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Tag: Mechanical Engineering
Stanford engineers create shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot
Advances in soft robotics could someday allow robots to work alongside humans, helping them lift heavy objects or carrying them out of danger. As a step toward that future, Stanford University researchers have developed a new kind of soft robot…
Soft robot, unplugged
A new, human-scale soft robot can move untethered and navigate human environments
Wireless, skin-mounted sensors monitor babies, pregnant women in the developing world
Soft, flexible devices are being tested, evaluated in Ghana, India, Kenya and Zambia
Patient-friendly brain imager gets green light toward first prototype
Quantum sensor enables flexible, wearable design
Leaf-inspired surface prevents frost formation
New design could conserve energy used for defrosting airplanes, appliances and more
Engineering Professor Dereje Agonafer receives alumni award from Howard University
Howard University honors a Maverick
Donald Rockwell elected Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIAA recognizes Lehigh University MechE professor’s insights and novel experimentation in the study of “unsteady aerodynamic flows and structural interactions”
UNIST and JDC sign MoU for research collaboration
The signing ceremony of MoU between UNIST and Jeju Free International City Development Center took place on January 15, 2020.
Super magnets from a 3D printer
Research team develops a method for producing specially designed magnets
Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions
NASA funding will support UArizona teams working on ways to harvest water and produce crops in space.
New aerial image dataset to help provide farmers with actionable insights
Enabling agricultural pattern analysis to improve decision-making and maximize yields
Bath engineer wins national technology award
The annual national awards programme celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) industries and recognises their role in inspiring and supporting the next generation. Professor McManus, Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable & Circular…
Bath engineer wins national technology award
The annual national awards programme celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) industries and recognises their role in inspiring and supporting the next generation. Professor McManus, Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable & Circular…
High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles
A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn State’s Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center. Electric vehicle batteries typically require a tradeoff between…
High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles
A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn State’s Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center. Electric vehicle batteries typically require a tradeoff between…
UTA associate professor named fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Adnan honored by engineering society
Father, son bond over engineering a record-smashing roadster
For the past eight years, Sandia National Laboratories manager Joel Wirth has been working afterhours in his home garage with his crew chief — his father, Jack Wirth, a retired electrical engineer from Sandia. Together, they’ve built one of the fastest 1927 Model T roadsters in the world.
Trio of female mechanical engineering professors to lead new research centers
Three professors from the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) have been selected as the directors of newly announced research centers at the University, where they will continue to make tangible impacts in research and grow the representation of women in STEM leadership.
Hannah Dailey receives NSF CAREER award for virtual mechanical test for bone healing
Lehigh University MechE professor’s approach holds promise for avoiding nonunions, which carry risks of depression, opioid abuse; award also supports her work in building pipeline for women in orthopedics
Institute of Railway Research officially receives the Queen’s anniversary prize
A TEAM of researchers and engineers at the University of Huddersfield whose mission is to future-proof the rail network by making innovations in track, rolling stock and safety have been awarded one of the most coveted honours in Higher Education,…
Hannah Dailey receives NSF CAREER award for virtual mechanical test for bone healing
Lehigh University MechE professor’s approach holds promise for avoiding nonunions, which carry risks of depression, opioid abuse; award also supports her work in building pipeline for women in orthopedics
Institute of Railway Research officially receives the Queen’s anniversary prize
A TEAM of researchers and engineers at the University of Huddersfield whose mission is to future-proof the rail network by making innovations in track, rolling stock and safety have been awarded one of the most coveted honours in Higher Education,…
Kessler researchers test trunk-strengthening program for hemiplegia post stroke
Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., will conduct a pilot study of the AllCore360º device for improving core strength, posture and balance in individuals with hemiplegia following chronic stroke
Army awards grants to eight universities to tackle modernization challenges
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The U.S. Army awarded grants to eight academic teams from diverse scientific fields to develop disruptive solutions to some of the most promising challenges important to Army modernization. The teams will study topics including adversarial…
Kessler researchers test trunk-strengthening program for hemiplegia post stroke
Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., will conduct a pilot study of the AllCore360º device for improving core strength, posture and balance in individuals with hemiplegia following chronic stroke
Army awards grants to eight universities to tackle modernization challenges
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The U.S. Army awarded grants to eight academic teams from diverse scientific fields to develop disruptive solutions to some of the most promising challenges important to Army modernization. The teams will study topics including adversarial…
Turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new device to help homeowners cut electricity bills could also provide more efficient and safer cooling options for companies and vehicles. Purdue University researchers developed their device to decrease energy consumption of the vapor-compression heat…
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis
Turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new device to help homeowners cut electricity bills could also provide more efficient and safer cooling options for companies and vehicles. Purdue University researchers developed their device to decrease energy consumption of the vapor-compression heat…
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis
MTU Crew Goes BIG for NASA’s Lunar Projects
NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge funds eight university teams to work on lunar payloads and study the Moon’s darkest reaches. A student team at Michigan Technological University takes their rover technology to the “dark side”. Not for evil — the polar craters…
Swarming robots avoid collisions, traffic jams
New algorithm could help control self-driving cars, automated warehouses
Swarming robots avoid collisions, traffic jams
New algorithm could help control self-driving cars, automated warehouses
Tumor blood vessel detection by a gripping force feedback system
Background During neuroendoscopic surgery of, for example, brain tumors, the characteristics of the operating space, usually narrower than that of other endoscopic surgery, are determined by visual inspection through the endoscope. However, when bleeding occurs, the surgical site is covered…
Montana State engineering researcher wins NSF CAREER award
BOZEMAN — In the engineer’s world, vibration is usually a bad thing. It means that something is loose, out of balance or unexpectedly catching the wind, that energy is being wasted or a part is being damaged. Engineers usually try…
Tumor blood vessel detection by a gripping force feedback system
Background During neuroendoscopic surgery of, for example, brain tumors, the characteristics of the operating space, usually narrower than that of other endoscopic surgery, are determined by visual inspection through the endoscope. However, when bleeding occurs, the surgical site is covered…
Montana State engineering researcher wins NSF CAREER award
BOZEMAN — In the engineer’s world, vibration is usually a bad thing. It means that something is loose, out of balance or unexpectedly catching the wind, that energy is being wasted or a part is being damaged. Engineers usually try…
Slithering snakes on a 2D plane
Snakes help Hopkins engineers design search and rescue robots
Cyber researchers at Ben-Gurion University fool autonomous vehicle systems with phantom images
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…February 18, 2020 – Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have found that they can cause the autopilot on an autonomous vehicle to erroneously apply its brakes in response to “phantom” images projected…
Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst survival rates among cancers. Patients can expect as low as a 9% chance to live for at least five years after being diagnosed. Going back in time to observe…
In acoustic waves, engineers break reciprocity with ‘spacetime-varying metamaterials’
The NSF-sponsored research could have implications in communications, medicine and other fields
WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs
French Adrian helmet suggests simple geometry may save brains from overhead blasts
Low-cost ‘smart’ diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
Design combines a common diaper material with RFID technology
Longstanding flaw in sensor readings could lead to heating and cooling design errors
Standard comfort measurements used to design buildings’ heating and cooling systems share a common flaw, according to new research. The researchers said the findings could mean that designers have relied on inaccurate measurements for decades when building their systems. In…
WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs
French Adrian helmet suggests simple geometry may save brains from overhead blasts
Low-cost ‘smart’ diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
Design combines a common diaper material with RFID technology
Longstanding flaw in sensor readings could lead to heating and cooling design errors
Standard comfort measurements used to design buildings’ heating and cooling systems share a common flaw, according to new research. The researchers said the findings could mean that designers have relied on inaccurate measurements for decades when building their systems. In…
Sea lions could point the way to monitor riverbed erosion
A recent research study conducted by City, University of London’s Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team, has revealed a novel correlation in the way sealions and rats use their whiskers, which paves the way for the online-monitoring underwater events which…
NSF recognizes Ganesh Balasubramanian with CAREER award
Lehigh University MechE professor utilizes supercomputing to facilitate the successful manufacture of multi-principal element alloys