Category: Industry Digest

To enable cost-effective assembly and repair of thermoplastic sandwich components in small- to medium-scale production, new joining technologies must be developed. The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and...

GE Aerospace led the adoption of carbon fiber polymer matrix composites in commercial jet engines since introducing the GE90 in 1995, the first engine to feature composite fan blades....

Penn State’s Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) is dedicated to advancing vertical lift technologies across areas such as aeromechanics, propulsion, acoustics, and flight dynamics. Penn State is...

In research backed by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, Shell, The Carbon Hub, and others, a team at Rice University’s Smalley-Curl Institute demonstrated that wires...

Millions of tons of sawdust are produced every year with much of it being burned to generate energy, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A research team at the...

Wind is becoming increasingly important as a clean energy source worldwide. Accordingly, larger wind turbines with higher performance expectations are being manufactured to meet these needs. As performance demands...

The computational cost of understanding advanced material behavior can be overwhelming to an engineering team. Traditional models do not always capture the behavior of complex materials at realistic scales....

Union Maritime developed a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% or more (based on 2008 levels) as required by the IMO’s 2030 checkpoint. By implementing wind-assisted propulsion,...

Hurricane Milton blew through St. Petersburg, FL in 2024 and did severe damage to the roof of Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. The dome...