Q&A : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Q&A: Solid Silk - A Biocompatible, Sustainable, Degradable Building Block
Q&A : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Q&A: Electrically Conductive Coated Yarn for Wearable, Washable Fabrics
Q&A : Photonics/Optics
Q&A: A Shape-Morphing, Self-Healing Soft Composite
Q&A : Materials
Q&A: Refrigeration by Twisting Fibers
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Innovative Linear Electrostatic MEMS Actuator
Q&A : Wearables
Q&A: Wearable Motion Sensors Could Save Unborn Babies
Q&A : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Q&A: A Circulatory System for Robots
Robert F. Shepherd is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He is leading a team exploring the use of hydraulic fluids in soft robots to also serve as a source of energy.
Q&A : Aerospace
Q&A: “Neural Lander” Uses AI to Land Drones Smoothly
Soon-Jo Chung is Bren Professor of Aerospace in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science (EAS) at Caltech and research scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He and his team developed a method for using a deep neural network to help autonomous drones “learn” how to land more...
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Power Anomalies Detect Malware in Embedded Systems
Aydin Aysu, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he helped develop a technique for detecting micro-architecture malware that uses a system’s architecture to thwart traditional security...
Q&A : Test & Measurement
Q&A: 3D-Printed Hydrogel Blocks Can Aid Robotics and Diagnostics
Ian Y. Wong, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology at Brown University in Providence, RI. He and colleagues have developed a new type of hydrogel blocks that can be assembled like LEGO®s.
Q&A : Communications
Q&A: NASA's Dr. Mahmooda Sultana Makes Multifunctional Sensors
Dr. Sultana won funding to advance a nanomaterial-based detector platform that can sense environmental parameters from minute concentrations of target gases and vapors, to atmospheric pressure and temperature, and then transmit that data via a wireless antenna — all from the same 3...
Q&A : Materials
Q&A: Texas A&M's Jaime Grunlan Creates a Non-Toxic Flame-Retardant Coating
Texas A&M professor Jaime Grunlan and his team are developing a new flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature that could provide effective fire protection for several widely used materials.
Q&A : Medical
Q&A: Harvard's Siyi Xu Designs All-New Strain and Force Sensors
Working with teams from Harvard, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston Children's Hospital, Siyi Xu developed a soft, non-toxic, wearable sensor that attaches to the hand and measures grasp force and the motion of the hand and fingers. The sensor is designed to identify...
Q&A : Energy
Q&A: Columbia University’s Jyotirmoy Mandal Creates a Cooling Polymer
Mandal, along with Professors Yuan Yang and Nanfang Yu, built upon earlier work demonstrating that many simple plastics and polymers are excellent heat radiators that could be used for passive radiative daytime cooling (PRDC). Their challenge was to get these normally...
Q&A : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Q&A: University of Utah’s Robby Bowles 3D-Prints Cells to Produce Human Tissue
Professor Bowles has developed a method to 3D-print cells to produce human tissue. This replacement tissue can greatly improve the recovery of a person with a badly damaged ligament, tendon, or ruptured disc. Currently, replacement tissue is harvested from another...
Q&A : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Q&A: Rice University's Rouzbeh Shahsavari Creates a Stronger, Lighter Cement
Professor Shahsavari and graduate student Sung Hoon have demonstrated a process for producing a cement that is stronger, lighter, and more durable than the...
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: University of Virginia’s Patrick Hopkins Studies How to Regulate a Material’s Thermal Conductivity
Professor Hopkins and University of Virginia colleagues — in collaboration with materials scientists at Penn State, the University...
Q&A : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Q&A: UCSD's Sheng Xu Builds a Stretchable Health-Monitoring Patch
A team led by UCSD has built a stretchable electronic patch that can be worn on the skin like a bandage and used to wirelessly monitor a variety of physical and electrical...
An international team of university researchers, led by Dr. Taylor, reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells — the intriguing potential...
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed a novel approach to optimizing soft-material 3D printing. The Expert-Guided...
Q&A : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Q&A: MIT's Dr. Yanfei Xu Transforms Heat Insulators into Heat Conductors
Plastics are excellent thermal insulators — a quality that can be an advantage in some applications. But this property is less desirable in products such as plastic...
Researchers at Oregon State University’s College of Engineering have taken an important step toward the rapid manufacture of stretchable electronic...
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Brookhaven's Dr. Yimei Zhu Observes How Lithium Moves Inside Batteries
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed how lithium moves inside individual nanoparticles that make up batteries. The finding could help...
Researchers at Washington State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the University of New Mexico have created a catalyst capable of reducing...
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: N.C. State's Dr. Jingyan Dong Develops New Way to Directly Print Metal Circuits
Researchers from NC State have developed a new technique for directly printing metal circuits, creating flexible, stretchable electronics. The technique can...
Q&A : Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Georgia Tech's Dr. Shannon Yee Demonstrates Simple Biosensors, Powered by Body Heat
Using flexible conducting polymers and novel circuitry patterns printed on paper, researchers in Dr. Yee’s laboratory have demonstrated...
Q&A : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Q&A: Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed, Senior Sensor Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD
Dr. Ahmed and scientists from NIST and American University are researching the use of metal organic frameworks...
Q&A : Test & Measurement
Q&A: Georgia Tech's Dr. Raheem Beyah Develops a Way to Authenticate 3D-Printed Products
Dr. Beyah and a team of researchers from Georgia Tech and Rutgers University have developed a three-layer system to verify that components produced using...
Q&A : Photonics/Optics
Q&A: LLNL's Dr. Manyalibo “Ibo” Matthews Uses Lasers to 3D-Print Large Metal Objects
Dr. Matthews and his team have developed a new laser-based method for 3D printing of large metal objects called Diode-Based Additive Manufacturing...
Dr. Zheng and her team of scientists from Berkeley Lab and Nanyang Technical University in Singapore made metal-organic spongy photocatalysts that convert carbon dioxide...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Small, Precise Gyroscope Navigates Without GPS
Videos: Photonics/Optics
Tactile Robotic Finger Uses Optics for Multicurved Surfaces
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Collaborative Robots vs. Traditional Robots: What's Right for Your Manufacturing Applications
Blog: Power
Answering Your Questions: What Will Drive Growth of Class 8 Electric...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How One Engineer is Supporting the Coronavirus Response with a Hands-Free...
Videos: Software
A.I. Method Could 'Supercharge' Electric Vehicle Battery Development
Question of the Week
Would You Use the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS)?
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Photonics/Optics
High-Powered Directed Energy Laser Projects: Destroy the Target,...
Upcoming Webinars: Photonics/Optics
Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rapid Decompression and Sealed Containers: Why Choose Magnet...
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Advantages of Smart Servo Steppers vs. Smart Brushless Servos
Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Large Cable, Large Problems: Considerations for Innovation