Mechanical engineering
hideMechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics and chemistry for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of various systems. Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines.
It requires a solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and energy. Mechanical engineers use the core principles as well as other knowledge in the field to design and analyze manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, robotics, medical devices and more.
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News tagged with mechanical engineering
Helping hands
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In capstone project, mechanical engineering students apply innovative and collaborative skills to create a rehab glove that stroke patients can use at home
New curriculum mixes nanotechnology and skiing (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.
Nanotech protection: Current safety equipment may not be adequate for nanoprotection
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that approp ...
Probing Question: Where are all the cool robots?
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the better part of a century, they’ve promised us robots. From Elektro, the 7-foot metal man of the 1939 World’s Fair, to Rosie the robot maid on "The Jetsons" to the android lieutenant ...
Improved robotic hand captures mechanical engineering top award
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) has captured another top award for its updated innovative robotic hand that can automatically change its grasping force ...
In The World: A better way to beat around the bush
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many residents of New Longoro, a small village in the countryside of Ghana, are small-scale farmers, and one of the crops they grow is groundnuts — what we call peanuts. But harvesting and ...
University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass
Sep 24, 2009 |
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A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique ...
'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.
Flying by the skin of our teeth
Aug 19, 2009 |
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It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School of ...
From human bite to robot jaws
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...
Applying Newton's Laws of Motion to Baseball Pitching
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion.
3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade ceramics mix
Mar 31, 2009 |
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This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making ...
Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...
Free, open-source software enables innovation with popular but tricky lab technique
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists need to detect and analyze DNA, or traces of a bioweapon or maybe an environmental contaminant, there's a good chance they'll turn to a lab technique called electrophoresis—or one of its many ...
Babies & Robots: Infant power mobility on display
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can't explore the world like other babies, because they can't crawl or walk. Infant development emerges from the thousands of daily discoveries ...
