Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth

Nicole Hemsoth

NVIDIA and Dell Propel Trek to Racing Success

February 15th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bike.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="71" />To overcome the challenges associated with creating a new generation of racing bikes, Trek Bicycle enlisted NVIDIA technology and Dell workstations to help develop its new Carbon Series 9.9 downhill mountain bike.

China Comes to Iowa

February 15th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/soybeans.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="52" />It appears that Iowa is forging increasing closer ties with Chinese manufacturers, reversing a decade-long trend of losing jobs to its overseas competitor, now turned collaborator.

FACT SHEET: A Blueprint to Train Two Million Workers for High-Demand Industries through a Community College to Career Fund

February 13th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/barack-obama2_1211622c.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="58" />This Fact Sheet issued by the White House provides an overview of an initiative announced by President Obama on Feb. 13 to train workers for good-paying jobs in high-growth and high-demand industries. ...

Brain Drain

February 13th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_AviationMechanic.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="65" />Across the country, we have stigmatized skilled blue collar work, reduced support for vocational programs, and begun shepherding only “problem” kids into what little is left.

A Flap Over Manufacturing

February 10th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Factory_icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" height="59" />This week an interesting dust-up aired in the <em>Huffington Post</em>. Scott Paul, executive director, Alliance for Manufacturing, takes umbrage with a recent op-ed in the <em>NY Times</em> titled “Do Manufacturers Need Special ...

HPC, the Cloud, and Help for the Missing Middle

February 10th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/AutoCAD_smartphone_.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="72" />Digital manufacturing in the cloud is a key element in the empowering of the “missing middle.” Cloud services can bring advanced technologies – such as modeling and simulation – to small and ...

Hybrid Rocket Engines Use Additive Manufacturing to Combine the Advantages of Solid and Liquid Propellants

February 8th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rocket_motor_on_stand.jpg" alt="" width="91" height="59" />Hybrid rocket engines, which combine a solid fuel with a liquid oxidizer, offer the best of both worlds including immediate launch capability and the ability to be throttled and restarted. More importantly ...

Replacing an Elderly Woman’s Jaw Using 3D Printing

February 8th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Jaw_replacement_small.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="57" />Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has come to the assistance of a woman suffering from progressive osteomyelitis, a disease that was causing her jawbone to disintegrate.

Change is in the Air

February 6th, 2012 (0)

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/465px-Factory_USA.svg.jpg" alt="" width="81" height="67" />You might have heard that the American economy is in trouble. And as the years drag on, a harsh reality is coming to light: this is no normal recession. The various collapses ...

East Bound And Down, Loaded Up And Truckin’