Engineering News

The Department of Transportation has announced that it is working towards mandating vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology, where cars will communicate with each other to avoid accidents. 

According to a growth forecast from research group, Freedonia, the 3D printing market is expected to reach $5.0bn in 2017. This represents an annual growth rate of 20.7%, from $1.95bn in 2012.

The US Army has completed several tests using a variety of autonomous vehicles in a convoy to see how they were able to operate in urban environments.

A study by A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore has found that using a layer of graphene could be more efficient and cost effective than a layer of idium tin oxide (ITO) traditionally used in the production of solar panels.

The new center at the Grand Valley State University in Michigan is pairing engineering students with local companies to assist in developing and testing new products that will eventually enter the market.

The Federal Communications Commission has encouraged all wireless providers to begin implementing text-to-911 to ensure Americans will be able text 911 in the case of an emergency by the end of 2014.

The Federal Communications Commission will be voting on an AT&T petition to begin customer trials of new IP-based networks on Thursday, January 30^th. This would be the first step in allowing telephone carriers to replace traditional phone systems with a new system that works over Internet Protocol networks.

A 5-year pilot project at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Engineering that introduced a new freshman seminar course called Just in Time Math (JITM) has shown improvements in retention rate and grade point average in students who took the class.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week at Boston’s University’s College of Engineering to open their newest facility, the Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC). The center will allow students more hands-on experience than they previously had access to.