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Biohybrid and Organic Robotics, Explained

Watch this video to hear Victoria Webster-Wood explain her work in the Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group. The team is creating robots that can safely enter sensitive ecosystems.

Accelerating Climate Modeling with Generative AI

A climate model that combines generative AI and physics data is 25 times faster than the state of the art.

New Siemens Simcenter Updates Elevate Automotive and Aerospace Simulation

Siemens Digital Industries Software recently introduced the latest update to its Simcenter portfolio, delivering advancements in aerostructure analysis, electric...

Blue Ghost Arrives in Lunar Orbit, Prepares for Landing

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander has entered an elliptical orbit around the Moon and captured new images as it prepares for a scheduled landing.

New Commercial Drones and Components Added to Blue UAS Framework

After three days of flight demonstrations at the Blue UAS Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Service evaluators selected 23 platforms and 14 unique...

Mass 3D Printing in Space for the First Time

Auxilium Biotechnologies has successfully deployed its 3D bioprinter aboard the ISS. The platform is the first of its kind, making history by printing eight implantable medical devices simultaneously in just two hours.

How to Determine the Proper Installation of Threaded Inserts in Plastic

The overall performance of a Threaded Insert is highly impacted by the quality of its installation. This video demonstrates how to determine if a Threaded Insert is...

Battery Safety for a Zero-Incident Future

A fire on January 17 gutted what was reportedly the world’s largest battery storage plant in Moss Landing near Monterey, California. The blaze and concerns over air quality damaged by the toxic...

Design and Analysis Software Speeds Up X-59 Aircraft’s Nose Cone Optimization

Collier Aerospace’s design and analysis software enabled Swift Engineering to optimize nose cone structure of X-59 aircraft, designed for quieting sonic booms.

Hydrogen Storage Tank Options: Not Everything Need Look like a Sausage

Since the 1860 Hippomoblie, hydrogen has been a part of powered mobility. Today, most hydrogen storage applications use cylindrical tanks, but other solutions are...

How a Cloud-Based Remote ID System Helps Monitor Random Drone Sightings

Taylor Sinatra, Chief Operating Officer of AeroDefense, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.

Test Your Knowledge About Oscilloscopes

An oscilloscope’s main purpose is capturing information on electrical signals for debugging, analysis, or characterization. The displayed waveform can then be analyzed for properties such as amplitude, frequency, rise time, and myriad others. How much do you know about oscilloscopes? Find out with this quiz.

Growing Lithium for a More Efficient Battery

Carnegie Mellon Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Venkat Viswanathan, discusses growing lithium into certain shapes to create energy-dense batteries. Watch this video to hear more about...

Ascertaining Energy Generation Efficiency of Air-Bridge TPV Cells

Watch this video to learn more about Heat2Power, a new University of Michigan startup by Professors Stephen Forrest and Andrej Lenert. It aims to test the energy generation...

Charging EVs as they Travel on Highways

Purdue University engineers and the Indiana Department of Transportation are working to make it possible for electric vehicles big and small to wirelessly charge while driving on highways. Construction...

In Tariff Talks, Cooler Heads Should Prevail

For my nearly 60-year lifetime, I have had the benefit of being part of a North American Automotive Industry that was, from a production perspective, completely rationalized and optimized. Given...

AI-Driven Manufacturing Efficiency Tool

Qing “Cindy” Chang and her team at the University of Virginia have made a significant advancement in manufacturing technology by developing an AI-driven system that could transform how factories operate. Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), the team has created a more efficient way to optimize manufacturing systems, improving both speed and quality while reducing waste.

New Developers for the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System

Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries have expanded their partnership to drive the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program....

3D Printing Parts for Ships, Submarines and Underwater Vehicles

Additive manufacturing has been a game-changer in helping to create parts and equipment for the Department of Defense’s (DoD's) industrial base. A naval facility in...

DARPA is Transitioning NOM4D from Labs to In-Space Manufacturing Demos

Based on outstanding technical progress by research teams to date, DARPA has pivoted the third and final phase of its NOM4D (pronounced nō- mad) program[1] from planned...

Advanced Silicones for ADAS in Light Vehicles

Today’s ADAS designers are adding more electronic components and redundant computing systems to printed circuit boards (PCBs). These heat-generating electronic assemblies are installed in...

Riding in a Self-Driving Car at 1 of the 10 U.S. AV Proving Grounds

Watch this video to see Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi ride in a self-driving car with engineering faculty and student researchers to cruise the Larson Transportation...

A Digital Teaching Platform for EVs

The Roadmap Platform aims to bridge the gap between modern technological tools and teaching resources. The Center for Digital Curricula is also developing curricula on electric vehicles and mobility to...

Smart Cars Driving on Smart Pavement

Watch this video to learn more about a self-driving car that navigated a curvy Chattanooga street by “listening” to the road’s reflective lane markers. The new chip-enabled raised pavement markers...

Using Embodied Energy to Power Modular Worms and Jellyfish

A modular worm robot built by the Organic Robotics Lab and a jellyfish that was a collaboration with the Archer Group, both in Cornell Engineering, demonstrate the benefits of “embodied energy.”