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Simpler Invisibility Cloak Fabricated using 3-D Printing

Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple cloak has become a lot simpler.

7 May 2013

Johnson Controls Wins Automotive Innovations Award 2013

Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive seating, seating components and automotive interiors and electronics, has received the Automotive Innovations Award 2013 in the Interiors category.

6 May 2013

Gold Edison Award Recognizes Johnson Controls-UWM Partnership in Energy Advancements

Johnson Controls, a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, is a 2013 Gold Award Winner by the internationally renowned Edison Awards for its recent groundbreaking collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM).

From Johnson Controls, Inc. 4 May 2013

Battelle Honors DOE Electrical Engineer as Inventor of the Year

Gianluigi De Geronimo, a leading electrical engineer who designs unique, state-of-the-art microelectronics at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, was honored by Battelle as an "Inventor of the Year" at Battelle's annual recognition program in Columbus, Ohio, on April 19.

30 Apr 2013

Special Prize Awarded To Hexcel At Safran Ceremony

On April 22nd, Hexcel was awarded a special prize at a ceremony organized by Safran to acknowledge the latest inventions by employees and their suppliers. Hexcel was honoured with the Special Jury Prize - awarded in c...

From Hexcel 29 Apr 2013

Metallized Carbon Corporation Increases Range of Grade M-312 Nickel Chrome Impregnated, Carbon Graphite Material for Power Plant Boiler Feed Pump Bearings

Metallized Carbon Corporation, a global leader in the manufacture of oil-free, self-lubricating, carbon-graphite materials for severe service lubrication applications, announces the availability of the Grade M-312 nickel chrome impregnated, carbon graphite material.

From Metcar (Metallized Carbon Corporation) 25 Apr 2013

Oxford Instruments Installs and Commissions PlasmaPro NGP80 RIE Etch System in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)

Oxford Instruments, a leader in plasma etch and deposition equipment and processes, has recently installed and commissioned a PlasmaPro NGP80 RIE etch system in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) for use in their research.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 25 Apr 2013

Lake Shore Launches Alpha THz Materials Characterization to High Interest from Industry

Lake Shore unveiled its terahertz or THz-based materials characterization system to the American Physical Society (APS) at its 2013 March Meeting.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 25 Apr 2013

Solar3D Seeks Patent Protection for 3-Dimensional Solar Cell in China

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that the company has filed a patent application to protect its next generation solar cell design and methods of fabrication in China.

19 Apr 2013

Students Print Prototype Designs on Cornell’s New 3-D Printers

Identify a consumer need, design a solution under a certain price, and sell it online. Those were the basic guidelines this semester for engineering students in Mechanical Synthesis 2250, an introduction to product design.

18 Apr 2013

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