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Published Atlas of Engineering case studies archive with 10 entries across 7 disciplines, organized for browsing by branch.

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Aerospace Engineering

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  1. CAS Apollo 13 Systems Recovery Case Study Engineering case study of Apollo 13 systems recovery covering oxygen tank failure, fuel-cell power loss, lunar-module lifeboat operations, resource margins, contingency procedures, trajectory recovery, and reentry risk.
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Civil and Construction Engineering

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  1. CAS Tacoma Narrows Bridge Case Study Engineering case study of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse covering aeroelastic instability, torsional motion, structural flexibility, wind-tunnel evidence, failure investigation, and long-span bridge design practice.
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Computer Engineering

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  1. CAS Embedded Watchdog and Fault Recovery Case Study Case study of an embedded motor controller fault-recovery redesign, covering watchdog timing, scheduler blocking, flash logging, safe outputs, reset diagnosis, brown-out behavior, communication faults, and validation evidence.
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Mathematical Engineering

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  1. CAS Digital Twin Model Validation Case Study Case study of validating a heat exchanger digital twin before maintenance action, covering data contracts, heat-balance checks, residuals, uncertainty, sensor drift, model gates, and decision evidence.
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Mechanical Engineering

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  1. CAS Thermal Runaway and Cooling Failure Case Study Case study of a thermal runaway and cooling failure in an electronics and battery-adjacent system, covering heat generation, cooling degradation, sensor evidence, derating, protection, failure modes, and validation lessons.
  2. CAS Watt Governor Case Study A case study of the centrifugal governor used on steam engines, showing how mechanical feedback regulates speed and why stability, delay, friction, and loop gain matter.
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Energy Engineering

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  1. CAS AI Data Center Grid Connection Case Study Case study of an AI data center grid connection covering large electrical load, substation capacity, power quality, cooling demand, staged energization, resilience, and operations.
  2. CAS Grid-Forming Inverter Case Study Case study of a grid-forming inverter in a microgrid, covering islanding, battery reserve, PV coordination, motor starting, current limits, protection changes, black start, and validation tests.
  3. CAS Renewable Plant Grid Code Compliance Case Study Case study of renewable plant grid code compliance covering point-of-interconnection limits, reactive capability, voltage control, fault ride-through, ramp rate, power quality, telemetry, model validation, and commissioning evidence.