Aerogel, 99.8 percent air — a solid so light it challenges design engineers to find an application
Aerogel was such a breakthrough — literally, almost as light as air, yet a solid — that it challenges designers to engineer a problem for its solution. Years after its […]
A supersonic jet with no front window? NASA’s X-59 uses a 4K monitor instead.
The much anticipated X-59 QueSST Supersonic jet, co-developed by Lockheed Martin and NASA — which promises “quiet” supersonic — may make pilots think they are flying a simulator. Due to […]
Terraton Initiative: “Carbon Negative”: an innovative solution could remove 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide from atmosphere
With carbon dioxide levels at the highest level in history — 415 parts per million — it’s too late to think small in terms of Environmental engineering. Conservation alone may […]
Entire airframe of this V-shaped flying wing houses passengers and cargo resulting in 20 percent fuel savings
This fall, a prototype of a new concept, in passenger or cargo jets may lead to substantial fuel savings — expected to be at least 20 percent, and emissions by […]
Engineering positions: what’s in demand, what does it pay, what do you need to qualify? Top seven engineering positions
Electrical Engineering is one of the top choices of students considering careers — even though Petroleum Engineer tops the base salary list. [See below for informaiton on the top 7 […]
Clean freight: with over 10 per cent of emissions coming from “goods moving” the push is on for greener trucking
Greenhouse gas emissions have been on the rise, and approximately ten per cent of Canada’s emissions stem from freight. Though there are plenty of ideas for reducing these emissions, critics […]
Electro Water Separation (EWS) or Electro Coagulation: Treatment system uses electricity to clean contaminated water
Technology for cleaning contaminated water is increasingly being adopted by oil companies and well operators as a pay-by-the-gallon water-cleaning service. OriginOil’s electro water separation (EWS) technology, described as a high-speed, […]
Civil Engineering Design: What it Takes to Engineer the World’s Longest Tunnels
The world’s longest underwater tunnel is the Channel Tunnel, running 50 km under salt water. It is also the second-longest railway tunnel in the world. Yet, this underwater triumph is […]
New oil extraction methods such as swept acoustic wave promise to increase yield
Typically, companies only manage to extract a third of the oil from a given field using current technologies. A promising new extraction method, developed by veteran Russian engineer Alex Barak and […]
Hypersonic travel may become practical with new heat-resistant ceramic carbide material
The missing “technology” in the dream of hypersonic air travel is a light-weight but heat-resistant material that can tolerate the superheating of travelling more than five times the speed of […]
Scientists Use Machine Learning to Automate Atomic-Scale Manufacturing
Scientists at the University of Alberta recently unveiled a method wherein they applied a machine learning technique to automate atomic-scale manufacturing for the first time. The green technology used in […]
Vitamin-derived battery created by U of T chemists
The search for better batteries has taken another step forward with the work of chemists at the University of Toronto. Their breakthrough uses the principle of biomimicry to create a […]
