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Additive Manufacturing Boosts Aerospace Applications
Aviation and aerospace have used 3D printing on critical components such as fuel nozzles, engines and ductwork.
Color Meters and Appearance Instruments: Operation and Use
Color measurement instruments are used primarily for determining the color characteristics of objects, imaging input and output devices.
Research Team Strengthens Metal with Nanoparticle Process
To create the metal, the team found a new way to disperse and stabilize nanoparticles in molten metals.
Labor Department Offers Engineering Jobs Outlook
By 2024, the number of biomedical engineering jobs could grow 23% from 22,100 to 27,200. Environmental engineering positions may increase 12% from 55,100 to 61,900.
Ocean Cleanup System Faces First Open-Water Test
The scalable array of floating barriers moves plastics toward the center of the structure, enabling a central platform to extract and store the debris until it is transported to land for recycling.
Venture Set to Market Chinese-Designed Nuclear Power Plant
Hualong One is capitalized at $77 million and will focus efforts on overseas markets.
ASCO Numatics Fluid Automation Solutions for Food & Beverage
ASCO Numatics provides superior fluid automation solutions for engineers, purchasers and managers at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), skid and panel builders, engineering houses, and leading food and beverage plants worldwide.
Honeywell ABP Pressure Sensor Product Overview | Digi-Key Daily
Digi-Key Daily previews Honeywell's ABP pressure sensor series. The ABP board-mount sensors measure 60 millibar up to 10 bar with a total error band of +/- 1.5% FSS and +/- 0.25% FSS lifetime stability.
LNG Exports Marginally Positive for U.S. Economy, Study Says
Increasing the United States' export of liquefied natural gas above 12 Bcf/d would allow the U.S. to continue to provide a competitive advantage for domestic natural-gas-intensive industries relative to their counterparts overseas.
NI VirtualBench: Radically Practical
NI VirtualBench is a radically practical approach to instrumentation. By combining five instruments into one device and integrating with PCs and tablets, VirtualBench is simpler, more convenient, and opens up new possibilities for how you can use benchtop test equipment.
Stratasys Objet500 Connex3 Launch: The World's First Color Multi-material 3D Printer
A game-changer for product design, engineering and manufacturing processes, Stratasys ground-breaking Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer is the world's first 3D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3D printing.
Partners to Develop Graphene Aerospace Apps
The work will develop graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites, an area in which BIAM has advanced the state of research.
Study Explores Motivations of Adult Engineering Students
One strategy to address the national need for engineers, scientists and mathematicians may be to promote the community college transfer pathway to engineering schools.
Ultra-High-Efficiency Solar Energy Cell Created
The design is founded on antenna array principles whereby a wedge prism serves as a continuous phased array coupler to a waveguide.
Vapor-Grown MOFs Could Yield More Powerful Electronics
Just as a smartphone doesn’t like being dropped in water, so electronic devices don’t like the liquid solvent that’s used to grow MOF crystals.
Inorganic Chemicals and Compounds: A World of Applications
Inorganic chemicals and compounds are defined by what they are not; they are not organic in nature, such that anything beyond biological, hydrocarbon, and other similar carbon-based chemicals may be considered inorganic.
Improved Electric Motor Efficiency via Shape Optimization
Researchers applied optimization techniques to an interior permanent magnet brushless electric motor, the kind found in washing machines, computer cooling fans and assembly tools.
Automotive Display Systems to Grow to $18.6b by 2021, IHS Says
Center stack display systems are expected to account for half of all revenue growth, while head-up display systems will boast the strongest revenue CAGR at nearly 21 percent.
Infrastructure Damage From Sinking Land Could Cost California Billions
Land subsidence is largely the result of pumping water from the ground. As aquifers are depleted, the ground sags.
Nissan, BMW to Deploy EV Charging Stations
Charging stations will offer a dual-port 50 kW fast-charging station with both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo connectors.