Grid Storage a Key to Success of Renewables News 4/25/2012 24 comments The market demand for grid storage of electrical power will skyrocket over the next five years, spiking from about $2.8 billion in 2012 to $113.5 billion in 2017, according to a new study.
Bill Gates Funds 'Big Battery' Startup Electronic News & Comment 12/13/2011 52 comments One of the great underappreciated issues of renewable energy isn't whether seagulls are banging into turbine blades, but whether intermittent sources of power have any real value in a world without energy storage.
Do Engineers Have Appetite for Mobile Apps? CAD/CAM Corner 12/2/2011 22 comments Unlike the consumer market, which is hungry for all things mobile, engineers remain slightly skeptical about the upside of design tool apps running on mobile platforms.
Gadget Freak Case #197: Controlling Solar Water Flow Gadget Freak 10/25/2011 19 comments To make his solar water heater more efficient, Paul Westaway put together a differential controller that turns on the pump when the temperature of the solar panel or woodstove coils is higher than the temperature in the storage tanks and turns off when the temperature is lower.
Why Did You Become an Engineer? Wolfe's Den 10/7/2011 30 comments Design News asked participants in the LinkedIn System & Product Design Engineering group why they became engineers.
Will an MBA Benefit You? Electronic News & Comment 9/19/2011 9 comments The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree, long a staple for engineers preparing for leadership, is looking pretty enticing lately.
Composite Mesh Could House Solar Panels Guest Blogs 8/11/2011 5 comments A functional composite woven textile mesh may be used to transform a major Australian eyesore into a design masterpiece at a cost of around $16.5 million.
Composites Lighten Solar Car Engineering Materials 8/8/2011 14 comments New materials, combined with efficient design, produce a lightweight car that is targeting a first place finish in the 2011 World Solar Challenge in Australia in October.
Solvay Pumps OLEDs News 7/27/2011 2 comments Global chemicals giant Solvay is making a $14.5 million investment in Plextronics in a push to to jumpstart development of printed electronics such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Design Tool Sector Soars CAD/CAM Corner 7/27/2011 6 comments The product lifecycle management (PLM) and design tool sector has returned to peak growth levels, according to a new CIMdata report.
Salary Survey Says You Make $93,465 Wolfe's Den 7/26/2011 8 comments The results of Design News annual salary survey are in and they say design engineers received their first increase in average base salary in two years.
Are Smart Grids on the Verge of Viability? Blog 7/12/2011 5 comments California utility "grand plans" headline a summer of new smart grid activity, but have we really seen much progress since the 2008-2009 boom and bust?
Pushing the Limits of 3D Printing Technology CAD/CAM Corner 7/11/2011 3 comments Researchers are experimenting with novel ideas -- using chocolate, sun, and sand to push 3D printing technology even further, broadening its appeal to mainstream consumers.
Welcome to the New Design News Community Wolfe's Den 6/23/2011 22 comments Our elegant redesign shouldn't obscure our underlying purpose – it's all about enabling you to interact with your peers and with our editors.
Alt Energy Smackdown Blog 5/20/2011 Post a comment Now that various forms of alternative energy have gained some serious credibility over the past few years it seemed a good time to ask the engineers on our System & Product Design Engineering group on LinkedIn what they thought.
Plastic Tubing Plant Goes Solar Blog 11/16/2010 Post a comment Plastic tubing manufacturer NewAge Industries has received a $1 million solar energy grant to fund the installation of a 1 MW rooftop solar panel system.
Special Conveyors for Special Products News 9/24/2008 Post a comment The Assembly Technology Expo highlighted some of the drive and control advances in conveyors used for solar, medical and other delicate manufacturing processes
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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