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NSF Awards Funds to Three Engineering Research Centers
Foundation supports 20 ERCs in advanced manufacturing; biotechnology and health care; energy, sustainability and infrastructure; and microelectronics, sensing and IT.
Design for Manufacturability Reduces Product Errors, Total Cost
DFM aims to optimize all functions in the manufacturing process, including fabrication, assembly, test, procurement, shipping, service and repair.
Why Use a 2D Cursor in a 3D World? Computer Cursors Are Going 3D!
Researchers at the University of Montreal say they have developed techniques that enable computer cursors to interact in 3D in single or multiuser, local or remote collaboration scenarios.
Society of Women Engineers Announces Annual Award Winners
The Society of Women Engineers announced the recipients of its annual awards program.
Call for Increased Use of Recycled Materials in Autos
Automotive engineers and manufacturers should consider “simpler” materials over high-performance composites at the initial design stage so that new motor vehicles can be more readily recycled at the end of their lives.
PowerAmerica and Lockheed Martin Partner on Energy Efficient Electronics
Power-efficient microelectronic devices could cut energy loss across the power grid and enhance the performance of future aerospace systems.
How Electro-pneumatic Transducers Operate
Electro-pneumatic transducers convert a current or voltage input into proportional output pressure. They are often paired with valves, pneumatic relays and flow regulators in process control applications.
IHS to Deliver ASME Electronic Stress Tables for Boiler Code
IHS will deliver an interactive online version of the material stress tables, a crucial design and safety component of the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code.
Group Formed to Help Drive China’s Manufacturing Sector
The move is part of China’s “Made in China 2025” campaign to increase its manufacturing abilities, and match competing countries like Germany and Japan.
Cageless Ball Bearings Could Reduce Friction, Company Claims
Autonomous decentralized bearing puts a small indentation, or groove, into the outer bearing race.
UK Faces Engineer Crunch, Royal Academy Says
Call for more female engineers as National Women in Engineering Day is marked on June 23.
Embraer North America Taps Canon Product Design
Embraer North America says it will work with Canon's MREAL System for Mixed Reality to manage next-generation aircraft production activities.
Baidu to Launch Driverless Car Later in 2015, Reports Say
China-based Baidu to compete with web rival Google by offering a different vision of driverless car technology.
FAA Says Tamper-Proof Aircraft Cockpit Not Feasible
U.S. agency says it does not want to introduce design requirements that could expose an airplane to system risks that can lead to cascading failure and fires.
Smaller and Lighter Airbag Debuts in Ford Mustang
New airbag restraint system is part of a safety system that Ford says includes a more robust package of sensors, safety belt anchor pretensioners and improved exterior lighting.
The V8 Engine: Can It Survive Automotive Engineering Innovation?
Media reports have sounded the death knell for the V8 engine, and it can be easy to interpret recent automaker initiatives as the beginning of the end. How can this beloved motor survive to thrill a future generation of power-loving drivers?
British 3D Printer Targets 2017 Release
Components could be built at the rate of one second or less per part.
Chinese Market for Distributed Control Systems Sees Growth Opportunities, IHS Says
Local DCS suppliers are growing faster than the market average as technological gaps close.
How to Select an Automation Systems Integrator
As with any vendor selection, it’s not simply a matter of asking questions, it’s knowing which questions to ask.
EPA Rolls Back Air Emission Exemptions for Industry
A U.S Environmental Protection Agency regulation would roll back exemptions that 36 states have offered—some for years—to industrial facilities, allowing them to exceed without penalties or fines emission limits during startup, shutdown and malfunction periods.