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Stem programs: encouraging an early start with engineering design

Nancy Butler Songer, Associate Provost of STEM Education at the University of Utah, highlights the importance of introducing STEM programs to younger students.

Digital twins shake up heat exchanger design: Vestas Aircoil and University of Sheffield forge...

Beyond blueprints, beyond prototypes, lies a future where humans and machines design in harmony. Dive into the groundbreaking collaboration between Vestas Aircoil and the University of Sheffield, where digital twins unlock sustainable engineering breakthroughs.
Fig 1: The Abernathy-Utterback curve represents the innovation pipeline in this case as it transitions through the production of two consecutive stable products. It has three phases: 1) the Fluid Phase, where flexibility is needed because of uncertainty in the product idea, the technology and the market and in this case, the needs of the research community; 2) the Transitional Phase, when the technology, the application and the customer’s needs are better understood until a ‘dominant design’ emerges; 3,) the Specific Phase the ‘dominant design’ shifts from being different to having good performance

FFEA software: Repeated early innovation

Dr Joanna Leng, Senior Research Software Engineering Fellow at the University of Leeds, discusses software with repeated early innovation using the example of the FFEA software.

InDEStruct: Bridge the gap between academia and industry

What lessons can we take from the InDEStruct project, which aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry to benefit industrial knowledge, innovation and employment opportunities? What significance did the project hold for Vestas aircoil A/S? Claus H. Ibsen, PhD, Group R&D Director, provides the answers.
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Innovative dynamic molding to reduce development costs of personalized medicine

3Deus Dynamics has raised €2.5 million for the industrialization of its 3D process, to expand internationally and revolutionize personalized medicine with Dynamic Molding.
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The development of research software engineering as a profession

Dr Joanna Leng at the School of Computing explores Research Software Engineering (RSE) as an emerging profession, and how computing technology is core to many professions.

Why is engineering design important for all leaners?

Engineering design systematically identifies needs, wants, and problems and then devises solutions to address them. A central component of our work is guiding students in the engineered design of solutions to local environmental problems.
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Discussing early innovation software by example of the PERPL software

Dr Joanna Leng, School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK, presents a project from the fellowship, on the PERPL (pattern extraction from relative positions of localisations) software which analyses super-resolution light microscopy (SRLM) data.
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Innovative approaches to cancer treatments oncological engineering

Prof Richard M Hall, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, explores how oncological engineering is paving the way for new and innovative cancer treatments.
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Robot evolution: Artificial intelligence by artificial evolution

The long-term vision of robot evolution foresees a radically new robotic technology where robots can reproduce, evolve, and learn.
Figure : Joint European Torus (JET), credit UKAEA

Materials for fusion reactors: Containing a star on Earth

Experimental metallurgy research: Structural materials to withstand the extreme temperatures inside nuclear fusion reactors.
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The journey to digitalization with the digital twin concept

Claus H. Ibsen, PhD, the Group R&D Director at Vestas aircoil A/S discusses the digital twin concept from their completed Horizon 2020 project InDEStruct.
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Corrosion protection for sustainability – watching paint dry

Stuart Lyon, AkzoNobel Professor of Corrosion Control, explores how corrosion remains a significant cost to industrialised economies and the importance of corrosion protection.
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Usable STEM knowledge for tomorrow’s STEM problems

We need STEM knowledge programs in formal and informal settings that guide learners in applying STEM learning to the creation of solutions.
student in a STEM classroom learning robotics

STEM: Preparing future problem solvers

Mr. F. Joseph Merlino, President of the 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, underlines the importance of preparing future problem solvers.

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