Announcing the Winners of the Rising Star Awards 2024

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Women in Engineering: Rising Star Awards 2024! Read on to find out who won.

Folding NASA Experience into an Origamist’s Toolkit

How an engineer who holds dozens of patents for optoelectronics —technology that combines light and electricity — became one of world’s leading figures at the intersection of math and paper folding.

Solving The Doping Problem: Enhancing Performance in Organic Semiconductors

Physicists at the University of Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory have discovered two new ways to improve organic semiconductors by removing more electrons from the...

Precision Sensors: An Innovative Future for Agriculture

In the summer of 2022, growers in North Carolina were alarmed to find a new variant of the Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV). Transmitted by insects called thrips and resistant to...

Is that a Smartphone or Microscope in Your Pocket? It's Both!

Researchers have demonstrated that their smartphone-based digital holographic microscope can capture, reconstruct, and display holograms in almost real time.

Product of the Month

See the product of the month, Endress+Hauser's FieldGate SWG50, a new WirelessHART gateway primed for secure communication from your field devices. Read on to learn more.

Products of Tomorrow

See the products of tomorrow, including a new technology developed by KAUST that can help researchers consistently extract liters of water out of thin air each day without needing regular manual maintenance; a motion sensor so precise it could minimize the nation’s reliance on global positioning satellites; and an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds.

New on the Market

See what's new on the market, including the posirot® PRAS20 angle sensor from ASM; PCIe Designer from Keysight Technologies; a new testing procedure from Würth Elektronik; Advanced Energy's new hardware accessory for its high-power supplies, PowerPro Dongle; and Eggtronic's family of EPIC mixed-signal power conversion controller ICs.

A Robotic Hip Exoskeleton to Help Stroke Patients Regain Stride

New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst pushes forward the bounds of stroke recovery with a unique robotic hip exoskeleton, designed as a training tool to improve walking function. This invites the possibility of new therapies that are more accessible and easier to translate from practice to daily life. Read on to learn more.

Electrochemical Sensors Based on Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Researchers at NASA Ames Research Center developed an electrochemical, bead-based biological sensor based on Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) combining a magnetic concentration of signaling molecules and electrochemical amplification using wafer-scale fabrication of microelectrode arrays. Read on to learn more.

A New Hydrogel to Regrow Damaged Heart Tissue

University of Waterloo Chemical Engineering Researcher Dr. Elisabeth Prince teamed up with researchers from the University of Toronto and Duke University to design the synthetic material made using cellulose nanocrystals, which are derived from wood pulp. The material is engineered to replicate the fibrous nanostructures and properties of human tissues. Read on to learn more.

Portable COVID Test Delivers Fast, Accurate Results

A new coronavirus test can get accurate results from a saliva sample in less than 30 minutes. Many of the components of the handheld device used in this technology can be 3D printed, and the test can detect as little as one viral particle per 1-μL drop of fluid. Read on to learn more.

HYPERFIRE: A Sub-Scale Non-Reacting Flow Test System

Engineers at NASAs Stennis Space Center have developed the HYdrocarbon Propellants Enabling Reproduction of Flows in Rocket Engines (HYPERFIRE), a sub-scale, non-reacting flow test system. HYPERFIRE uses heated ethane to enable physical simulation of rocket engines powered by a broad range of propellants in an inexpensive, accurate, and simple fashion. Read on to learn more.

Empowering Health Professionals with On-the-Spot 3D-Printed Tests

McGill University researchers have made a breakthrough in diagnostic technology, inventing a ‘lab on a chip’ that can be 3D-printed in just 30 minutes. The chip has the potential to make on-the-spot testing widely accessible. Read on to learn more.

New High-Performance Ultrafast Lasers That Fit on a Fingertip

In a newly published paper in the journal Science, researcher Qiushi Guo demonstrated a novel approach for creating high-performance, ultrafast lasers on nanophotonic chips. His work centers on miniaturizing mode-lock lasers. Read on to learn more.

A Powerful Vision-Based Autonomy Alternative to LiDAR, Radar, GPS

Southwest Research Institute has developed off-road autonomous driving tools with a focus on stealth for the military and agility for space and agriculture clients. The vision-based system pairs stereo cameras with novel algorithms, eliminating the need for LiDAR and active sensors. Read on to learn more.

New Technique Could Improve GPS Navigation Devices

For the first time, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Applied Research Laboratories and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have formed a radio interferometer between a GPS antenna and receiver and a large radio telescope. Read on to learn more about the new technique.

Molecular Highway for Electrons in OLEDs

Now, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has developed a new material concept that could allow efficient blue OLEDs with a strongly simplified structure. Read on to learn more.

A New Microelectronic Device Uses Less Power than Current Memory Technologies

A research team has created an innovative microelectronic device that can potentially function as a sustainable, high-performance “bit-switch.” This paves the way for future computing technologies to process data much faster while using significantly less energy. Read on to learn more.

Smaller Skin-Like Stretchable Electronics for Wearables

Researchers at Stanford have been working on skin-like, stretchable electronic devices for over a decade. Recently, they presented a new design and fabrication process for skin-like integrated circuits that are five times smaller and operate at one thousand times higher speeds than earlier versions. Read on to learn more about it.

Simplified Motion Control

High-performance servo motion is now more affordable and accessible than ever due to integrated controllers, making the technology viable even for applications, which could not formerly support the cost or complexity of traditional implementations. Read on to learn more.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Sustainability

Riddhi Padariya, Senior Controls Engineer, Heirloom Carbon Technologies Inc. from Brisbane, California, is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Sustainability.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Medical

Dr. Asha Parekh, CEO and Co-Founder, Front Line Medical Technologies from Ontario, Canada, is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Medical.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Medical

Oonagh Hassett, Program Manager, Symphysis Medical from Galway, Ireland, is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Medical.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Manufacturing

Stephanie de Boissieu, Vice President General Manager, Factory Automation, Emerson from Niedersachsen, Germany is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Manufacturing.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Manufacturing

Jessica Polkinghorn, Senior Manager, Apple Inc. from Cupertino, California, is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Manufacturing.

Rising Star Award Winner 2024: Electronics

Dr. La’Quata Sumter, Professor, Devry University in Leesburg, Georgia, is the 2024 Rising Star Award Winner for Electronics.