Sustainable Engineering

In a commentary published at the end of last year, Machine Design senior editor Stephen Mraz proposed that outer space become an integral part of STEM education. He claims that presenting kids with opportunities to explore space technologies (suc...

A new method for manufacturing high-efficiency cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar cells was revealed as part of the SunShot Initiative by the U.S. Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which teamed with researchers from Was...

1. Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are exquisite conductors of heat and electricity, and have high tensile strength. Made up of layers of individual graphene sheets, they show promise in high-performance electronics, textiles, and other industrial and c...

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) opened its new hydrogen fueling station in Golden, Colorado on October 8 to coincide with National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. This particular date was chosen since its numerical...

Clean for Cooling Liquid coolants have many benefits in machining, but they fall short when a work piece must remain dry. Machinists have tried to get around this problem by using cold air guns, but this dry method doesn’t lower temperatures q...

View the results of the 2015 Machine Design Engineering Salary Survey as we take a closer look at the numbers and offer insights into the typical engineer, the current workplace environment, the future of the industry, and other trends that affect...