Allan Sadowski wants to use jpg files to catch criminals. That's why the Technology Officer for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol contacted Hamid Krim, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University. "Sadowski said it took six to ten minutes to download jpg images of mug shots," says Krim. "Now, we are doing it in seconds." Krim and graduate student Gozde Bozkurt-Unal must work within the 10-byte capacity of the existing wireless data transmission system to develop compression algorithms that speed downloads of jpg files to police and FBI laptops. How does he do it? Krim points out that faces have many features in common. Removal of the redundant ones speeds the transmission of a jpg file that may be accessed by up to 4,000 law enforcement officers at one time in North Carolina alone. "It's not like we were trying to win any prizes with the images," says Krim. "We're just trying to help the police know quickly whether or not they are dealing with a criminal." For more information, visit www.ncsu.edu or e-mail Krim at ahk@eos.ncsu.edu.
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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