Incisive Surgical's Insorb subcuticular skin stapler (top) was made from polyetherimide for high mechanical and compressive strength. The Corex HSD from Trinity Orthopedics uses polycarbonate for ...

The workshop focused on the development of instructional materials that reflect the principles of the Framework and the NGSS, and brought together experts involved with developing tools for selection ...

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

“Nobody has the time and the money to go and melt hundreds of prototype materials and test them one at a time and say, aha, we found the one that works,” said Jason Sebastian, president of QuesTek, in ...

As high-temperature industrial systems grow more complex and demanding, the design of heat exchanger components has become a critical engineering focus. In the middle of this evolution, selecting a ...

With additive manufacturing, used to build this heat exchanger, one key is to do prototyping for the part and then see whether additive or subtractive manufacturing is the better choice of manufacture ...

When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type – the items that go into creating that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the ...

Discover how selecting the right washroom materials contributes to long-term project success. This course examines the balance of durability, design intent, and in-field performance across common ...

How do you decide on the “right” fastener type for a component or assembly involving composite and plastic materials in a time-efficient way? To define which materials and concepts a fastener type is ...