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The article focuses on the development of paper circuit boards, which are a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional electronic circuit boards. Topics include the growing problem of electronic waste, the use of paper as a substrate for electronics, and the potential applications of paper circuit boards, such as tracking patient vital signs and revolutionizing shipment tracking.

The article offers information on paper airplane X FBV, a kit that combines drone technology with a paper airplane. Topics discussed include paper airplane feature twin propellers; control of paper airplane with smartphone or virtual reality headset; and production of paper airplane by PowerUp Toys. It also mention about mention about control of the flight through the mobile application, compatible with iOS and Android devices via a Bluetooth connection.

The article discusses aerodynamics using paper airplanes. Topics discussed include physics and math and engineering research on falling paper according Leif Ristroph, a professor of mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute; experiment to look at the flight of the most rudimentary paper airplanes by Ristroph; and models developed to study aerodynamics.

The article inform AS CE-AS ME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering is accepting papers for a June 2021 issue focusing on non -probabilistic and hybrid approaches for uncertainty quantification and reliability analysis.

The article announces Scott Moura and Hector Perez has received 2016 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award for their research paper titled "Sensitivity-Based Interval PDE Observer for Battery SOC Estimation."

This article reports that ABB Automation Technologies, an automation company, developed a new machine job that helped make the process more efficient for a paper company in New Zealand. Gayomurd Desai, a senior automation engineer for ABB Automation Technologies, New Zealand, worked with one of the customer company's engineers to replace the cams with electronics and the driveshaft with individual drives. The final system made use of ABB's ACS600/800 direct torque control drives in combination with programmable logic controllers. ABB said it kept the system economical by using the Profibus fieldbus network for communications between drives and controls.

The author reports on a program for a new "greenfield" plant that was sumitted to his paper company back in 1990s. The top management directed the operations group to submit a program for the new plant. The projects team already selected a tentative site as it anticipated a major new program.

The article discusses that the issue of the periodical talks about the topics to all areas of biomechanical engineering for its Special Annual Issue 2021.

The article discusses the Collaborative Framework and Robotics Initiative for Developing Arts (CoFRIDA) project at Carnegie Mellon University. The project aims to create a robot that can collaboratively create art with human artists. The robot, called CoFRIDA, uses artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to assist artists in their creative process. The researchers are working on making the system more naturally collaborative and exploring new ways for users to interact with the robot. CoFRIDA received the Best Paper Award on Human Robot Interaction at a conference in Japan. [Extracted from the article]

Scientists and engineers at Royal Philips Electronics NV of the Netherlands are developing a fluid lens that loosely duplicates the way in which they see with their own eyes. Called the FluidFocus lens, it focuses by adjusting the shape of the lens itself. According to the company, the lens may eventually fill applications in digital photography, endoscopy, home security, and optical storage. The lens, filled with one part insulating oil and one part conductive aqueous solution, forms a hemispheric bubble in the unenergized state as the hydrophobic sides repel the water and oil fills the void.

The article offers information on some of the nature's exquisite materials that exhibit nanotechnology. The lotus leaf is covered with tiny bumps which are found to have a shaggy coating of waxy tubes. The ubiquitous Post-It note could keep two pieces of paper together as it is backed with tiny acrylic spheres that stick when they are tangent to a surface.

The article focuses on researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington developing a microbot system for diagnosing bladder diseases more effectively, outlined in a paper titled "A Microbot With an Attached Microforce Sensor for Transurethral Access to the Bladder Interior Wall." It mentions the system, equipped with a microforce sensor and designed to navigate the bladder's interior wall tissue.

The gas turbine machine is one of the major innovations of the 20121 century which has provided society the fastest mode of transportation and one of the cleanest, cost competitive and most thermally efficient means of producing electrical, mechanical, and propulsive power. The development of gas turbines has a long yet phenomenal history of technological advancements and the gas turbine is a unique ever-evolving technology due to multitudes of param eters and technologies influencing its design and performance as comprehensively elaborated in a recently published paper by the author. Gas turbines have become preferred choice due to many advantages offered over other technologies: lowest cost/kW, high power density, high power-to-weight ratio, fuel flexibility, wide ranging applications, and fast- and black-start capabilities. In the ongoing climate change discussion, the gas turbine technology is expected to play an important role in mitigating proper utilization of renewable energy sources and global warming impacts in coming years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of the nominees to the 2015 Lubinski Paper Awards conferred by the Petroleum Division of the mechanical engineering society ASME is presented.

An abstract of the mechanical engineering paper, titled "Subsea Wellhead and Riser Fatigue Monitoring in a Strong Surface and Submerged Current Environment," presented by Arthur Lubinski at the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is presented.

The oil and gas industry is targeting operations in much deeper waters and well depths resulting in high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) applications, creating a need for development of new technology to meet the challenges faced in these new frontiers. Considering the higher loads encountered in these environments, the existing industry equipment are reaching their limits and the manufacturing sector is looking into the development of the next generation equipment. Subsea wellheads form a critical part of the drilling and production systems, and they are the driver for designing and sizing other equipment, such as connectors, risers, BOPs, and casing programs. The typical wellhead systems that the industry currently uses include mandrels with 27 in. and 30 in. OD and conductor casing with up to 36 in. OD. However, these configurations may not be able to resist the high load magnitudes and combinations expected in these new applications. Moving to higher capacity wellhead systems will require a larger mandrel and conductor casing size to accommodate the high loads encountered during drilling and production operations for normal, extreme, and survival loading conditions. Considering the ongoing industry efforts to standardize equipment, it is a great opportunity to define the anticipated loads and select an appropriate larger wellhead size that will cover the needs of the industry for the coming decades. Numerous analytical studies using 3D finite element analysis (FEA) and other advanced tools have been performed looking into the changes needed and an innovative solution is presented for the next generation subsea wellhead equipment. This is tied with the development of new wellhead connectors with much higher static capacities and the appropriate conductor sizes needed. Considerations are given to structural integrity, fatigue performance, and metal-to-metal sealing capability. Various load combinations (bending, tension/compression, pressure) were applied to generate the wellhead system capacity envelopes covering a wide range of operating windows. The need for the industry to define the anticipated normal, extreme and survival loading requirements and a standard set of fatigue loads is discussed. The fatigue performance and life expectancy of the equipment, as well as challenges faced with the lack of material properties at various HPHT environments are discussed. Testing facilities to validate designs and safety margins at both component and system levels have been developed to accommodate the various high load magnitudes and their combinations. Validation testing is absolutely paramount to verify analysis methodologies and ensure high performance, safe, robust and reliable equipment designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the announcement made by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) regarding the extension of its call for papers for "The Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine," through the first week of April 2010 for its second issue scheduled for release in May 2010.

The article evaluates Goulds Pumps' 3500XD medium consistency paper pulp pump with X-Ducer technology.

When Innovative Steam Technologies takes on a project, employees generate hundreds of drawings and documents associated with the job. Of course, storing and tracking these paper and electronic files cost time and money. To help, the company, based in Cambridge, Ontario, recently purchased an electronic document management system and in the process, reduced the work associated with dealing with these documents by 30 percent, said Glenda Martin-Barnes, the company's process coordinator. The new document management system finds, manages and tracks revisions of AutoCAD drawing files.

The article presents an update from the Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering Division of the mechanical engineering society ASME as of April 2015. Topics discussed include the success of the 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) held in San Francisco with the participation of 1,200 experts and the presentation of hundreds of technical papers. Preparations for the 34th OMAE conference to be held in Newfoundland are then mentioned.

Information about several papers discussed at the Decision Point Dialogue of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in New York is presented. Topics include the rapid turnover in the profession and the status of women in engineering to project-based curricula. The discussion was participated by 12 panelists including ASME president Marc Goldsmith, University of Colorado professor Bernard Amadei and Rochester Institute of Technology associate professor Ron Hira.

Reports on the NetDAQ data acquisition system from Fluke Corp. installed by steel manufacturer Dofasco Inc. to maintain product quality. Replacement for paper chart recorders.

The article discusses a paper selected for presentation at the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) which was held in Houston, Texas, on May 3-6, 2010. The paper focuses on the development of the Azurite marine field, which was installed in the Republic of Congo, as a way of providing context for evolution of the Floating, Drilling, Production, Storage and Offloading (FDPSO) concept and also highlights other applications for FDPSOs. The Azurite field started producing offshore and employed the industry's FDPSO vessel to develop the field.

The article offers information on the paper by William Kent of Babcock & Wilcox Co. entitled "Rules for Conducting Boiler Tests." The paper outlines the process by which the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) codes and standards are developed. It suggests that boilers were enablers of industrial progress in the nineteenth century, which provides steam power for ships and rail locomotives and serving as prime movers in steel mills, factories and woodworking shops. Meanwhile, it shows that ASME establishes operating guidelines to ensure safety in elevators.

The article offers information on the "Turbo Expo 2009" of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to be held in Orlando, Florida on June 8-12, 2009.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The 2004-2005 ASME Fellows" in the November 2005 issue.

This article reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the first air-worthiness certificate for a commercial unpiloted aerial vehicle (UAV). The FAA and the developer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., see the certification bringing unpiloted aircraft one step closer to commercial use. The UAV, called the Altair, is a version of the military Predator B unmanned craft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., the developer, said that it designed the aircraft in partnership with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration for scientific and commercial research missions that require high-altitude endurance. The Altair has an 86-foot wingspan and 3,000-pound fuel capacity.

The manufacturer, Aalborg Industries, began taking advantage of a global business environment by moving manufacturing from its Erie, Pennsylvania headquarters, to plants around the world with the help of supply-chain providers, suppliers, subcontractors and extended enterprise partners. Thus, it needed a way to keep information flowing freely. Executives recently installed a Web-based central database that is accessible anytime by employees, suppliers, and partners, according to Dave Zurn, an Aalborg vice president. The database is fueled by collaboration and product data management software from SmarTeam of Kfar Saba, Israel.

The article discusses that the Chemical recycling can divert plastics from the environment and landfills and create new and valuable products that displace virgin materials. Topics discussed include engineers and chemists start with simple hydrocarbon chains and manipulate them to produce new substances with properties difficult to find in nature; and high-strength Kevlar and low-friction Teflon to humble styrene foam, plastics are integral to the modern world.

Reports on a sensor called UniForce, produced by Force Imaging Technologies, which measures pressure greater than 20,000 psi despite being only 0.003 inch thick.

The article informs about presenting a critical challenge to both municipal and institutional menstrual health management. It mentions that the challenge inspired Ajinkya Dhariya, a social entrepreneur in India, to start a sanitary waste management com pany called Pad Care Labs. It further informs that Pad Care is an automated hygiene management system that turns materials used in the production of sanitary pads into plastic pallets which can be reused to produce other products.

The article reports that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other government agencies are using the Saildrone design for lengthy marine data gathering missions, and one became the first uncrewed vessel to successfully circumnavigate Antarctica. It mentions that Solar panels power scientific instruments and equipment with vessels are monitored on their voyages via satellite, but they operate independently through the course of their travels.

The article focuses on the research paper "Immersion Graded Index Optics: Theory, Design, and Prototypes," by Nina Vaidya, a professor of astronautics, published in June 2022 issue of the journal "Microsystems & Nanoengineering." It describes a pyramidical lens composed of several layers of materials having different refraction indices, designed by Vaidya to deliver sunlight three times more than a solar panel in a day.

The article focuses on wearable skin monitors have a tendency to fall off and one lab has demonstrated that drawing electronics with conductive ink works better. Topics include the wearables use adhesives to stick to the skin, and are easily dislodged during motion even if they are very thin, the new technique being also more precise, and the big difference when monitoring physical data like heart rate, temperature, and other functions.

The article discusses the trends in digital product development. It highlights the developments in the engineering industry from the use of paper engineering drawing to three-dimensional (3-D) wire-frames. It cites that these changes in the engineering industry have been brought about by advances in information technology (IT). Moreover, it explores the three categories when examining trends in digital product development, which would be helpful in predicting the future of mechanical engineering. These categories include technology modeling, geometry modeling and process modeling.

The article informs about some engineers who have been nominated for the Fellow grade of membership by the Board of Governors of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Some of these nominated engineers include Memis Acar, Khairul Alam, David G. Alciatore, David M. Anderson, Malcolm J. Andrews, to name only a few. Acar has been a researcher and faculty member for 30 years. He has written over 120 journal and conference papers and has recieved over two million dollars in grant money from national and international sources. Anderson has had a 33-year industrial career and holds professional registrations in Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering.

The article analyzes the benefits of creative ability and technological innovations in today's world. According to an industry expert, today's corporate growth is powered by innovation. The use of creative exercises for business rather than engineering had been around since the 1920s. According to Graham Thompson, the former head of the University of Manchester's School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering in Great Britain, there is a whole literature of articles and learned papers on creativity, especially on the management side, going back to the 1920s. It is only been during the past 10 to 15 years that the engineering community has woken up to these techniques.

This article presents information on a non-removable sex bolts. A sex bolt is what partition makers call those two-part fasteners that consist of an externally threaded screw on one side, and an internally threaded, tubular nut on the other. When joined, the two parts form a smooth cylindrical pin with screw head caps on both ends. It's a perfect device for holding together reams of punched paper, where it's called a binder post — perhaps in deference to the more delicate sensibilities of some librarians. They're also called barrel bolts. INSET: On and off at your command.

Discusses the utilization of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in visualizing flow within mechanical stokers or stoker-fired power boilers. McDermott Technology Inc.'s recommendation of the CFD to a paper mill; Procedures in applying CFD to power boiler problems in a paper mill; Capabilities and features of the CFD.

The article presents an update from the Pipeline Systems Division of the mechanical engineering society ASME as of April 2015. Topics discussed include the staging of the International Pipeline Conference held in Calgary, Canada in the fall of 2014, the awarding of the division medal to Doctor Alan Murray, and the presentation of the best papers collected from previous conferences. The winners of the division's Global Pipeline Award are also named.

Reports on how a state-of-the-art computer aided design (CAD)/computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation system is helping control the costs of producing the NSSN, the Navy's new attack submarine. Shift in the focus of the design process from the development of paper deliverables to the development of a design database that completely describes a more producible ship.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2014 American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Dynamic Systems and Control Conference held in San Antonio, Texas from October 22 to 24, 2015. A program was held in celebration of the achievements of the society's general chair Suhada Jayasuriya and the event features presentations of papers on automatic control.

The article announces several engineering awards including the Edward N. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering innovation to John J. Moskwa, the 2013 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award to Dumitru I. Caruntu and the HVAC&R Research Best Paper Award to Bryan Rasmussen.

The article evaluates several innovative technical products including the Puck, which is used to drive servomotors in robots, from Barrett Technology Inc., NEMA 23 servomotor from Quicksilver Control Inc., actuators made from paper developed by Babak Ziaie, professor of electrical engineering at the Birck Nanotechnology Center of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The article offers world news briefs related to computer industry. Babilon GmbH director Jochen Babilon states that the company develops a computer-aided design (CAD) manufacturing software that allows plant employees to automatically extract machine programs from CAD models. Scientists have created a robot scientist, called Adam, a computer system that automates the scientific process. The 250 engineers at Mailhot Industries submitted approval requests for their engineering designs on paper.

The article focuses on a special issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics, which presents research papers on innovations in vehicle connectivity and automation aimed at optimizing vehicle operation and powertrain controls to reduce energy consumption and emissions.

The article focuses on digital tools have transformed publishing and magazine work involves manipulating text and image files or communicating via emait and Zoom. Topics include the magazines exist mostly as digital information until the very moment ink hits the paper on the printing press, and manufacturing has evolved in the same general direction.

The article discusses that researchers from Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created a tool that can turn a flat material into any shape imaginable. It further discusses use of origami tessellations to create any shape; clear energy barriers between the initial state and the final configuration; and views of Levi Dudte, a graduate student in the Mahadevan lab at the school and co-author of the paper published in Nature Materials, on issue.

The author says that product lifecycle management systems are touted as tools for collaboration, but they are used for much more than that. The marketing and design process moves so quickly, particularly in medical equipment manufacture, that engineers' desks are frequently stacked with papers, nearly all of them design changes. Doron Besser, vice president of marketing and strategy for an Israeli medical-device manufacturer has estimated that his company, based in Herzliya, developed its minimally invasive lung navigation system an estimated 30 percent faster than originally planned, thanks, in great part, to the tracking, organizing, and collaborative PLM software.

Molecular computers and nanotube memories share traits with the old mechanical calculator. First formulated in 1965 by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp., Moore's law states that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuit chips, a raw measure of computing power, doubles every 18 months. But if Moore's law has been an irresistible force, it may soon meet an immovable object. The idea of computers without electronics seems comical, like something out of Gilligan's Island. The essence of a computer, after all, isn't electricity. Building electronic computers at a molecular scale is impossible using conventional lithography. The wavelength of even extreme ultraviolet light is many times larger than even a complex molecule, such as a protein. In 2000, a group of scientists at Harvard University, led by chemistry professor Charles Lieber, published a paper that showed how one could make a memory chip from two layers of nanotubes.