News & Announcements (Page 72)

With automation, machine vision, and other manufacturing technologies, mass-produced consumer products are now more consistent and economical than ever.  Why, then, do most new products fail in the marketplace? There are many reasons -- overpricing, development delays, product flaws -- all of which are foreseeable.  As engineers and scientists, we at EWI have seen plenty...

EWI has released an in-depth report on the state of the U.S. offshore wind (OSW) industry. Published earlier this month, Offshore Wind Energy in the United States: Emerging Industrial Activity and Heavy Fabrication Opportunities, predicts an imminent tipping point that will create a new, hundred-billion-dollar industry involving heavy fabrication as its core activity. To date,...

Rosie Matthies examines her welding handiwork in the EW microjoining lab EWI recently hosted two secondary school teachers as part of the Ohio STEM Learning Network’s Manufacturing & Engineering Externship Program (MEEP). Mary Tugend of Metro Early College Middle School (Columbus) and Rosie Matthies of Shawnee High School (Springfield) spent two days shadowing engineers and...