Features
Recycling Goes Intelligent
Armed with artificial intelligence, robots are working in recycling facilities to address contamination, safety, and manpower issues
Transforming the Grid
Engineers at the FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University are developing solid-state transformers that promise to make the electrical grid more reliable and facilitate renewable energy such as wind and solar
Down with the Dam
Old dams are being taken down around the country for environmental and safety reasons. In Massachusetts, the story of the Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir Dam removal project shows the complexities involved and the opportunities for engineers.
Translating to Soft Tissue
Mechanical engineers help with knee injuries by developing computational models to characterize ligaments.
Farming Goes 3-Dimensional
Vertical farming offers opportunities to grow more crops on a smaller footprint, especially in urban areas. It also presents unique educational opportunities.
Engineering Solutions: Can you have too many solar photovoltaics in Hawaii?
In the state of Hawaii, rooftop solar panels are popping up everywhere. On the island of Oahu, where most of the state’s population lives, roughly 12 percent of utility customers have rooftop solar, compared to an average of 0.5 percent in the mainland United States.
Fuel-Efficient Trucks Coming Down the Road
Nigel Clark, the George B. Berry Chair of Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) has a birds-eye view of heavy-duty truck technology and sees the advances made in tractor-trailers.
Tainted Water
A chemical spill in West Virginia highlights the role engineers play in disasters
Manufacturing Breakthrough
Serves Up Advanced Computerized Mechanical Engineering
Nothing Runs Like a Precision Farming System
John Deere engineers apply high technology such as GPS to farming, improving efficiency and reducing costs and environmental impact