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BYU Engineers Push Product Design Boundaries

Traditionally, automobiles, lawn mowers, airplanes, dishwashers and other products contain a wide variety of rigid parts connected by joints that are designed to be strong and stiff.
May 1, 2013

Compliant mechanisms are jointless, elastic structures that reduce costs and simplify product designs. These single-piece flexible structures elastically deform without joints to produce a desired functionality.


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Robotics and 3D Printing Get Creative at Cornell Lab

Robotic grippers and 3D printing are two passions of Hod Lipson, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and computer science at Cornell University.
March 1, 2013

The facility was created by Lipson in 2001 to develop robots that “create and are creative. We explore novel autonomous systems that can design and make other machines automatically,” he points out.


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Ohio State Tackles Assembly Line Ergonomics

January 3, 2013

Rising health care costs are one of the biggest challenges facing the American auto industry today.


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Louisville is at the Forefront of Additive Manufacturing

November 1, 2012

Additive manufacturing is one of the hottest technologies to come along in the last 50 years.


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Georgia Tech Pushes the Boundaries of Electronics

September 4, 2012
Imagine owning a television with the thickness and weight of a sheet of paper. Some day in the near future, it will be possible, thanks to the growing field of printed electronics.


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On Campus: Clemson Rolls Into the Automotive R&D Spotlight

July 2, 2012
In less than a decade, Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) has become a driving force in motor vehicle research and development.


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On Campus: RPI Center Focuses on Advanced Manufacturing

May 1, 2012
Although Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the nation’s oldest technological university, it’s on the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing.


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On Campus: Ontario Is a Hot Spot for Composites Research

February 29, 2012
Composites are an attractive alternative to metal for automotive and aerospace manufacturers.


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On Campus: Minnesota Facility Promotes Medical Device Innovation

January 5, 2012
College is a great time to experiment. That’s exactly what the Medical Devices Center (MDC) at the University of Minnesota encourages students to do. The 4,000-square-foot facility promotes interdisciplinary medical device development, including needs assessment, creative brainstorming, prototyping and testing.
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On Campus: Solar Power Has a Bright Future at Tennessee

October 27, 2011
The University of Tennessee is home to the new Tennessee Solar Institute, a joint-venture with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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