Engineering the America’s Cup: Flying on Water
From majestic wooden schooners to today’s muscular and high-performance catamarans, the America’s Cup charts new waters in technology-driven racing design.
article/engineering-americas-cup-flying-water3D Printing Prep Gets into Shape
Preparing models for 3D printing is no longer heavy lifting, but it’s still not as simple as it looks.
article/3d-printing-prep-gets-shapeManufacturers Shape Augmented Reality’s Future
The augmented reality functional requirements will be made publicly available on the AREA site and future efforts include reviews of current AR hardware and software solutions against the benchmark.
article/manufacturers-shape-augmented-realitys-futureAVP3: Sounding the Call for Acoustic Simulation
Five companies and three research institutions are collaborating on an attempt to virtualize acoustic representations of products and production processes so teams can do the earliest possible evaluation and optimization of their auditory characteristics.
article/avp3-sounding-call-acoustic-simulationResearchers Take Aim at Design and Manufacturing Costs
A team of researchers at Penn State, industry and other universities is developing an advanced framework that will allow engineers to share engineering data and leverage design and manufacturing-related knowledge throughout the entire product lifecycle.
article/researchers-take-aim-design-manufacturing-costsAutonomous Vehicle Consortium Steers Toward One-Stop Test Platform
The ADAS IIT (Innovation in Test) collaboration plans to create a scalable, future-proof ADAS test solution based on the National Instruments hardware and software platform.
article/autonomous-vehicle-consortium-steers-towards-one-stop-test-platformStudents Get Hands Dirty With Integrated Product Design
By tasking students to evaluate a product from a real-world market forces standpoint, they are forced to consider product design trade-offs between feature set, price, market share, aesthetics and usability.
article/students-get-hands-dirty-integrated-product-designFestival of Engineering Fun
The ASME E-Fests are three-day, two night events that queue up a variety of activities to immerse engineering students in innovation.
article/festival-engineering-funESTECO Pitches VOLTA As Engineering Hub
The new VOLTA platform, an evolution of its SOMO (Service Oriented Multidisciplinary Orchestration) offering, is a web-based collaboration environment designed to help enterprise engineering organizations leverage knowledge and processes.
article/esteco-pitches-volta-engineering-hubStudent Competitions Provide an Out of Classroom Engineering Curriculum
Student competitions prepare up-and-comers with the hands-on experience necessary to meet the challenges of next-generation engineering.
article/student-competitions-provide-classroom-engineering-curriculumWind Turbines Buoyed By Public-Private Partnerships
The partners plan to explore new developments in thermoplastic materials with the goal to lower wind turbine production costs, improve recyclability and expand applicability.
article/wind-turbines-buoyed-by-public-private-partnershipsMSC Software Becomes Part of the Hexagon Family
The $834 million deal, the biggest for Hexagon since it snapped up engineering software provider Intergraph for $2.1 billion in 2010, was positioned as a move to create a portfolio of offerings that connect design and production.
article/msc-software-becomes-part-of-the-hexagon-familyMorphing Wing Design Lays Groundwork for Soft Robotics
MIT/NASA collaboration on a flexible aircraft wing structure showcases the potential of digital materials and advanced manufacturing techniques for soft robotics applications.
article/morphing-wing-design-lays-groundwork-for-soft-roboticsSAP and UPS Accelerate Vision for On-Demand Manufacturing
The initiative promises to deliver an end-to-end digital manufacturing process and network to help manufacturers leverage 3D printing technologies more broadly and efficiently.
article/sap-and-ups-accelerate-vision-for-on-demand-manufacturingMIT 3D Graphene Material Opens Up Lightweighting Possibilities
The strength targets achieved via the usual geometric configuration opens the door to using a similar process to create other lightweight, strong materials.
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