Tech Briefs - March 2020 - Vol. 44 No. 3

Features

• Articles

  Create the Future Contest Idea Saving Lives

  What’s Next in Mobility: WCX 2020 SAE World Congress Experience

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. Lynda Kennedy, Vice President of Education & Evaluation, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA Astronaut

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Renee Bernstein, CEO, Cotronics Corporation

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. Beth Holloway, Director, Women in Engineering Program, Purdue University

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. France A. Córdova, Director, National Science Foundation

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Mary Hardgrove, Assembly Supervisor

  Products of Tomorrow: March 2020

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science

  Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. Christine Valle, Director, Women in Engineering Program, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Products

  New on the Market: March 2020

  Product of the Month: March 2020 Tech Briefs

• Application Briefs

  Optimizing a CubeSat with Architected Materials

• Q&A

  Q&A: Solid Silk - A Biocompatible, Sustainable, Degradable Building Block

• 5 Ws

  5 Ws of PAWS Smart Headphones

• Facility Focus

  Facility Focus: Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tech Briefs

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Trunk Support Assists Those with Spinal Cord Injury

  Spring Drive Fitting

  Bio-Inspired Mechanics to Make Robots More Effective

  Electrically Non-Conductive Ladder Fall Protection

• Materials

  Layered Composite Insulation

  Conductive Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Structural Materials

  Copper Strengthens 3D-Printed Titanium

  Slippery Surfaces Allow Sticky Pastes and Gels to Slide

  Production Method for High-Performance Polymer

  Self-Cleaning, Non-Stick Coating

• Bio-Medical

  Self-Moisturizing, Smart Contact Lenses

  Soft, Conformable Hearing Implants

  Wireless System Powers Devices Inside the Body

  Blood Test Detects Multiple Types of Cancer

  Remote, Noninvasive Cardiac Activity Tracer (RENCAT)

• Electronics & Computers

  Low-Inductance DC Power Bus

  Magnetic Shield Using Proximity Coupled, Spatially Varying Superconducting Order Parameters

  3D Inductor Technology Expands Microchip Capability

  Thin Films of Barium Zirconium Sulfide Offer Exceptional Electronic Properties

  Improved Model Predicts Heat Loss in Gallium Nitride Semiconductors

• Aerospace

  Flap Device for Airframe Noise Reduction

  Insect-Inspired Arms Improve Drones

  Green Jet Fuel Additive Made from Acetone Plus Light

  High-Performance, Piezoelectric, Hybrid Synthetic Jet Actuators

  Sensor Uses Microwaves to Determine Real-Time Ice Accumulation

  Multi-Objective Flight Control Optimization Framework

• Briefs

  NASA Space Data Can Cut Disaster Response Times, Costs

  Researchers Generate Terahertz Laser with Laughing Gas

• Applications

  Challenges for Lidar Software

• Articles

  Fiber Lasers for Powertrain Welding Applications

  Shortwave Infrared Cameras for High-Temperature Manufacturing and R&D Processes

• Products

  New Products: March 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology

• Technology Leaders

  3D Scanning Inspection

  Spectral Sensitivity Curves of Cameras

  Vision-Based System Validates Driver Monitoring

• Briefs

  Researchers Create Nanoscale Sensors to Better See How High Pressure Affects Materials

  Stretchable Wireless Sensor Could Monitor Healing of Cerebral Aneurysms

  New Solution to Elderly Falls: Drones, Smartphones and Sensors

  Oxygen Sensor for Sick Infants

• Articles

  For Power-Efficient Wireless Sensing, Start with Analog Processing

  Understanding the Implications of 5G Cellular

• Applications

  IMU Contributions to Navigation and Safety for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles

  Harness Wireless IoT Sensors for Integrated Building Management

  Multiple Sensors Aid in Development of an Electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

• Products

  New Products: March 2020 Sensor Technology