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One way mechanical engineering can contribute to a greener future is demonstrated by ASU students in Mechanical Engineering (MAE) Design I & II classes taught by lecturer Mario Gomes.
In the two-semester course, students complete a rigorous, hands-on project to design and build a device that meets a set of performance specifications. One project Gomes devised challenges students to produce a device that automatically maintains optimal automobile tire pressure using the tire's own rotation as a power source. |
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Friday 27 March, 2009 11:49 AM |
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In a move that will advance development of alternative energy in South Carolina, the state’s leading bioenergy researchers have teamed to study how South Carolina’s agricultural resources can help reduce the state’s and nation’s dependence on fossil fuels. |
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Tuesday 24 March, 2009 11:35 AM |
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Gary Rubloff is trying to hold on to wind gusts and sun rays.
Well, not exactly. But Rubloff, the director of the university's Maryland NanoCenter, is trying to solve one of green energy's thorniest problems: how to store energy generated from alternative sources.
"There's a lot of focus on renewable energy: sun power, wind power. But the wind stops and the sun goes down," he said. "We need a way to grab that energy and store it. Nanoscience is the answer to developing the next generation of energy storage." |
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Monday 23 March, 2009 09:10 AM |
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Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) has released images of the team's new solar-powered racing car design. The vehicle, currently codenamed 'Bethany', will compete in the World Solar Challenge in Australia in October 2009. |
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Thursday 19 March, 2009 05:36 PM |
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Robotic fish , developed by UK scientists, are to be released into the sea for the first time to detect pollution.
The carp-shaped robots will be let loose in the port of Gijon in northern Spain as part of a three-year research project.
If successful, the team hopes that the fish will used in rivers, lakes and seas across the world, including Britain, to detect pollution. |
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Thursday 19 March, 2009 03:35 PM |
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Research coming out of the University of Maryland’s Maryland NanoCenter is up-ending the conventional wisdom on electrostatic capacitors as a method for storing energy.
Professors Gary Rubloff and Sang Bok Lee used principles in nanotechnology to increase the energy density of electrostatic capacitors, which store energy as an electric charge. |
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Wednesday 18 March, 2009 11:42 AM |
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With all the fuss about the environmental impact of fuel-guzzling cars and trucks , it's easy to forget that modern light aircraft often still use leaded gasoline, and to top it off, they pump out CO2 as they buzz through the skies.
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Thursday 12 March, 2009 04:15 PM |
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The environmental and economic cost of constructing buildings is profound. Green building design helps create healthier, more productive and more resource-efficient models of development, construction, renovation, operation and the eventual demolition of buildings and sites.
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Tuesday 10 March, 2009 03:08 PM |
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Tracy Hawkins arrived in a Tanzanian town in East Africa in summer 2005 with a few simple goals.No. 1 was getting out of her empty Brookhaven house while her kids were away at summer camp. She also wanted to meet people and do something meaningful.
Hawkins’ three-week excursion to teach pottery in Tanzania evolved into a fledgling organization that’s now bringing clean water to two developing countries, with plans for rapid expansion throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia. |
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Sunday 8 March, 2009 03:21 PM |
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While the downtrodden U.S. economy is keeping green building at bay, firms from San Francisco to Seattle are responding to want ads coming from overseas. And Asia especially can’t seem to get enough of West Coast talent .
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Sunday 8 March, 2009 02:26 PM |
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The government's carbon emissions targets mean the clean energy sector is booming. But the chronic skills shortage across engineering means HR has its work cut out to ensure the 'green-collar' workforce keeps pace with change. Elisabeth Jeffries reports. |
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Thursday 5 March, 2009 10:21 AM |
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Global warming is a growing concern within the automotive industry and indeed, the world's population as a whole. With an increase in air pollution and CO2 emissions, politicians and entrepreneurs have been seeking ways to limit the environmental impact that human beings have on the earth. Design Storz is one such company. |
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Tuesday 3 March, 2009 08:09 AM |
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ON MAIN STREET, GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK. On Wall Street, however, most green investments generated a sea of red ink last year. When the wheels came off stock markets around the globe in the fourth quarter of 2008, alternative-energy and clean-technology shares were among the hardest hit.
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Monday 2 March, 2009 03:56 PM |
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A Phoenix company is stepping up the development of an engine that doesn’t burn fossil fuels to produce power.PowerVerde Inc . has spent several years developing the device. It runs on the principle of expanding gases under pressure to drive a five-cylinder engine, which in turn provides power via a generator. The company is getting ready to test a larger version of its prototype.
Co-founders George Konrad and Fred Barker developed the concept in 2001.
Barker, a former engineer at Boeing Co., heads the engineering side, while Konrad heads construction. |
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Monday 2 March, 2009 01:16 PM |
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Carbon Sciences Inc ., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, today announced the completion of its highly-anticipated prototype, engineered to demonstrate the company's proprietary biocatalytic CO2-to-Fuel process. |
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Monday 2 March, 2009 12:03 PM |
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U.S. scientists have designed a new system that they say could rid the world of radioactive waste produced by nuclear power stations, opening the door to faster, cleaner and more efficient energy production. |
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Tuesday 24 February, 2009 12:17 PM |
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Although the basic idea is very old, one couple that have been spearheading a comeback for water wheels is Paul and Ingrid Bromley. They started developing a new generation of water wheels in 1991, primarily as a schools project. |
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Saturday 21 February, 2009 11:15 AM |
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Plastic here , newspapers there, glass bottles in that pile, aluminum cans over there. These days, it seems as if much of the waste that humans produce – especially from those individuals living in rich nations – can be recycled. That’s a far cry from just a few decades ago, when most of what we threw away ended up in landfills. |
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Wednesday 18 February, 2009 04:04 PM |
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One of the compelling and challenging aspects of the current focus on alternative energy is the amazing array of technologies that are in various stages of development. Should a country, company, or individual investor place a bet on wind or solar? Batteries or fuel cells? Nuclear, anyone? |
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Saturday 14 February, 2009 11:44 AM |
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Could hamsters help solve the world's energy crisis? Probably not, but a hamster wearing a power-generating jacket is doing its own small part to provide a new and renewable source of electricity. |
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Saturday 14 February, 2009 05:38 AM |
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