Engineering News

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method to eliminate noise using laser light to take extreme precision measurements. The method, optomechanics, is a complicated interface between optical radiation and a mechanical movement.

A report published by Pew Research Center and Elon University states that the Internet will increase our awareness of the world but at the same time diminishes individuals’ privacy and allow abusers to gather this personal and private information. The Internet will become implanted into everyday life, just as electricity is today.

A white paper written by Clifford Winston, Searle Freedom Trust Fellow at Brookings and Fred Mannering at Purdue University has suggested self-driving vehicles will help solve the highway traffic and safety issues throughout the United States. Through their research, traffic congestion costs the U.S. economy $100 billion yearly.

MIT researchers have developed a new material that is two-dimensional to create devices that have the ability to harness or emit light. The material, called tungsten diselenide (WSe2), could produce ultrathin, lightweight and flexible optoelectronic devices.

A team of electrical engineers from the University of Utah have developed microscopic assemblies that use light to transmit information and were produced using an inexpensive inkjet printer.

A team of physicists at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) are proposing a device that would capture and harvest energy from the Earth’s infrared emissions to outer space. The device would be similar to a photovoltaic solar panel, but would generate electric power by releasing infrared light instead of capturing visible light.

Global Industry Analysts (GIA) Inc. has released a comprehensive report on the global EMI and RF shielding materials and technologies markets. The report states the forecast of this market will reach $7.9 billion by 2020.

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has introduced a new program to incite small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to collaborate with the agency. A*STAR will grant royalty-free and exclusive intellectual property (IP) licenses for the first 18 months of the program.

A team of researchers at the Vienna University of Technology has made an important breakthrough to create a two dimensional electron gas in strontium titanate. This gas allows electrons to move freely below the surface and occupy different quantum states.

Penn State University will be the first university in America to auction their exclusive licenses to intellectual property to interested companies. The first auction is scheduled to start on March 31 to April 11 and includes dozens of patents from the College of Engineering.