At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), Christopher Williams heads the effort to further advance 3-D printing--known among engineers as additive manufacturing--with copper, a widely used conductor in electronics....

Meramec Instrument Transformer Co. needed to diversify and develop more products to sell with a goal of becoming the leader in the industry. With the help of their local economic development director, they were connected with Missouri...

In this project, students will develop and investigate components of simple products, 3D model them in Inventor, research and illustrate their manufacturing process, and determine how they can be recycled. Through this hands-on approach,...

Find out how three U.S. manufacturers achieved growth through innovation and new product development by working with their local NIST MEP affiliates.

• ATAS International, Allentown, PA, wondered if it was possible to find a...

Now that we understand material selection, it's time to build something. But where would we build it? This video discusses the importance of selecting the right material and the various methods of manufacturing. It explores different...

Along the path from design to manufacture, a lot of information gets passed from computer to computer and machine to machine. Figuring out how a product’s design and manufacturing information can be authored, exchanged and processed...

Pupil outcome: I can prepare an orthographic projection of my design. Key learning points: - Orthographic projections are used to communicate designs accurately. - Orthographic projections are to scale, show multiple views and the...

Pupil outcome: I can prepare an orthographic projection of my design. Key learning points: - Orthographic projections are used to communicate designs accurately. - Orthographic projections are to scale, show multiple views and the...

Pupil outcome: I can prepare an orthographic projection of my design. Key learning points: - Orthographic projections are used to communicate designs accurately. - Orthographic projections are to scale, show multiple views and the...

Mechanical engineering is a broad major that can be broken up into different subfields or concentrations. The main concentrations I discuss in this video are Mechatronics, HVAC, and Manufacturing.



Mechatronics is the...

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is a manufacturing giant involved in various high-tech projects. They design and manufacture commercial jetliners, helicopters, and satellites, while also being involved in the...

Waterfall Project Management is a specific approach to tackling a project.



It is linear and follows a series of stages

or phases.

The term 'Waterfall' was first used in 1976. But,...

I had an interesting conversation last week, with an experienced Project Manager. I remembered a similar discussion with another PM, at the end of last year. And it left me comparing the approaches the two of them...

Kanban originated in the manufacturing sector. But, recently, it has become a popular approach to managing projects. This is especially as it has been developed into an Agile Project Management methodology. So, what is Kanban and Kanban...

One of the best ways to start or review a programming language is to work on a simple project. These exercises are designed to teach basic Python programming skills to help you design a temperature controller. Temperature control is...

In this video, we will focus on views and details in Microsoft Project. You will learn to apply an existing view, understand what views are, and create a new view. We will explore the details form and timeline view. We will arrive at a...

In this video, we're going to learn how to use SMD LEDs in our electronics projects. SMD LEDs are a type of LED that are smaller in size than normal LEDs, which makes them perfect for some special projects

Geethika, a former UT student delved into solar technology during their time at the university, which greatly influenced their career path. Equipped with knowledge gained from studying physics and engaging in solar projects on campus,...

Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a...

"Remember before the internet?" asks Joi Ito. "Remember when people used to try to predict the future?" In this engaging talk, the head of the MIT Media Lab skips the future predictions and instead shares a new approach to creating in...

MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly -- the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big...

If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about supply chains, says biodiversity champion and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Nicole Rycroft. Her organization, Canopy, partners with key industry leaders to overhaul their...

A tidy project is an efficient project. And that's why I love 5S. It wasn't designed for the project environment, but Project Managers can gain a lot from it.



The 5S idea comes from Japanese motor...

There's no shortage of ideas about how to use nanotechnology, but one of the major hurdles is how to manufacture some of the new products on a large scale. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), UMass Amherst chemical...