New Li-Ion Batteries May Last Three Times Longer Than Current Technology
A team of researchers at the University of Texas (UT; Austin, TX) has developed what may be a breakthrough in lithium-ion (li-ion) battery technology for portable devices. Led by 94-year-old John...
View ArticleNew 3D Printing Methods Can Create Shape-Shifting Objects
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) and two other institutions have developed a new 3D printing method to create objects that can permanently transform into a range of...
View ArticleProactively Addressing Cyber Liability and Insurance
In a few short years, many multinational companies have shifted their priorities from preventing cyberattacks altogether to mitigating their damage. For good reason: cybersecurity experts often advise...
View ArticleGraphene-Nanotube Hybrid Boosts Li-Ion Batteries
Lithium metal coats the hybrid graphene and carbon nanotube anode in a battery created at Rice University. The lithium metal coats the 3D structure of the anode and avoids forming dendrites.Scientists...
View ArticlePrinted, Flexible, Rechargeable Battery Powers Wearable Sensors
Rajan Kumar is the co-first author of the Advanced Energy Materials paper and leads a team to commercialize the technology.Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the...
View ArticleNAMRI/SME Highlights Research Innovations at NAMRC Conference
Manufacturing academics were honored for their service, contributions and outstanding manufacturing research during the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), held by the...
View ArticleCold Sintering Process Saves Energy, Material
Researchers at Penn State University (University Park, PA) have devised a novel method for sintering, a widely used manufacturing process for powdered materials. The new process, which uses much less...
View ArticleRemembering a Manufacturing Legend, Dick Morley
Richard E. MorleyThe manufacturing industry has lost another of its giants, with the news that Dick Morley, considered the “Father of the PLC,” an SME Fellow and former SME board member, passed away on...
View ArticleManufacturing’s Present, and Future, on Display at SOUTH-TEC
Patrick Waurzyniak Senior EditorThe strength, and future promise, of manufacturing throughout the Southeast region shone brightly with myriad presentations on additive manufacturing, smart...
View ArticleNIST Devises Method of Measuring Fuel-Cell ‘Printing’
While hydrogen-powered cars might seem to be in the far-off future, it might not take as long as previously thought for hydrogen-cell cars to be a viable option. A team of researchers including...
View ArticleMicroscopic Defects May Make Batteries Better
Scientists at Rice University (Houston) have found that high-performance electrodes for lithium-ion batteries can be improved by paying closer attention to their defects, and then capitalizing on them....
View ArticleUNCC’s Hands-On Approach to Manufacturing Research
Starting this month, TechFront has a new format that spotlights manufacturing research programs at key universities, followed by summaries of recent research in SME’s Journal of Manufacturing Systems,...
View ArticleDesigning, Building an Engineering Powerhouse
At the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech; Atlanta), there’s both a whole lot of innovation and some major renovations going on at the university’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical...
View ArticleStoried UIUC Engineering Program Tackles Tough Manufacturing Problems
By Patrick WaurzyniakSenior EditorThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC; Urbana, IL) has a long, distinguished history and tradition in mechanical and applied engineering sciences, and...
View ArticlePrinted, Flexible, Rechargeable Battery Powers Wearable Sensors
Rajan Kumar is the co-first author of the Advanced Energy Materials paper and leads a team to commercialize the technology.Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the...
View ArticleNAMRI/SME Highlights Research Innovations at NAMRC Conference
Manufacturing academics were honored for their service, contributions and outstanding manufacturing research during the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), held by the...
View ArticleCold Sintering Process Saves Energy, Material
Researchers at Penn State University (University Park, PA) have devised a novel method for sintering, a widely used manufacturing process for powdered materials. The new process, which uses much less...
View ArticleRemembering a Manufacturing Legend, Dick Morley
Richard E. MorleyThe manufacturing industry has lost another of its giants, with the news that Dick Morley, considered the “Father of the PLC,” an SME Fellow and former SME board member, passed away on...
View ArticleManufacturing’s Present, and Future, on Display at SOUTH-TEC
By Patrick WaurzyniakSenior EditorThe strength, and future promise, of manufacturing throughout the Southeast region shone brightly with myriad presentations on additive manufacturing, smart...
View ArticleNIST Devises Method of Measuring Fuel-Cell ‘Printing’
While hydrogen-powered cars might seem to be in the far-off future, it might not take as long as previously thought for hydrogen-cell cars to be a viable option. A team of researchers including...
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