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The article evaluates Seco Helical SN8-13 milling system offered by Seco Tools, TurnCheck Series-14, optical measurement instrument, offered by Optical Gaging Products, and ZL95 Fluoropolymer Pressure Transducer, offered by Ashcroft.

This article is a Q&A with Susan Ipri-Brown, who discusses her career in engineering and her involvement with ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). Ipri-Brown emphasizes the importance of collaboration and diverse perspectives in problem-solving and policy-making. She also highlights the value of ASME in building connections and providing opportunities for professional growth. As the current ASME President, Ipri-Brown aims to empower engineers and ensure their engagement with the society while also addressing the relevance of ASME's programs and standards to the challenges faced by engineers today. [Extracted from the article]

The article evaluates various products including a micro and nanoscale 3D printing technology by startup Nanofabrica, the Onshape CAD system, and a browser-based advanced analytics solution by Seeq for process manufacturing.

The article focuses on American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) was concerned about waste. Topics include the Machine Shop Practice Division a predecessor of the MED has revealed by the minutes for the ASME annual meeting in 1921, and the engineers have a responsibility to heed this last point those engaged In manufacturing are no exception.

The article focuses on the aspects of immersive engineering in design engineering. It mentions that immersive engineering combines motion capture, virtual reality and other technologies that are intended to solve several problems faced in design engineering. The author states that the approach is a way of probing engineering issue from product design, productivity, lifecycle costs and ergonomics. He adds that experienced design engineers use immersive engineering to shorten the development time and reduce maintenance costs.

The article reports on the survey of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) regarding how engineers apply sustainability in their workflow. The author mentions that 62 percent of respondents says that their organizations are interested in designs that use less energy, while 35 percent are focused on designs that reduce materials waste. He states that engineers also refer cost as a primary impediment in implementing sustainability practices. The author adds that 40 percent of the respondents picked regulatory requirements for sustainable investments.

The article discusses the revival of the steam engine design in some of engineering projects across the U.S. in 2009. One of designers who resort the use of steam engine design is William Gould who is based in San Diego, California, and is attempting to revive the exact engineering detail and color of the 1879 Mason Bogie locomotive. Gould shares that he uses CAD technology in order to design similar with such engineered objects from the past. Aside from Gould, Kinetic Steam Works has also restored a steamship which will be used as an artistic excursion in the Hudson River.

The article focuses on the implication of self-help in various aspects. In terms of popular psychology, self-help is use to solve personal problems without the intervention of any professional help. Meanwhile, with regards to mechanical design, it is letting the design deal with a problem from within, rather than the involvement of more structure or force. It cites some examples that depict the principle of self-help in mechanical design including scissors, broom holders, and lift bridges. Information about the Design I course introduced by Alexander Slocum, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is offered.

This article explains the importance of visualizing the load path in a design that can uncover areas open to improvement. According to the article, mechanical engineers analyze a structure or mechanism by drawing free-body diagrams showing forces on a component or joint. It notes that visualizing the complete load path is rather like the opposite of drawing a free body diagram--instead of decomposing the structure or mechanism into smaller chunks. It adds that visualizing the path of transmitted forces for cables is pretty easy; forces follow the tension cables.

This article explores a concept borrowed from psychology that gives new perspectives on product development. According to the article, the functional approach is a particularly good fit for the design of traditional mechanical components. It recommends decomposing a problem down to a level in which individual components can be specified to embody individual functions. The article provides examples that illuminate a problem of description for the function approach. It notes that the problem stems from the shift in engineering design from the component level to the system level.

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 discusses the importance of a hand which is considered as the most complex mechanical systems and can give a robot a kind of dexterity. According to the world's largest suppliers of robotic grippers which include Shadow Robot, and Schunk GmbH & Co., the flexible mechanical hands will unlock the potential of robots and replace lost limb in humans. It mentions that flexible hands make robots much more capable and will allow a firm to earn space on the factory floor over the next five to 10 years.

The article examines the unique designs of mechanical engineers that are used by biomedicine professionals for medical research. According to professor James Collins, the reverse engineering is one of the most relevant examples of methods that has moved from engineering to find a role in biomedical and other bioscience applications. The example of engineering design is the case of a portable 3-Dimensional laser scanner which can be used to verify the accuracy of manufactured parts. Details on the methods used in both biomedical and engineering fields are also considered.

The article focuses on the purpose of remotely operated vehicles (ROV). It is stated that ROVs can map the sea floor, explore the ocean depths for scientists, and locate shipwrecks for archeologists. According to Chris Nicholson, founder of Deep Sea Systems International, ROVs are electromechanical equivalents of highly skilled human divers who go where man cannot go economically or physically. It is revealed that ROV plays a vital role in the development of offshore oil and gas reserves below ocean waters 3,000 to 4,000 meters deep. INSET: operating ROVs: it isn't playtime.

The article discusses small-plot farmers in Puerto Rico have struggling to meet new regulations that preserve food safely and reduce post-harvest losses. Topics include the views of Alexandra Garcia, World Central Kitchen's chief program officer, on cold-storage; and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations to farms called the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The article informs about efforts of Aaron Tucker, research assistant, at University of Minnesota, for developing high-end ventilators have been put to use, having access to a stripped-down model could be a matter of life and death. Topics discussed include ventilators already on the market have sensors and other sophisticated features that the Bakken ventilators; and outpouring of passionate and serious interest in helping us out, of different ideas and people opening up machine shops.

The article offers a review of 3D-Printed Conformal Injection Mold by the MBFZ toolcraft.

This article compares two-dimensional versus three dimensional engineering design. No system exists to archive digital designs or any thing else that is created on computer or housed on the World Wide Web. William Regli, an associate professor in Drexel University's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said that CAD images can be printed or scanned, but much information is lost when a three-dimensional file becomes 2-D and when attendant engineering information like manufacturing and product data management files aren't included. William LeFurgy, digital initiatives project manager at the Library of Congress, remarked that digital materials with research or cultural value are at great risk of loss because of factors like insecure storage methods and obsolete file formats.

This article focuses on the development of several mechanical and electrical systems for rural areas. Engineers in various disciplines and their students would get valuable hands-on experience working together to design and build the solar-electric installations. The job would involve them in cross-disciplinary collaboration to design electrical and mechanical systems, and to work out the logistics for making everything come together. As they expected to do, the engineers and their students learned a great deal as they tested and refined the systems they built. But they learned something unexpected, too: that putting technology into the hands of the needy doesn't automatically lift them out of poverty. The idea began at the University of Central America, where Cesar Villalta, who became team leader for the project, is a professor of electrical engineeringCarlos Rivas, a mechanical engineer, and José Carlos Hasbun, a civil engineer with a specialty in structures, took charge of mechanical design.

The article focuses on the evolutionary designs of nature that have arrived at wheel-like locomotion and have changed in body movements. It notes that the designs developed by humans have come up late on the long evolutionary sequence. It highlights the contribution of engineers on the debate of the evolution and design in nature. Moreover, it claims that the evolutionary designs have demonstrated the time direction of the constructal law that unites the inanimate and animate design phenomena. The significance of mechanical engineering on the transformation of the civilization is also emphasized.

The article discusses the capability of today's analysis software to easily solve multiple physical effects and enable users to solve complex physical problems with the same type of packaged software system. Bernt Nilsson, vice president of marketing at Comsol Inc. stated that the advance simulation software used by professionals nowadays mirrors real-life behavior and enables engineers to use a wide array of designs and digital prototypes in their models. It affirms that such advances in analysis also allows engineering companies to make a more sophisticated and complex design.

The article focuses on the decision by the management of University of California in Davis, California, to offer a new course that combined C programming with an introduction to Matlab in 2009. The author explains that the decision is based on the fact that previous university mechanical engineering graduates could not handle some senior design projects because of the lack of knowledge particularly on C programming. He supports the decision of the university because standard programming languages such as C programming and Fortran are maintaind by all major computing industry companies.

The article offers information related to mechanical engineering technology. A group of researchers at the Stanford University in Palo Alto, California is building autonomous helicopters which can be taught the same way as humans learn. The new Honeycomb x-y positioning base that integrates two linear stepper motors into a single plane in a lightweight honey comb series has been developed by Baldor Electric Co. of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The 1FN6 synchronous linear motor has been developed by Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.

The article discusses an initiative by the Engineering for Change (E4C) with global software company Siemens for socially minded engineers and hardware innovators regarding zero hunger and clean water. It further discusses the 'Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge' gives opportunity to develop solutions to address fundamental human needs for clean water and adequate food supply; and also mentions views of the E4C President Iana Aranda, on issue.

The article focuses on the energy sector's challenges require education in the arts as well as Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It mentions that university humanities programs are facing budget cuts, and many thought leaders sneer at the idea of liberal arts; and also mentions that creative thinkers might reframe the question entirely and create informational campaigns to educate the public about the powerful role of conservation to reduce energy or water demand.

The article focuses on a new standard issued by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to make and inspect joints, and to perform any task critical to the safety or integrity of a pipeline. The standard, B31Q, was approved as an American National Standard on July 10, 2006. The standard offers methods for determining covered tasks including the use of the task list appendix, or any other technically appropriate method.

The article reports on research of human factors at the University of Southern California Biomechanics Research Laboratory. Topics discussed include the goal of human factors research and its safety, the key highlights of human movement with high-speed motion capture tools and sensors, and the development of analytical tools and real-time feedback.

The article elaborates on considerations for evaluating and promoting appropriate design interventions based on the philosophical roots of appropriate technology. Topics discussed include the observation that the term appropriate technology is so overused as to be almost meaningless as well as the legacy from Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and British economist E. F. Schumacher. Also mentioned are the Engineers Without Boarders USA and appropriate technology as liberating from stratification.

The article focuses on Prosthesis, a machine displayed at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada in 2017. Topics discussed include a description of Prosthesis, the design and development of the machine, its specifications, the human controls for engineering design, and its venture in the future.

The article offers information on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Massachusetts on October 31, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The competition, which offers cash prizes of $10,000, $7,000 and $5,000, aims to cultivate the qualities of entrepreneurship and innovation among young men and women pursuing engineering careers. It features a project called Whole Tree by a team from Baylor University and a Surgy Pack device for bowel packing from John Hopkins University students.

The article asks readers to visit the website www.futureengineers.org for more information on the student design challenge.

The article presents information related to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) Design Engineering Division (DED). It is stated that thirteen different technical committees that promote research and dissemination of knowledge are sponsored by the DED. It is mentioned that the growth of its technical committees and the synergy among them is reflected in the dynamic nature of the Design Engineering Division.

The article focuses on the process of calculating bearing stress. It informs that it is necessary to find the endurance limit of the bearing material to avoid wallowing, the elongation of a hole towards the load on a mating plate. The endurance limit produces different results. It informs that using a material's endurance limit help engineers to avoid wallowing. The endurance limit uses empirical evidence to adjust a material's tensile strength through a series of knockdowns. It also informs that material properties change significantly with temperature.

Two letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in previous issues including "Designing for Keeps," and one article related to heirloom design by Saul Griffith in the September, 2009 issue.

The article reports on the effort of engineers to build a ship that can adjust buoyancy by using flowing water. It reveals that the design developed by Michael Parson, a professor of marine engineering, and his colleagues reduce transport of invasive species. According to Parson, the standard ship design evidences that only the bottom half of the propeller sees much free flowing water and therefore provides most of the propulsion. It is observed that the design works well and may provide an unexpected seven percent improvement in propulsion.

The article announces the launching of the Innovation Transfusion Program by the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). Under the program, employees of NASA's payroll can spend one year working in high-technology environments outside the agency where they can offer their expertise and ideas. It also supports innovation workshops between NASA and external organizations that have novel approaches for addressing problems of interest to the agency. It reveals that the program is available online at http://ipp.nasa.gov.ii_transfusion.htm.

The article focuses on the book "Bicycling Science," by David Cordon Wilson. It offers useful information for those who design bikes or coach racers. The author starts with a history of human-powered machines, going back to Roman galleys, medieval treadmills, and the first true two-wheelers, propelled Flintstones-like by the rider's feet pushing on the ground. Then he explores the topic of human power, its chemical nature, and methods of measuring it. More than half the pages are devoted to bicycle physics, ranging from aerodynamics to materials and stresses.

This article reports that the three-dimensional computer-aided design package Alibre Design has been upgraded to version eight. The software includes parametric solid modeling features, associative two-dimensional drafting and detailing features, and the capability for teams of engineers to design together in real time. Alibre Design Professional, which includes sheet metal design functions and a data management tool, and Alibre Design Expert, which includes everything in the professional version as well as additional analyses and manufacturing solutions.