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Key welding techniques for medical applications
The medical industry’s unique needs also impose constraints on the choice of a welding technique. In particular, a technique needs to adapt to unique part geometries and metallurgy, and must have the ability to make a single spot weld on a small part without introducing an outside material like solder or braze.
Watch: Innovations enable broad deployment of carbon black sensors
With more than 100 custom-built sensors installed across West Oakland for 100 days, a team created what they said is the largest black carbon monitoring network to be deployed in a single city.
Strengthening membranes and cutting energy use for chemical manufacturing
A polymeric material modified with atomic-scale metal oxide networks results in a membrane that can perform chemical separations at a comparatively lower energy consumption level and withstand harsh solvent-rich chemical streams.
Considerations for electropolishing
Electropolishing is an anodic surface treatment of metallic parts. Commonly referred to as "reverse plating," a rectified current and a blended chemical electrolyte bath collectively act to polish and deburr metallic surfaces.
Researchers developing WMD-exposure detector for DARPA
DARPA has awarded ASU $9.1 million to begin work on the device, which will identify WMD-related chemicals within 30 minutes or less through a single drop of the subject's blood.
Army soldiers will soon get facial recognition goggles
The headsets can also provide video streams from personal reconnaissance drones, translate foreign languages into English and take part in virtual training sessions.
What is MQTT?
A quick overview of Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), a lightweight messaging protocol that is ideal for IoT applications.
Technical University of Munich wins fourth SpaceX hyperloop competition
The team achieved a top speed of 288 mph.
Why bother with green manufacturing?
Part 2 and the conclusion of Engineering360's series on green manufacturing.
Portable platform designed to personalize chemotherapy
The device can determine in real time whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are effective for individual cancer patients.
Pancreas-on-a-chip sheds light on cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
The microfluidic device can be used to study cystic fibrosis-related diabetes and glucose imbalance in specific individuals with the condition.
Team created single-use dishware from apples
When testing an apple-based cup, researchers noted that it held up against boiling water and could hold liquid for up to three hours.
Fixing a 50-year-old nuclear mistake
The baseline measurement data used to compare the radioisotope antimony-127 against others is inaccurate.
Research addressing the pitfalls of sodium-ion batteries
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara published results showcasing that hydrogen-induced degradation of sodium-ion batteries is the likely culprit to their shortcomings.
Improve the cooling performance of your molds
Need to figure out your mold-cooling energy requirements for the various polymers you run? What about sizing cooling circuits so they provide adequate cooling capacity? Learn the tricks of the trade here.
Easy index cutter heads with Big Kaiser’s contact grip
The Fullcut Mill Contact Grip is an endmill that permits easy indexing of cutter heads while maintaining excellent rigidity and accuracy.
Eight industries that will need to adapt to automation
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to impact just about every industry, changing how jobs are done and who does them, and making the workplace more efficient and more productive.
How an IIoT system enables remote monitoring of factory processes
A look at how an IIoT network collects and reports process data from sensors throughout a factory for display on remote devices such as smartphones and computers.
Energy Department funds EOR pilot projects
The projects were selected as part of DOE's strategy aimed at increasing ultimate recovery and operational efficiency.
Spotlight on: The chemical engineer
Engineering360's new series of articles turns the spotlight on a prominent engineering field, focusing on what an engineer's job in that industry entails, its outlook and other factors such as professional associations and education.