This Week in Engineering explores the latest innovations and tech trends in engineering from academia, government, and industry. We cover topics in energy, transportation, aerospace, manufacturing, infrastructure, and much more. New episodes uploaded weekly. You can also watch these podcasts as videos on engineering.com TV: https://www.engineering.com/viewAll?category=this-week-in-engineering
Latest episodes
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3 min
Fish filets, industrial robotics, and the future of factory work
Industrial robots and their end effectors have demonstrated a remarkable dexterity, matching and often exceeding that of human hands. Combined with vision systems, many industrial…
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4 min
AI can be a game changer for manufacturing, if industry can develop a strategy
Artificial intelligence is not only widely anticipated but is expected to dramatically change the manufacturing landscape worldwide, forever. The promise is huge, but to deliver on…
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5 min
Blended wing body: the future of air transportation?
For the 100 years or so of air transport, the form factor of airplanes has been essentially consistent: a fuselage, usually cylindrical, with attached wings and tail. While relativ…
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4 min
Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing in a Five Million Square Foot Plant
If successful, Anduril’s new facility may become the prototype for a paradigm shift in armaments design, development, manufacturing and procurement. Swarms of low cost, AI driven a…
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3 min
Boeing addresses quality control allegations, buys back Spirit AeroSystems
Boeing has reacquired their former subsidiary, Spirit AeroSystems, in any $8.3 billion debt plus equity deal. Spirit, maker of 737 fuselage assemblies for the 737 Max program, has…
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11 min
Why the Future of Gas Turbines Lies in 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing has been the hottest topic in part making for years, offering unprecedented design flexibility for engineers. Hollow parts, parts with complex internal suppo…
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4 min
EV sales growth flattens. Time for hybrids to shine?
Sales growth in electric vehicles, led by Tesla and BYD has long suggested the end of gasoline and diesel fuel in the transportation sector. While fuel cells are a viable clean opt…
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7 min
Touchless scanning for metrology is easier to use than ever
There are significant changes in how quality control is conducted, especially in the automotive sector. Traditional touch-probing methods have evolved into the use of handheld scan…
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4 min
Japanese automakers caught in safety certification scandal
In a shocking and wide-ranging scandal, Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha have been implicated in the falsification of crashworthiness data and engine power testing by the Ja…
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4 min
Human spaceflight: Boeing in orbit, Sierra Space moves forward
Boeing’s entry into NASA’s commercial crew program for the International Space Station, has suffered multiple technical delays, but has launched with two astronauts soon. The test…
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4 min
Volvo’s Autonomous, Production Ready Class 8 Truck Rolls Out
Volvo Autonomous Solutions has unveiled Volvo’s first-ever production ready autonomous truck at the recent ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The Volvo VNL Autonomous combines Volvo’s commerci…
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4 min
A new, massive V-16 for possibly the world’s most exotic sports car
Bugatti, the maker of ultra high-performance cars is making what may be the last hypercar internal combustion engine: a monstrous V16 that is expected to generate over thousand hor…
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4 min
An Aviation First as AI-Powered F-16 Dogfights Human Pilots
AI may finally replace pilots in combat aircraft.* * *Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on engineering.com TV along with all of our other…
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4 min
How AI Can Solve the Green Energy Challenge
Argonne National Laboratory has a plan for big data teamed with artificial intelligence.* * *Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on enginee…
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4 min
Nuclear Fusion Moves Closer to Commercial Power Production
Longview Fusion Energy Systems Inc., has signed a memorandum of understanding with civil engineering giant Fluor to build a commercial pilot plant for grid electricity generation,…
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4 min
Fuel Agnostic Engines: The Death of Diesel Fuel?
Venerable diesel engine builder Cummins has introduced a fuel agnostic heavy truck engine that uses an interesting modular design to create a single internal combustion powerplant…
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3 min
Turning Waste CO2 into Low Carbon Methanol for Industry
Reducing the carbon footprint of the chemical industry requires a two-pronged strategy: reduction of fossil fuel use as an energy input, and capture and reuse of carbon dioxide gen…
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3 min
Stratolaunch tests hypersonic uncrewed vehicle
Mojave, California-based Stratolaunch has announced the successful test of an air-launched, hypersonic uncrewed test vehicle, the Talon TA-1. As a private company, Stratolaunch can…
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3 min
Wind power returns to ocean shipping
Ocean shipping under sail may be making a comeback. Cargill, a very large global producer of bulk agricultural commodities, has partnered with BAR Technologies and MC shipping to r…
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4 min
New Satellite to Measure the Other Greenhouse Gas: Methane
With over 150 countries signing a Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030, tracking will be essential worldwide. A purpose-built satellite, MethaneSAT, has…