In the midst of a heated discussion on the environment fifteen years ago, my son asked a thought provoking question: “What if we saved the world an...

  We have all seen the Internet meme of politicians wearing corporate logos so the public will know who their backers are. I would like to ...

Plastic gears are everywhere today - throughout your car, at the oceans' lowest depths, in deep space. The question, when is a metal gear a candidate for plastic conversion, can be addressed in three words, i.e. what's the application?

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The huge flap over the Volkswagen “defeat code” for diesel EPA testing is a cautionary tale for all engineers and executives — regardless of produc...

How much can we trust our understanding of how things work? There was a special joint web ex meeting this week between two AGMA committees that got...

We suffer through lots of sports clichés in business articles and motivational speeches. What if the reverse were done to sports teams? I am a big ...

The National Football League (NFL) held its annual draft of college players here in Chicago this past week. It is probably the most publicized huma...

I have heard that X-ray diffraction does not tell the whole story and that I should really run a fatigue test. I understand this may be the best way, but is there another method that gives a high degree of confidence in the residual stress measurement?