Nanoscale laser harnesses plasmons Sep 2, 2009
"Ours is the smallest laser that can be integrated with semiconducting devices," claimed Guy Bartal, manager of the University of California at Berkeley's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. "There's another claim for a small laser that was published one week before us, but this one does not involve a technology that can be integrated with semiconductors.". (EETimes)
Satellites flying in formation over Asia Sep 2, 2009
Additional work in China on micro-FSATs is underway at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Chinese Academy of Science-Shanghai Satellite Engineering Center (CAS-SSEC), which was heavily involved in China's launch in late 2008 of the BanXing-1 (BX-1), a micro-FSAT which was released from the manned Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. (See Asia Times Online, October 25, 2008. (Asia Times Online)
Scientists create world's smallest semiconductor laser Sep 1, 2009
"This work shatters traditional notions of laser limits, and makes a major advance toward applications in the biomedical, communications and computing fields," said Xiang Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering and director of UC Berkeley's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The achievement helps enable the development of such innovations as nanolasers that can probe, manipulate and characterize DNA molecules; optics-based telecommunications many times faster than current technology;... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Deere, union open contract talks Aug 27, 2009
The Deere operations in Waterloo represented by the UAW/Deere Master Factory Agreement are the John Deere Waterloo Works; John Deere Engine Works; John Deere Waterloo Tractor, Cab Assembly Operations; John Deere Product Engineering Center; and John Deere Foundry. Other locations are the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Metroplex receives $2M state grant Aug 21, 2009
The Metroplex subdivided space at the offices of at 600 Liberty St. to create an engineering center for Bechtel and a 60,000-square-foot technology incubator for other companies ... Part of the deal included subdividing the offices to create the engineering center and technology incubator. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Trio of companies named to TESS contract vehicle Aug 20, 2009
Under a new indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order through the award, CACI will continue supporting the Armys Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD). CACI will provide scientific and engineering support to assist I2WD in modernizing Army intelligence and information warfare capabilities and providing mission-critical support to warfighters worldwide. (FCW.com)
Giant Robotic Cages to Roam Seas as Future Fish Farms? Aug 19, 2009
That's one reason that Cliff Goudey, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Offshore Aquaculture Engineering Center, is building cages that can move under their own power. Continued on. (National Geographic)
SwRI designs Army test vehicle laboratory Aug 19, 2009
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center broke ground this week on a new test facility for military vehicles ... Southwest Research Institute has operated the Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center s Fuels and Lubricants Research Laboratory in San Antonio under an engineering support contract for more than 50 years. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Playing with the big boys Aug 18, 2009
When you say, I m the National Robotics and Engineering Center, developer of the best autonomous systems in the world, they say, I know ... Part of the National Robotics Engineering Center. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Lamb on the lam (4940) Aug 14, 2009
Then police began getting calls in Cedar Falls, near the John Deere Product Engineering Center. "At one point last week it was down by Cedar Heights Drive and Viking Road at the roundabout. More recently we had reports in the area of Grand Boulevard," said Cedar Falls Police Lt. Kelli Head. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
New Cancer Drug Delivery System Is Effective And Reversible Aug 11, 2009
The work was supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center grant, the NSF Career Program, and the Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (SCCNE, Washington University) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST, UIUC). Journal reference. (Science Daily)
The (green) holy grail Aug 10, 2009
The aim is for the state to become a major production, design and engineering center for solar, geothermal and wind power, and the advanced batteries and engines used in hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. "It's a natural for us," she told a green jobs conference the state hosted in May. (iAfrica.com)
NYU physicists make room for oddballs Aug 4, 2009
But physicists at the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at New York University recently developed a new way to help answer the question. They say the solution is found in how the particles pack in terms of many neighboring gumballs a single gumball can randomly touch within a given container. (EurekAlert!)
Army Corps says Lanier ruling should not affect nearby lakes Aug 3, 2009
According to a report from the corps' Hydrologic Engineering Center , the Savannah lakes all cite the 1958 Rivers rs Act as the legal authority to provide water to cities, if called on to do so. Lake Lanier cites the 1946 Rivers rs Act. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Research Funding At UNL Hits A Record $122 Million Jul 31, 2009
1 million from NSF for continued support of UNL's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and its nanotechnology research. $8. (Nebraska Statepaper)
National Guard to demo green energy Jul 23, 2009
Under contract with the U.S. Army Tank, Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), uses solid waste as fuel and converts that waste to synthetic fuel to then generate electrical power (or diesel fuel with a conversion package) ... The United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development , and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and the National Automotive Center (NAC), an integral part of TARDEC, endorse Camp Grayling as the field testing site for MEWEPS. TARDEC Director, Dr.... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Testing Relativity, Black Holes In The Lab Jul 21, 2009
Zhang, a principal investigator with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and director of UC Berkeley's Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center, has been one of the pioneers in the creation of artificial optical materials ... This research was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office and by the National Science Foundation which funds the UC Berkeley Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center. (Science Daily)
NM construction awards set for July 24 Jul 18, 2009
UNM Centennial Engineering Center. Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Roush 427R Mustang Jul 18, 2009
While Ford was busy working on its extensive redesign of the Mustang for 2010, there was a large fly on the wall of the engineering center. His name was Jack Roush. (Fox News)
Roses ‘n’ Raspberries (July 17) Jul 17, 2009
On Saturday, a fire alarm going off at 7:42 a.m. drew investigators from the campus office of the Oregon State Police to the 50-plus million Kelley Engineering Center. The building s lounge was found mostly covered in retardant from a fire extinguisher. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Crime watch (July 16) Jul 16, 2009
EXTINGUISHER MESS: 7:42 a.m., Kelley Engineering Center. After a fire alarm sounded, the building s lounge was found mostly covered in retardant from a fire extinguisher. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Sand forms water-like droplets when poured Jul 2, 2009
But physicists from the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of Chicago, led by professor Heinrich M. Jaeger, used high-speed photography to measure minute levels of surface tension and in flows of dry granular materials. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Northeastern Crime Log Jul 1, 2009
A custodial staff member reported the glass on a lab door on the second floor of the Snell Engineering Center was kicked in. A graduate student later reported his laptop was missing from the lab. (Northeastern News, MA)
More of this story Jun 24, 2009
The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the Rhinelander, Wisconsin region. Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:26 AM CDT City considers park options at treatment plant. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
City considers park options at treatment plant Jun 24, 2009
The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the Rhinelander, Wisconsin region. By Luke LaggisCity Editor. (Forest Republican, WI)
Bioengineers develop a microfabricated device to measure cellular forces during tissue development Jun 23, 2009
The research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, an Army Research Office Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the Material Research Science and Engineering Center and Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration at Penn, the U.S Department of Education's Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need and the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship. . (EurekAlert!)
UGA researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells Jun 20, 2009
"The beauty of organic semiconductors is how their properties change, based on size and the number of repeating units," said Locklin, who is a member of UGA's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. Thiophene itself is an insulator, said Locklin, "but by linking many thiophene molecules together in a controlled fashion, the polymers have conducting properties.". (EurekAlert!)
Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction Jun 18, 2009
MADISON Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. Scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) have developed a way to measure temperature changes in the tops of clouds to improve forecast times for rapidly growing storms. (EurekAlert!)
Method To Precisely Glue Particles Together On The Micro- And Nano-scale Created Jun 17, 2009
The work was supported by the National Science Foundation's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) program, the Keck Foundation, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Mingyuan Medicare Announces Collaboration with CHGC and SBC on Major Infectious Diseases Detecting Platform in Fight Against Human Swine Flu Jun 16, 2009
Founded in 2001, Shanghai Biochip Company Limited ("SBC") is one of the largest biotech companies in China and is also the National Engineering Center for biochip design and engineering in Shanghai. Facilitated with advanced biotech platforms and labs and operated by strong teams for research, services, marketing and sales, SBC provides a series of biochips and related technical services, proprietary drug targets and relevant diagnostic products. (JCN Network, Japan)
Feud simmers as caf fights expansion at Smith College Jun 16, 2009
The college is finishing construction this summer on Ford Hall, a gleaming science and engineering center next to the caf. The $73 million, 140,000-square-foot structure, with state-of-the-art classrooms and an environmentally friendly design, is a striking addition on a campus where most science buildings date to the 1960s. (Boston Globe)
Ex-Army engineer gets $50,000 fine May 30, 2009
U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III on Friday scolded Ben-ami Kadish for letting the Israelis steal classified documents between 1979 and 1985 from the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey, where he worked. "What you did was a very grave offense," the judge told Kadish, who hobbled to a lectern with a metal cane to deliver a short statement before he was fined $50,000 but was given no jail time and no period of probation. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Incentives lure 226 Siemens jobs to N.C. May 16, 2009
The announcement comes on the heels of news last month that will open a national project management and engineering center in Charlotte. It will create 194 jobs over the next five years. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Massport chief criticizedover dinner with contractors May 16, 2009
Some 285 engineers, architects, and construction executives attended the event at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, according to Abbie Goodman, executive director of the Engineering Center, a Beacon Hill nonprofit group that organized the dinner ... "The dinner has been described by its organizers as a way to raise money for engineering education and scholarships through their Engineering Center Education Trust. Massport supports the Engineering Center Education Trust with annual donations "because... (Boston Globe)
Siemens to invest $50M, add 226 jobs in Charlotte May 15, 2009
The announcement comes on the heels of news last month that will open a national project management and engineering center in Charlotte. It will create 194 jobs here over the next five years. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
OSU’s engineering students host expo May 14, 2009
The expo is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Kelley Engineering Center at OSU.. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., tours of the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory are available. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Business Notes (May 11) May 12, 2009
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Kelley Engineering Center, OSU campus. Free. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
'Invisibility Cloak' Successfully Hides Objects May 2, 2009
A team led by Xiang Zhang, a principal investigator with Berkeley Lab s Materials Sciences Division and director of UC Berkeley s Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center, has created a carpet cloak from nanostructured silicon that conceals the presence of objects placed under it from optical detection. While the carpet itself can still be seen, the bulge of the object underneath it disappears from view. (Science Daily)
Toshiba to bring 194 Mecklenburg jobs Apr 30, 2009
is opening a national project-management and engineering center in Charlotte and will create 194 jobs here over the next five years. The nuclear engineering and construction management jobs will carry an average annual wage of $122,037, excluding benefits. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
State pledges $5M for 194 Toshiba jobs Apr 29, 2009
The company, which designs and builds nuclear power plants and sells nuclear reactors, plans to open a new national project management and engineering center in Mecklenburg County. The company will spend $2. (Triangle Business Journal)
Army 'Double Laser' Could Take Out Bombs, Trucks Apr 28, 2009
Researchers at the Army's Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) in Picatinny, N.J. have another idea super high-energy microwaves. Microwave weapons already have been tried, but not really used, because the beams scatter so much that there's a high risk of "self kill" to nearby personnel. (Fox News)
One-story Masonry Building Survives Strong Jolts During Seismic Tests Apr 17, 2009
The series of tests, performed at UC San Diego's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the world. See also. (Science Daily)
China launches second "Compass" satellite Apr 15, 2009
An official with the National Engineering Center of Satellite Navigation told Xinhua, the successful launch of the geostationary Earth orbit satellite was of great importance as it was the second one of the country's satellite navigation system independent from foreign technology. The system, code named "COMPASS", is a crucial part of the country's space infrastructure for providing navigation and positioning services in transportation, meteorology, petroleum prospecting, forest fire monitoring,... (Xinhuanet, China)
1-story masonry building survives strong jolts during UC San Diego seismic tests Apr 15, 2009
The series of tests, performed at UC San Diego's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the world ... Engineers inspect cracks in a one-story reinforced concrete masonry structure caused by simulated earthquake jolts at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center. (EurekAlert!)
High-tech Speed Bump Detects Damage To Army Vehicles Apr 15, 2009
The researchers have filed for a patent on the technique, which has been nominated as a U.S. Army invention of the year by the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, in Warren, Mich ... The technical paper was written by Purdue mechanical engineering graduate student Tiffany DiPetta, Purdue senior research engineer David Koester, Adams, and four researchers from the U.S. Army: Gothamy, Paul Decker, David Lamb and David Gorsich, from the Tank Automotive Research,... (Science Daily)
Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarization Apr 13, 2009
The authors also acknowledge the support of two Harvard-based centers, the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) and the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). . (EurekAlert!)
Better Way To Manufacture Fast Computer Chips Developed Apr 9, 2009
This work was partially funded by the Center for Emergent Materials at Ohio State, which is a Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Partial funding was also provided by Ohio State s Institute for Materials Research. (Science Daily)
Electric car sparks interest at OSU Apr 9, 2009
Wednesday afternoon, in front of the Kelley Engineering Center, Ray sat in an EV-02 electric vehicle prototype from Renault-Nissan that can travel up to 100 miles on a single charge, seats five people comfortably and will be priced competitively with other compact automobiles in the 20,000 to 30,000 range ... You can definitely get a ticket in it, Perry joked with a member of the crowd gathered near the Kelly Engineering Center. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Stanford Linear gets $8M federal funds Apr 3, 2009
The additional $54 million in California will go to the Energy Technology Engineering Center, located on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley. It will allow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct radiological and chemical assessments necessary to complete an environmental impact statement and complete the site s cleanup. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Students plan day of silence to honor hate crime victims Apr 2, 2009
Last night, former Executive Director for the Human Rights Campaign Elizabeth Birch spoke in Snell Engineering Center, addressing a wide range of issues, including civil rights in the workplace. Tonight in 168 Snell Engineering at 7 p.m. there will be a screening of Milk, the biopic of Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn, who played the first openly gay person elected to public office in the United States. (Northeastern News, MA)
University admits Square 54 is dig to China Apr 1, 2009
He later changed his story when confronted with documents and maps obtained by The Buzzkill charting a path around the molten center of the Earth and reading "ASIANS=GOOD AT MATH AND SCIENCE" in bold letters with an arrow pointing to a mock-up of a proposed $300 million science and engineering center. "Okay fuck it," Krapp admitted, "I may be an old English professor but everyone knows we need the Asians if anyone is going to believe we're serious about math and science.". (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Lockheed teams with UF on satellite plan Mar 28, 2009
Lockheed, Univ. of Fla. team on satellite project - New Mexico Business Weekly. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Synthetic Gene Circuit Allows Precise Dosing Of Gene Expression Mar 13, 2009
12, 2009) Researchers have crafted a gene circuit that permits precise tuning of a gene's expression in a cell, an advance that should allow for more accurate analysis of the gene's role in normal and abnormal cellular function. This gene "dosing effect" is achieved by installing a negative feedback loop in the synthetic gene circuit, a concept similar to signal distortion control in electronics, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports this week... (Science Daily)
Kayak's TravelPost to take on TripAdvisor Mar 12, 2009
Kayak, which runs a 50-person engineering center in Concord, began running TravelPost as part of its December 2007 acquisition of. When Kayak took over the site, TravelPost was a Web 2. (Boston Globe)
Company Closes Texas Plants, Cuts Jobs Mar 4, 2009
The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports the shutdown will not affect the company's Tyler engineering center, which employs 360 people. Spokeswoman Jan Sieving says the Beaumont facility has deep-water access and is closer to the company's projects in that region. (KWTX.com, TX)
Nano-elements To Revolutionize Data Storage Mar 1, 2009
"I expect that the new method we developed will transform the microelectronic and storage industries, and open up vistas for entirely new applications," said co-lead investigator Thomas Russell, director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UMass Amherst, visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley's Department of Chemistry, and one of the world's leading experts on the behavior of polymers ... 5, 2003) Scientists at the University of Wisconsin's Materials Research Science... (Science Daily)
TripAdvisor adds flight, fare search Feb 27, 2009
but runs a 50-person engineering center in Concord, acquired SideStep, a Santa Clara, Calif. company that runs user-generated reviews, in December 2007. (Boston Globe)
Nanoscale Materials Grow With The Flow Feb 23, 2009
22, 2009) Imagine unloading a pile of bricks onto the ground and watching the bricks assemble themselves into a level, straight wall in only a few minutes. While merely a fantasy for builders in the everyday world, these types of self-assembled structures are a reality for those who build materials in the nanoworld. (Science Daily)
* Business Quick Take Feb 22, 2009
Nissan Motor Co is chopping its California-based advanced planning team to nine positions from 19, possibly paring its ability to create models for the US. Nissans cutback of the Los Angeles group follows the companys announcement last month that it will close a design studio at its Farmington Hills, Michigan, engineering center. On Feb. 9 in Japan, the company said it would cut 20,000 jobs worldwide because of the sales slump, following plans to shed 110 US sales, marketing and design... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Nissan Cuts Size of U.S. Auto Planning Team; Mazda to Eliminate 110 Jobs Feb 21, 2009
The move follows Nissans announcement in January that it will close a design studio at its Farmington Hills, Michigan, engineering center. On Feb. 9 in Japan, the company said it would cut 20,000 jobs worldwide because of the sales slump, following plans to shed 110 U.S. sales, marketing and design positions. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Reading: Yours, Mine, Ours: When You And I Share Perspectives Feb 20, 2009
Psychologist Tad T. Brunye from the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) and Tufts University, along with Tali Ditman, Caroline R. Mahoney and Holly A. Taylor from Tufts University and Jason S. Augustyn from the US Army NSRDEC, investigated how pronouns can influence the way we imagine events being described. In these experiments, volunteers read sentences describing everyday actions. (Science Daily)
Earthquake engineering research aims to save lives, billions of dollars Feb 18, 2009
The million-dollar test required the construction of a 3-story, half-scale precast concrete structure on a giant shake table at UC San Diego's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center. About 600 instruments located throughout the structure measured its responses to fifteen 20-second quakes simulated by the shake table. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Safaran not to set MRO in India Feb 16, 2009
Safaran defers plan to set up MRO in India- Airlines / Aviation-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times. Safaran defers plan to set up MRO in India16 Feb 2009, 1320 hrs IST, Joji Thomas Philip, ET Bureau. (India Times)
New Technology May Boost Artificial Arms Feb 12, 2009
"In the simplest terms, it's a better tool," said study lead author Dr. Todd A. Kuiken, director of the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. "This will hopefully enable [patients] to do more of the everyday things that we all take for granted, be it cooking or cleaning or working in the yard.". (MEDLINEplus)
GM's Lutz to leave amid new crush of regulations Feb 10, 2009
Experience: Stephens started with GM at the Chevrolet Engineering Center in Warren in 1969 in a student's co-op program through U-M; numerous engineering positions 1971-88; plant manager Livonia Engine plant, 1988-90; engine and powertrain positions 1990-94; vice president positions, 1994-2008, executive vice president GM Global Powertrain, March 2008 to now. More Business headlines. (Detroit Free Press)
