Mechanical Engineering Magazine Select Articles: Recent submissions
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Pathway to STEM
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)STEM education, encompassing engineering and technology as well as science and math, was identified as a national crisis as long ago as 2005, when the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published the ... -
Finding a Way Forward
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In May and June of 2020, the editors of Mechanical Engineering magazine convened a series of talks with experts from a range of engineering disciplines to explore these issues that are at the heart of the engineering ... -
Is There an Alternative to China?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The global supply chain shutdown during the pandemic put the spotlight on China, where the great bulk of the world’s goods are manufactured. The coronavirus highlighted the vulnerabilities of concentrating so much production ... -
Get to Know Fluid Power Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Fluid power technology uses a pump to deliver pressurized fluid to a cylinder, motor, or rotary actuator. Output speed and direction is controlled by varying flow rate from the pump or through valves within the fluid power ... -
The Solar Explosion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)There were two breakthroughs that led to a veritable revolution in photovoltaic prices. The commonly told story is that China started manufacturing lower-quality panels and dumped them on the world market at prices near ... -
Building with Digital Tools
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have adapted digital engineering technology to help build the Department of Energy’s proposed Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). It is expected that developing VTR via digital engineering ... -
Heading Into the Clouds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)With barriers to physical interaction cropping up due to the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are turning more to digital engineering tools and the Internet of Things to assist in this critical phase of product development. ... -
Hybrid Electric Propulsion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Electrified propulsion holds the promise of reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions footprint through three means: access to green grid electric energy, improvements in aircraft performance through new airframe and -
The Decarboniztion of Gas Turbine Power
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The gas turbine industry is facing the prospects of meeting proposed national and international targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and for the promotion of sustainable energy. The evolving role of gas turbines ... -
Hits and Errors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The gas turbine industry has had many successes, but this past year it has been dogged by the specter of two great mistakes—one that occurred, and another that is being threatened. Many groups are pushing -
The Robot Will See You Now
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Robots have long helped humans by doing tasks that are too dangerous, too difficult, and too dull. That is why they proved indispensable in the automotive and other industries. Over the past decade, engineers have also ... -
Electrical Grid Resilience
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)For decades, reliability has been the watchword for electric utilities, but now there’s a focus on a related concept: Resilience. It has gained notice as planners began thinking about increased natural disasters brought ... -
Clean Fuel from Nuclear Power
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The current commercial hydrogen production has a significant carbon footprint. Now, projects co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and commercial nuclear utilities with operating nuclear power facilities aim to change ... -
The Thirst Quenchers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Scientists are developing a wide variety of technologies to solve the urgent problem of water shortages across the world. In fact, many have been working for decades on finding better and more economical ways to turn ... -
10 Smart Startups
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Superstar Cities are known for their technology startups, but innovative companies are popping up all over the United States. To show the diversity of innovation outside the so-called innovation hubs, this article spotlights ... -
The Infinitely Expandable Resource
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)While many engineers look to develop new, clean energy sources, Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute has spent 40 years preaching that the cleanest fuel is efficiency. His team’s designs for buildings and vehicles ... -
Innovation in the Time of COVID-19
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Engineers are accustomed to collaborating with multidisciplinary teams while working with physical prototypes. In the age of COVID-19, that is often impossible. This article delves into how some engineers have learned to ... -
Automating the Risk Out of Farming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The farming and agriculture industry has had its fair share of problems over the last decade. Bottlenecks in the supply chain and the lack of risk management and flexibility led to increasing food waste, and the labor ... -
Come Fly with Me
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Each year, flight enthusiasts from all over the globe descend on Oshkosh, Wis., for Air Venture, to see fighter jet fly-bys, world-class aerobatics, and outstanding fire works. But this past year, one of the highlights of ... -
Cutting the Carbon from Concrete
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The production of concrete is responsible, by some estimates, for as much as 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, enough to be considered a major contributor. Given the impact that has now become apparent, research ...