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Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Anne F. Booth, Owner/President, Booth Scientific Sterilization and Quality System Professionals

Booth offers advice to other women looking to work in biomedical engineering and science.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Ulkuhan Guler, Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"The transition from the design stage of an idea to the test stage is a fantastic feeling," says Guler.

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The 4040/40 formulation includes two LyoTec® stopper designs — 13 and 20 mm — with a versatile universal

SAE Symposium Covers New Approaches in Thermal Management

Vehicle thermal management, once almost exclusively about safely rejecting powertrain heat, continues to evolve to dealing with two extremes in operation of battery electric...

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Robyn Meurant, Executive Director, Regulatory Services, IVDs and Medical Devices, NSF International

Meurant shares her most rewarding accomplishment as an engineer in the medical industry.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Principal Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences

A chemistry teacher made Tkatchouk believe that any molecule could be created by working hard in the lab.

Quadricycle AV Pod Pops Open in London

Mobility “pods” regularly pop up in the automated-driving universe and the latest is a quadricycle prototype called MOTIV, claimed by its creators to “break the mold for future mobility...

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Maryam Zahabi, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University

Zahabi's passion to understand human behavior led her to a career in industrial and systems engineering.

Researcher Finds Promising Patterns in ‘Explosive’ Rotating Detonation Engine

University of Washington engineer James Koch observed patterns in a promising, but often-unpredictable rocket part: The rotating detonation engine.

Driver-Monitoring Systems to Be as Common as Seat Belts

Regulators across the globe, most notably in Europe, are calling for driver-monitoring systems to become standard vehicle-safety equipment. The ability for a vehicle to combine...

‘Wristwatch’ Monitors Body Chemistry to Boost Athletic Performance, Prevent Injury

A device the size of a wristwatch can monitor an individual’s body chemistry to help improve athletic performance and identify potential health...

New Technology Could Speed Treatment of Respiratory Diseases

A radical noninvasive technology can be used to diagnose respiratory lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and lung cancer, and potentially fast-track treatments for patients.

MRI Tool Diagnoses Difficult Cases of Ovarian Cancer

A new MRI tool can identify cases of ovarian cancer that are difficult to diagnose using standard methods. The tool has produced encouraging results in a clinical study and its impact on...

Aerion Taps Siemens’ Xcelerator Portfolio to Enable Next-Generation Global Transportation Networks

Aerion Supersonic in Reno, Nevada, is developing supersonic aircraft – modern air vehicles capable of traveling faster than the speed of...

A.I. Method Could 'Supercharge' Electric Vehicle Battery Development

Advances in electric vehicle batteries have often been limited by the enormous bottleneck of evaluation times. At each stage of the battery development process, new...

Inspection and Simulation Methods: Powdered Metal and Additive Manufacturing

How does testing a metal 3D-printed part compare to testing a casted one? That's the elephant in the room, says industry pro Kevin Brigden.

Continental's Lidar in a Flash

A precise three-dimensional profile of a vehicle’s surroundings is a fundamental prerequisite for automated driving. A new high-resolution 3D flash lidar (HFL) sensor developed for use at close range – 50...

A Solution for Ice-Free Sensors

Sensor surfaces that are exposed to weather need to be kept clean so that ADAS and autonomous driving systems can function safely. Ice build-up in cold conditions is of particular concern, but Canatu thinks it...

Porcupines Inspire 4D-Printed Microneedles that Could Replace Shots

New 4D-printed microneedles could one day eliminate the need for painful hypodermic needles to deliver shots, inject drugs, and get blood samples, according to Rutgers...

Electrospinning Better Cell Scaffolds to Fight Cancer

Biomedical engineers at Michigan Technological University are using electrospun synthetic polymers to build scaffolds for cancer tumor research, removing the need for animal testing. An...

Rain Power: Droplet-Based Energy Generator Lights Up 100 LEDs

An energy breakthrough from the City University of Hong Kong finds power in a single drop of water – up to 140 volts, in fact.

FCC Actions, Incompatible Options Muddy V2X Outlook

Vehicle-to-vehicle/infrastructure (V2X) communications often is touted as a critical technology for automated driving and even to derive the utmost benefit from advanced driver-assistance...

Foretellix Building Precise Software Language for Validating Self-Driving Scenarios

The auto industry is under increasing pressure to prove that autonomous vehicles (AV) can be safe. But before AV manufacturers can begin to establish the...

Sensor Tests Moon Landing Technology

GPS is used every day to navigate on Earth. As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024, new laser-based technology will safely and precisely navigate astronauts to their destination.