We wanted to extend a huge congratulations to the winners of the Great Lakes Energy Institute’s Clean Energy Student Competition. Six student teams went up against each other to showcase their innovative designs. Each team was tasked to create a sustainable energy solution with the potential to be integrated into the marketplace. […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Currently, 85% of the worlds energy is provided by fossil fuels. The problem, however, is that these resources are constantly being depleted with no methods to replace them. If these energy sources continue to be used at their current rates, we will have exhausted all known reservoirs of oil by […]
Here’s the situation: A company produces a product that lasts twice as long as its competitor’s, with some differences in labor and material, but each company produces the same number of units. Is their productivity the same? Well, it depends on how you measure productivity. When comparing the output of […]
In today’s connected world, it’s become unavoidable for people to constantly stay in communication. In industry, it’s no different. Via machine to machine (M2M) communication and the internet, equipment and processes can be constantly monitored and controlled from anywhere. From machinery in a factory, to construction equipment in the field, to […]
We are doing more and more aero simulation work outside traditional transportation type clients. Architectural and Engineering firms have huge opportunities in their MEP (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) departments in using aero simulation to design more efficient buildings. Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the modeling of air or fluid as it […]
For a design engineer, the ability to use MCAD (mechanical computer aided design) is one of his greatest assets. Using CAD, engineering teams can collaborate to create, edit, view, and share their designs. Traditionally, CAD programs such as SolidWorks, Creo, and Autodesk must be downloaded, configured, and installed in order to […]
Since everything is made out of something, so we thought it a perfect time for a quick discussion about material characteristics. “Inventing is the mixing of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need.” – Charles Kettering Four Material Characteristics Stiffness/elasticity concerns the lengthening or shortening […]