Mechanical Engineering Magazine Select Articles: Recent submissions

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    • Filtering Out Microbes 

      Kosowatz, John (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)
      A new HVAC filter, developed through a collaboration of Houston-based medical real estate developer Medistar and researchers at the University of Houston and Texas A&M University, uses a heated filter made

    • Cleaning With UV Light 

      González, Carlos M. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)
      When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in China in early 2020, the autonomous disinfecting robots from UVD Robots saw massive interest from companies looking to sanitize and sterilize their places of business.

    • Adding Energy Storage to the Combined Cycle 

      Conlon, William M.; Venetos, Milton J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)
      The efficient natural gas Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) has driven a substantial reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, while gas turbine peaking plants also provide backup for variable renewable resources. As ...

    • Engineers in Action 

      Costabile, Thomas (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)
      The editors of Mechanical Engineering magazine recognize technologists who developed a robot that can sterilize hospital rooms, a filter that can kill microbes in HVAC systems, an autonomous droid that delivers food, a ...

    • The Effect of Heat Transfer on Turbine Performance 

      Jardine, Lachlan J.; Miller, Robert J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      For over 50 years, high-pressure gas turbine blades have been cooled using air bled from the compressor. This cooling results in very high rates of heat transfer, both within the fluid and within the blade, shown in figure ...

    • Aspects of Gas Turbine Thermal Efficiency 

      Langston, Lee S. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      In the family of heat engines, the gas turbine is unique in that it is used to produce two different kinds of useful power. By converting combusted fuel heat into work, a gas turbine engine can produce external shaft power ...

    • Pathway to STEM 

      Kelly, Caitlin (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 

      Winters, Jeffery (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? 

      Kosowatz, John (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 

      Hitchcox, Alan (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 

      Basu, Amiyo K. (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 

      Hatch, Cory (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 

      Thilmany, Jean (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 

      Lents, Charles E. (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 

      Langston, Lee S. (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 

      Langston, Lee S. (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 

      Zeldovich, Lina (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 

      Gibson, Tom (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 

      Hank, Hogan (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 

      Kelly, Caitlin (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 ...