Everyday Engineering - Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life by Stephen Ressler

Professor Stephen Ressler's, Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life explains how many everyday products are engineered.  He details the design of a home from the inside out.  Lectures covert electrical distribution, waste water management, drinking water supply, and highway construction. This 36 episode series provides excellent information for anyone who wants to better understand the design and building of modern infrastructure.

I appreciated the clear description of systematic failures in the power grid for the Northeast Blackout of 2003 - Wikipedia.  My daughter and I observed the sagging power lines on a trip to North Dakota on a warm day.  The power lines expand and droop during times when electrical use is high. The details of car construction naturally flow into several sessions on the civil engineering work that goes in the the design of roads, bridges and tunnels.

Everyday Engineering intro - 2 min.

Engineering and Technology in Your World - 29 min.