn from it without being misled, and to harness its gifts to create a better human future. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking, optimistic, and lucid, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era.
Getting Connected
At USF, each program is assigned at least one Research and Instruction Librarian to help both faculty and students conduct academic research. For the College of Engineering, R&I Librarian Evan Fruehauf is responsible for supporting the academic research students and faculty are conducting. If at any point you don't feel comfortable with a concept or idea, be sure to email your librarians for help. See below for a variety of other ways to get connected to librarians and staff at USF Libraries:
Ask A Librarian Service
Between 10am-8pm, Monday-Friday, get a chance to chat virtually with library professionals who can assist with research and reference questions.
USF Libraries Website
Find a variety of resources, guides, and repositories to help guide your research. Be sure to sign in before using any paywalled databases of any sort.
Stop into the Library
Depending on the day, the USF Library at Tampa Campus can be open up to 24 hours. With caring staff who will happily assist in booking you a study room, showing you around, or helping you find a resource, you'll be in good hands. Be sure to check our hours before you stop in!