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Boeing plans to invest heavily in automation to tackle its huge backlog of commercial jetliners.

This is National Engineers Week. The annual celebration highlights the important, but often unheralded, role that engineers play in society.

For the past year, the European Space Agency, in conjunction with London-based architectural firm Foster+Partners, has been performing tests to see if a Moon base can be 3D printed with local soil, rather than traditional thermoplastic. They call the soil "regolith."

Chrysler has turned an old NASCAR trailer into a mobile classroom to teach its lean manufacturing philosophy.

Mary Barra is the first engineer to take the helm at GM in several decades.

Without much fanfare, an old faithful friend of many aspiring young engineers recently turned 100—the humble Erector Set.

Given the global marketplace, shouldn't manufacturing and test equipment be equipped with user-friendly controls with different language options?

Will the aerospace industry continue to soar? Or is there turbulence ahead? Share your thoughts.

A couple weeks ago, I took part in the second annual Manufacturing Day, visiting a contract manufacturer of components and a cutting tools supplier.

The 2nd annual Manufacturing Day was held nationwide last Friday. Hundreds of manufacturers opened their doors to students to give them a glimpse into the world of 21st century production processes.