Engineering

In an effort to attract talented young people to jobs at chemical plants, West Virginia University is testing a program that lets students play 3D video games that simulate the job. The simulations en… Read More

The Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River just north of New Orleans reopened on Sunday after years of work to widen it. The $1.2 billion project was completed under budget and four months ahe… Read More

The Office of Management and Budget last month issued guidance regarding conference spending by federal agencies. The guidance directed agencies to take steps to limit conference-related costs, but ac… Read More

Sensors developed by students at Purdue University designed to track bearing performance in wind turbines and prevent costly repairs will be part of the Department of Energy's National Clean Energy Bu… Read More

Increasingly, education initiatives are including manufacturing as a career path, especially careers in advanced manufacturing technologies. Manufacturing groups and associations are also eagerly reac… Read More

From heat-transfer mobile applications to an engineering cookbook, Android smartphone apps are cropping up to aid mechanical engineers. In this article, Chitra Sethi takes a look at nine of them, incl… Read More

An avatar, a 3D camera and an exercise video are being used at the San Mateo Medical Center in California to help surgical patients during their rehabilitation. As patients follow the video, the avata… Read More