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10 books engineers should read in 2020
As the world welcomes a new decade, Engineering360 is welcoming a new book list.
“Expertise doesn’t recognize national boundaries”: A conversation with ISA’s Eric Cosman
A chemical engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the process industries, Cosman will be the ISA president throughout 2020, the society's anniversary year.
Design for joining and assembly: Part 1
The acronym DFM, design for manufacturing, is a relatively familiar one. DFx is a broader term encompassing varying design centered goals such as design for quality (DFQ), design for casting, design for forging or design for maintenance, among others.
Tech tips for welding magnesium — Part 1: Preheating and surface prep
To produce a sound weld, precautions must be taken to account for magnesium's low melting point, high thermal expansion coefficient and high oxidation potential.
Tech tips for welding magnesium — Part 2: Shielding and filler requirements
Part 2 of Welding Digest's two-part series on magnesium welding.
Welding Digest’s reader picks for 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, Welding Digest is highlighting its most popular topics for the year.
The biggest management trends of the 2010s: Remote teams, diversity and more
Virtual teams are becoming the norm, and design work is seeing the light.
A look back on the decade’s biggest engineering management trends
As the decade closes, take a look back to identify its biggest emerging engineering management trends — from degrees and data to responsibility and remote teams.
Custom HVAC systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
Our custom HVAC systems meet customer needs in temperature control, humidity regulation and filtration.
Undetected hydrogen gas is suspected in fatal plant explosion
A few minutes before the fatal explosion, workers told the CSB that the operator making EM 652 began yelling, apparently concerned by a problem developing in the chemical process.
2019 was a record year for supertall buildings
The tallest building to complete in 2019 was the Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, at 530 m. It is now tied for the third-tallest building in China.
Testing electron beam welding in nuclear applications
The application of electron beam welding technology to the joining of components in civil nuclear assemblies is being explored by a U.K.-based consortium led by Sheffield Forgemaster.
Cool Idea Award: Healthcare grant from Protolabs spurs a pair of creative feeding tube inventions
The MedStar Health device improves NICU feeding while the Cleveland Clinic Innovations' feeding tube enhances quality of life for patients.
MOFs effectively capture carbon from wet flue gas
A data mining approach was used to identify MOF materials and structures that maintain CO2 selectivity in the presence of water.
The underlying goals of preventive maintenance
The primary goal of preventive maintenance is to avoid machine breakdowns, but it is not the only goal.
Watch: Design flaw, rules loophole cited in fatal helicopter accident
The tail of the front passenger’s harness tether caught on the helicopter’s fuel shutoff lever, resulting in a loss of engine power at an altitude of 1,900 feet.
Hydraulic repair services
Radwell provides quality repair services for hydraulic components including motors, pumps, actuators, valves, servo valves and cylinders.
How the circular economy may save us from drowning in plastic
Top name brands, large manufacturers and startups are stepping up to solve the plastic waste problem.
Electrospun membranes improve brain cancer treatment
Multi-layered membranes composed of core-sheath fibers were formed as nanomesh discs, loaded with a chemotherapy drug and tested in rodent models.
Video: Low-cost bioprinter speeds tissue engineering
A $2,000 bioprinter engineered at the University of Alabama represents a low-cost option for printing scaffold-free, functional tissues.