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Horton Introduces New WindShift Fan Blade
Horton recently introduced its most efficient fan blade, the WindShift WSE, according to a company release. It has been computer-optimized to allow for increased airflow and reduced operating noise....
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Simple Connection for Shielded Cables
The SAB 32 shield connection clip from Conta-Clip provides a quick, simple connection when cables require shielding from interference. With low-interference systems, the point where the cable shielding...
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Testing Audi’s New E-Booster Reveals Turbocharging's Future
The car: Audi RS5 TDI V6 3.0-L 283-kW (379-hp) bi-turbo Concept.
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Air Catcher Headlamp Feeds 2015 Challenger SRT's Hellcat V8
A patent-pending headlamp on the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT doubles as a cool air intake for the supercharged 6.2-L "Hellcat" Hemi V8 that produces an SAE-certified 707 hp.
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Cetim, Momentive Develop Composite Crashbox Concept
To use composite materials in primary structures of vehicles and mobile equipment, it is necessary to control their crash behavior. Solutions exist in sports cars to reach an energy...
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Hybrid-Electric Distributed Propulsion Explored
Recent advancements in electronics, computers, and power distribution have made distributed propulsion feasible, but major challenges remain.
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3-D Printing in Aerospace: Not Just Winging It
The demand for innovative manufacturing technology that produces lighter parts with stronger material grows each day in the competitive aerospace industry. 3-D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing,” is at the center of this innovation.
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Embry-Riddle to Offer Master’s in Unmanned Systems
Unmanned systems coursework will examine the application, development, management, and policies of unmanned systems and address issues including regulation; systems design; policy and ethics; education and training; and human performance and machine interaction.
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Sikorsky, NREC Partner for Matrix Application to Demonstrate U.S. Army Autonomous UGV Delivery
The project is an 18-month program sponsored by the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) through the Robotics Technology Consortium.
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Designing Quieter Aircraft via Acoustic Simulation
Greater fuel efficiency and low emission requirements have grown into such an urgent imperative in aircraft design that it often overshadows an equally significant factor in air travel—noise. Airbus shows that it’s possible to infuse acoustic simulation into design processes from beginning to...
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Tesla and Panasonic Expand Cooperation on Battery Cells
Panasonic will handle the cell-making activity at Tesla's coming battery manufacturing facility dubbed the Gigafactory, the two companies announced July 31. Panasonic already supplies...
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Next-Generation Infotainment System Envisioned by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America has developed a demonstration vehicle that uses Ethernet as the audio-video bridging architecture to enable any media on any...
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Cybersecurity Gets Input from Students, Others
Finding ways to prevent cyber attacks on vehicles has the attention of the global automotive industry as well as a few high school and college students.
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New Effort Launched for Better Vehicle-To-Grid Integration
The Electric Power Research Institute has announced a collaboration with 8 automakers and 15 utilities to develop and demonstrate an open grid integration platform for plug-in...
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Cornell Wins Iron Team Award as Baja SAE Series Concludes (Video)
Each year, SAE International sponsors the Collegiate Design Series (CDS), a series of competitions around the country where teams of student engineers are given a chance to...
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Using CAE to Assess Whining Noise of Electric Powertrains
Engine sound is a characteristic feature of passenger cars, and the well-balanced adaption to vehicle design and driving dynamics is a must for premium cars. The noise and sound of...
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG Expands China, Asia-Pacific Headquarters
The company will expand its space for offices, laboratories, and test benches to 54,000 m² (581,000 ft²), an increase from the current 11,000 m² (118,000 ft²).
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No Shortcuts for Verifying, Validating Aerospace System Designs
Product designs are increasingly being tested multiple times as they move forward, not just when versions are completed. Verifying the integrity of designs and ensuring that...
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Pratt & Whitney Enlists IBM to Capture Value of Big Data
Pratt & Whitney is teaming with IBM to enhance the engine fleet management and health solutions Pratt & Whitney offers to customers. Pratt & Whitney, with IBM's help, will...
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Lockheed Martin to Open Space Technology Office in U.K.
Lockheed Martin is opening a space technology office in Great Britain to explore partnership opportunities with U.K. businesses and universities to support the U.K.'s goal of...
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2015 Ford Edge Boasts New 2.0-L EcoBoost Engine
Ford Executive Vice President of Marketing Jim Farley says he knows what happened to the once-popular personal luxury coupe market in the US: those drivers are now buying crossover SUVs like...
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Nanotechnology Reduces Friction in the "Film Industry"
Automotive lubricants are under attack, besieged not only by advancing requirements to reduce friction losses across many aspects of the powertrain but also by the impact of associated...
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Hydrogen Fueling Protocol Spelled out in New SAE International J2601 Standard
SAE International recently published J2601 “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface Vehicles,” the light-duty hydrogen-fueling protocol that...
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WABCO Opens Second Application Engineering Center in India
WABCO recently opened a new Application Engineering Center in Pune, the supplier’s second such facility in India. The new center will allow WABCO’s team of application and test engineers to work closely with global commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India to jointly develop...
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Teams from Kansas and Brazil Top Fields at Dual FSAE Events to Wrap up CDS Season
Student engineers gathered at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE, on June 19-21 to compete at SAE International's Formula SAE–Lincoln/Formula SAE–Electric.
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Ford Announces Changes to Senior Leadership Team
Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday that Paul Mascarenas, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Research and Advanced Engineering, will retire after 32 years at Ford, effective Oct. 1....
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Competition Winners React to Attaining Coveted F1 Engineering Roles
Making the leap from Formula SAE to Formula One is beyond any engineering student’s wildest dreams, but that will be reality for a pair of students from the University of...
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EPA Uses ANSYS Technology for Reduced-Emission Test Engine
As part of its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for model years 2017 through 2025 light-duty vehicles, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Aisin Opens New North American Tech Center, Will Add Engineers
A tier one supplier’s product development activities get an efficiency boost with a larger facility that puts the headquarters for Aisin World Corp. of America and Aisin Technical Center of America under one roof.
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