Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
Women Could Fill a Void in Manufacturing
Attracting more women to an industry with a prior image of being dull, dirty and dangerous may be the answer to filling manufacturing jobs that remain open despite a poor economy. Full article
Last Call: Let the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Know Your Concerns
Since last June when the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) was announced by President Obama, members of the AMP team from government, academia and industry have been holding regional meetings to gather data that will allow them to shape the initiative in 2012. If you are a member of the manufacturing community and have not ... Full article
3D Printing – Bringing Manufacturing Home
Paul Tate, executive editor of Manufacturing Exective, blogs that 3D printing could change the face of the manufacturing industry, eliminating supply chains, reshoring manufacturing to the U.S., and producing finished goods at their point of distribution. Full article
Bicycle Racing on the Computer? Modeling and Simulation for a Small Business
Intel's Bill Feiereisen, an avid bicyclist, combines his enthusiasm for the sport with his HPC credentials to take a look at the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the design of advanced racing wheels. Work by Intelligent Light, makers of FieldView, a CFD post-processing and visualization package, has uncovered aerodynamic wheel behaviors that ... Full article
Taming Tough Duty Cycles: Digital Manufacturing at John Deere
The tough little Gator all-terrain vehicle is Mohamad El-Zein's favorite example of how his group, Metals and Mechanics, John Deere Moline Technology and Innovation Center, uses advanced digital manufacturing techniques. The company designs and manufacturers vehicles that have to perform in rugged environments ranging from the farm to the battlefield. Full article
Surprise: China’s Manufacturing Growth Slows
Purchasing Manager's Index indicates a slump in Chinese manufacturing for the first time since February 2009. Full article
A Few Rays of Hope for Manufacturing
Even if the economy remains sluggish, manufacturers in some areas of the U.S. are anticipating some growth. Regional initiatives may help. Full article
Are You Ready for a New Manufacturing System?
Are you considering upgrading or replacing your manufacturing systems? Or are you running your shop using manual systems and have the sneaking suspicion that it may be time to take the plunge into automation? Here are some excerpts from a booklet published by Sage North America that may answer some of your questions. Full article
Advanced Tyre Technology from Dunlop
Using sophisticated CAD software and advanced simulation and modeling techniques to transform tyre making from a black art to a science. The EWC tyre was used by the recently-crowned 2011 World Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team. Full article
New Roadmap Promises to Grow Jobs and Manufacturing Opportunities in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announces Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative at Advanced Manufacturing Partnership regional meeting Full article
Top 10 Qualities of a Great IT Shop
A top quality IT organization is essential to a successful manufacturing business. Here an IT veteran lists 10 of those qualities. How does your IT shop measure up? Full article
Waiting for the Next Generation of STEM Workers
In these tough times there are jobs out there but a dearth of skilled workers to fill them. Some 600,000 STEM-related vacancies remain unfilled in the U.S. and as older workers retire the gap will only grow worse. Do we need a new approach to training the engineers and scientists to get ... Full article
Humming With Data: How the Cloud Enables Electric Car Adoption
What happens when everyone in your neighborhood arrives home after work and plugs in their electric cars? Massive, rolling blackouts? The electrification of the automobile brings with it the promise of a cleaner environment but there may be a whole host of new problems down the road. Full article
Video: Oldie but Goodie – 6 Rules of the Road to Manufacturing Excellence
A long-lived viewer's favorite from the Manufacturing Executive web site. Full article
Google X – Secret Lab Exists to Innovate the Next Ground Breaking Technology
Somewhere in the Bay Area is a shadowy facility populated by innovators devoted to thinking way, way outside the box. Full article
The Road to Exascale: Can Nanophotonics Help?
A new nanoscale light-based device developed at Stanford's School of Engineering transmits data at ultrafast rates while using thousands of times less energy than current technologies. The nanophotonic device is a major step forward for on-chip data transmission, the researchers say. Will the technology speed up the race to develop exascale systems? And if ... Full article
Vision with Action: A Report from the NCMS DM SIG meeting
The NCMS Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group (DM SIG) moves toward a common goal of implementing strategies to advance digital manufacturing in the U.S. Full article
Case Study: MSC Nastran Used to Optimize Unmanned Aircraft Performance
The Global Observer is an unmanned aircraft with the wingspan of a Boeing 767 but less than 10 percent of the weight designed to provide communications and sensing for flights lasting up to one week at up to 65,000 feet. With a maximum wing loading of only 3.5 pounds per square feet, the wingtip deflects ... Full article
Video: GPUs and HPC: A Match Made in Heaven or is the Devil in the Details?
No question where NVIDIA stands. Watch the video. But others have misgivings. Full article
Bringing Big Tools to the Little Guys
Jon Riley, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, addresses the plight of the missing middle at SC11. "We call them the missing middle because they basically are in the Valley of Death – they don't know how to get their innovations to market, they don't have the tools and technologies to do it affordably, and they ... Full article