When I started working at an engineering company, I fully understood that performance of an engineer depends on myriad factors. At the same time, I saw these two images in one of Joseph Edward Shigley’s books and saved them.

The distribution of the alloying elements in an alloy steel depends on its composition. Many complex interactions can occur and, …
From the time that ASME’s founders, Henry R. Worthington, Alexander Lyman Holley, and John Edson Sweet, gathered in New York City for the first time in 1880 until today, ASME standards have changed over the years to include new construction …