The University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, teamed up with OceanGate Inc., Everett, Wash., to build an innovative five-person submarine that would travel to almost 2 miles below the ocean’s surface.
Michigan Tech rolls back into Guinness Book with giant snowball
Michigan Tech’s (Houghton) ASME student chapter gathered 30 strong on the softball field and began to roll snow in hopes of getting back into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Monitoring material changes in the hostile environment of a fusion reactor
Materials are widely recognized as one of the critical remaining challenges for making fusion a commercially viable energy source.
Digital drill bit for 3D printing modeled
BlueFire Equipment Corp., Houston, revealed its 3D printing initiative achieved a key milestone with the development of a digital model of its proprietary polycrystalline diamond cutter (PDC) drill bit.
New center for materials research to advance manufacturing and innovation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., selected a consortium led by Northwestern University, Ill., to establish a new NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research.