Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)
At the end of the 21st century the state of the world may very well depend on how successfully human beings were in solving the following 21 challenges. Let’s look at each challenge briefly and…
Engineering
Hurricane Devastation Increasing as Waters Warm
On Tuesday I sat down with a small group of journalists and Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT and author of Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes who walked us through…
New Solar Energy Chips 100 Times More Efficient
In March, 2013, researchers working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) announced an innovation in solar cell design and published a scientific paper on the breakthrough in Nature. According to Jared Schwede…
N55 Walking Houses are Transforming Human Life
Denmark is on the way to a green and sustainable future already having achieved 20% renewable energy and a plan to reach 100% by 2050. Most of Denmark’s renewable energy comes from wind turbines and…
Making Millions of Miles of Road Safer
State of the Art Research Facility Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Center for Infrastructure-Based Safety System has a state-of-the-art, full-scale, closed test bed research facility managed by the Virginia Department of Transportation called the…
Profile: Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk: “I would like to die on Mars, not just on Impact”
Seldom do we see such a young life where big dreams and ambitions are transformed into reality in the span of a few short years; his story is a testament to vision, passion, determination with…
Siemens Weighfeeders Boost Profits for Chinese Steel Company
ShouSteel Mining Ltd., located in QianAn City, China, runs a pelletizing plant that uses iron ore as a raw material combined with limestone, dolostone, or olivine, with bentonite as a binder. After mixing the raw…
315 mph (508 km/h) In An Electric Car Is The Fastest Zero Emmission Car On The Planet
At Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research teams of students led by professor Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni have been designing alternative fuel race cars that run on batteries or hydrogen fuel cells since 1990 that hold…
Air Pollution Killing 700,000 Chinese a Year and Millions More Worldwide
Sacrifice, development, progress: the names we give to human events often depend on our point of view. The most vilified and notorious criminals in history have been responsible for the deaths of millions. Genghis Khan…
Hate camping on the cold and soggy ground? Try the Tree Tent
If you’ve ever camped on rocky or soggy ground, if you’ve ever worried about animals, crawling bugs, or reptiles visiting you while you sleep, or if you’re looking for the next big think in camping, you’ve been waiting for the Tentsile.…
