The Engineer
August 2001 Online
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Corn-based carbon adsorbent tested at US power plant
31 Aug 2001
Researchers at the University of Illinois Abbott Power Plant have successfully tested a carbon-injection process for removing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
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Raytheon awarded contracts worth $223.8 million
31 Aug 2001
Raytheon has been awarded a $212.6 million contract for low rate initial production of the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) and $11.2 million for contract modification for additional development work on the Tactical Control System (TCS).
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Slick research points to speedy fluids
31 Aug 2001
When it comes to predicting boundary conditions of fluids flowing over solid surfaces, the textbooks are all wet, claim researchers at the University of Illinois.
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Study suggests ultrasound could damage lungs
31 Aug 2001
Stronger beams of diagnostic ultrasound could produce a better diagnostic image but studies from the US suggest the risk of ultrasound-induced lung damage is greater than many scientists previously believed.
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Wind tunnel tests may yield quiet aircraft
31 Aug 2001
Engineers at NASA are conducting tests using one of the world's largest wind tunnels to evaluate a variety of 'quiet' aircraft technologies.
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Laser technique examines movement in nucleus of living cell
30 Aug 2001
Scientists at the University of Illinois have found they can measure the movement of chromatin in the nucleus of a living cell by colliding two laser beams.
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AirGate acquire iPCS for $900 million
29 Aug 2001
AirGate PCS and iPCS today announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved an agreement under which AirGate and iPCS will combine in a deal valued at $900 million.
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Molecular switches modelled on photosynthesis
29 Aug 2001
Using photosynthesis as their model, chemists from three US Universities have tested molecular electronic switches that turn the flow of light energy on and off.
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Plastic tube may help treat paralysis
29 Aug 2001
Canadian researchers have created a plastic tube that fits around the spinal cord and restores some movement in paralysed rats.
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Polish government sign $212 million aircraft deal
29 Aug 2001
The Polish government has signed a contract to purchase eight CASA C-295 aircraft from the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) in a deal valued at US$212 million.
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Sensor tracks forest fires from space
29 Aug 2001
Scientists at NASA have created a new orbiting sensor that can spot the heat from fires and help firefighters plan their attack against fires.
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Alternative diesel fuel under investigation
28 Aug 2001
Researchers at Penn State University are studying ways to combine dimethyl ether with diesel in order to create a cleaner fuel.
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IBM create logic circuit within a single molecule
28 Aug 2001
Researchers at IBM have created the first functional logic circuit within a single molecule, an achievement that could help to replace silicon in microchips. 'We believe that carbon nanotubes are now the top candidate to replace silicon when current chip features just can't be made any smaller,' said Phaedon Avouris, manager of Nanometer Scale Science and Technology at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre.
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Online fight against earthquakes
28 Aug 2001
The US National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to the University of Illinois to help create a virtual laboratory through which engineers can design and test earthquake-safe structures.
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Research aims for better fuel cells
28 Aug 2001
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are working to develop a cheaper and more efficient fuel cell thanks to a US Department of Energy grant of $2.8 million.
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Ultra-thin material may lighten loads
28 Aug 2001
Researchers from Virginia Tech and the US Air Force have found that very thin films of hybrid organic/inorganic molecules can be converted into a heat and fire resistant material.
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Cornell teams to probe molecular and nanoscale technology
24 Aug 2001
Two groups of Cornell University researchers have been awarded US defence agency contracts aimed at exploring a new generation of electronics technology at the molecular and nanoscale levels.
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John, Paul, George and Isambard
24 Aug 2001
Most people like the idea of working in the music business. But, of course, it's not all about death metal, taking opium and smashing up hotel rooms. Or is it?
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Photosynthesis redirected to produce hydrogen as fuel
24 Aug 2001
Researchers from the University of Tennessee's Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated how photosynthesis can be redirected to produce hydrogen.
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Power plant on a chip
24 Aug 2001
Scientists at Lehigh University are developing a tiny generating plant, housed on a silicon chip, that they believe can produce enough hydrogen to run power-consuming portable devices.
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Purdue research points to improved drug delivery
24 Aug 2001
Scientists at Purdue University are creating a biological sensor for glucose in research that may help to design intelligent drug delivery devices.
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ShanDong Telecom to expand broadband DSL network
24 Aug 2001
ShanDong Telecom is to expand its existing broadband DSL network to increase fast Internet access coverage in the two biggest cities in ShanDong province.
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They think it's all over
24 Aug 2001
Given current indications, the worst may be over for handset semiconductor manufacturers, according to Cahners In-Stat Group.
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Wilson builds on construction programme
24 Aug 2001
The UK's Construction Minister Brian Wilson today announced a renewed drive to promote radical change within the construction industry to achieve higher standards of safety and reliability.
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Wind power better suited to the US
24 Aug 2001
Two energy experts from Stanford's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have concluded that the US should increase spending on wind farm technology.
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Boeing begin work on $60 million contract
23 Aug 2001
Boeing has begun installing new equipment on the Royal Saudi Air Force's (RSAF) fleet of five AWACS aircraft, as part of a contract worth approximately $60 million.
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INEEL uncovers chemical warfare agents
23 Aug 2001
Researchers in the US have discovered a method of detecting parts-per-million levels of chemical warfare agents using a novel ion-trap secondary ion mass spectrometer (IT-SIMS).
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Intel and Compaq join up on the wireless
23 Aug 2001
Intel and Compaq are collaborating to develop wireless handheld communications devices and applications used to access and transmit data over the Internet.
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Safe and secure with HP's Linux
23 Aug 2001
HP has recently announced its Secure OS Software - a secure version of Linux derived from the Red Hat Linux distribution.
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Scripps array detects tiny tremours
23 Aug 2001
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have installed an array of listening devices that will detect signals from events such as secret nuclear weapons tests and volcanic eruptions.
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Toyota introduces first fuel cell for testing on US roads
23 Aug 2001
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has demonstrated what it describes as a space-age fuel cell vehicle that generates its own on-board electricity with compressed hydrogen. Based on the new Highlander SUV, the FCHV-4 (fuel cell hybrid vehicle) is the first Toyota fuel cell to make it onto US roads. Modelled on the five-passenger Highlander, it features a proprietary high-output 90-kilowatt Toyota FC Stack, which is no larger than a conventional petrol engine.
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Chip makers benefit from space
22 Aug 2001
An extremely sensitive and accurate infrared detector can ferret out a misfiring transistor from the billions on today's Pentium and PowerPC chips.
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Ford on the road to greener vehicles
22 Aug 2001
Ford Motor Company has introduced a new car with a hydrogen internal combustion engine that could help bridge the gap between petrol vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.
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Motorola create ultimate viewing experience
22 Aug 2001
Motorola Labs researchers believe they have discovered the key to what could be the ultimate video viewing experience by announcing that they are the first to successfully combine 3D video and panoramic video.
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When Linux met set-top
22 Aug 2001
Century Embedded Technologies and National Semiconductor have launched a new website, Linux4.tv, dedicated to supporting Linux projects for TV.
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Lockheed Martin receive $165 million contract
21 Aug 2001
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has received a $165 million contract to produce the Army TACMS Block II Missile from the US Army Aviation & Missile Command.
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New direction for sensor calibration
21 Aug 2001
Scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the US scientists are using the moon to check and calibrate sensors on board weather satellites.
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See through the smokescreen
21 Aug 2001
Scientists from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have invented a device that will allow the accurate study of smoke in building fires.
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Supercomputer paints electric landscape
21 Aug 2001
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have mapped key cellular structures using a new method to harness the power of supercomputing.
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VIRTTEX begins data gathering
21 Aug 2001
Ford Motor Company's advanced, moving-base driving simulator is now busily gathering information to help address the use of cell phones and other electronic devices in cars and trucks.
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Fishy defence in cold storage
20 Aug 2001
A scientist from the State University of New York has discovered a way to make large amounts of artificial antifreeze safe enough to use in living organisms.
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Wearable mass spectrometry
20 Aug 2001
Scientists in the US have reported that liquid crystals formed from molecules weakly tethered to a nanotextured surface could form the basis of highly sensitive, wearable sensors.
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Intel develops realistic 3-D graphics
17 Aug 2001
Intel has developed a new software technology called Light Field Mapping (LFM) that helps to create more life-like 3-D images for interactive applications.
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It's cheap as long as the sun shines
17 Aug 2001
Could sunlight provide a cheap and effective means of purifying drinking water in India?
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Market for lithium batteries set to grow
17 Aug 2001
According to a recent study from Business Communications, the US lithium battery material market is estimated at over $1.9 billion in 2001.
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Microteeth have a big bite
17 Aug 2001
Silicon microteeth that open and close like jaws have been developed at Sandia National Laboratories. The microjaws fit in a microchannel about one-third the width of a human hair (about 20 microns wide).
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Siemens sorts out UK mail for 137 million euros
17 Aug 2001
Nuremberg-based Siemens Dematic has received an order worth around 137 million euros from Consignia to supply machines for sorting letters and parcels.
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Strachan and Henshaw goes with UGS in $1.2 million deal
17 Aug 2001
UGS has signed a $1.2 million contract with Strachan & Henshaw for the supply and implementation of UGS' product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions.
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World's first 3G voice call on commercial system
17 Aug 2001
Nokia has successfully made what it's claiming is the world's first 3GPP Release 99 standard compliant AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) WCDMA voice call.
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'Tumbleweed ball' set for Mars?
15 Aug 2001
Researchers exploring different methods to deliver scientific instruments to various Martian locations are studying the potential for a giant, lightweight, two-story tall beach ball.
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Devon buys Mitchell in $3.5 billion deal
14 Aug 2001
Devon Energy Corporation became the second largest independent natural gas producer in the United States today after announcing that it will acquire the Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation for $3.5 billion.
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'Flight simulator' for computer system administrators
14 Aug 2001
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories scientists have created a prototype Systems Administrator Simulation Trainer (SAST) to enable systems administrators to identify, circumvent or recover from hacker activity.
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Microvision to develop advanced automotive displays
14 Aug 2001
Microvision has received a predevelopment contract from a European vehicle maker to begin rapid prototyping of driver and passenger information and 'infotainment' displays for demonstration and evaluation in test vehicles.
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Research pact aims to advance quantum computing
14 Aug 2001
Hewlett-Packard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have announced a joint effort aimed at building quantum information systems.
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US labs receive $57 million in funding
14 Aug 2001
The US Department of Energy has awarded $57 million to 51 projects to develop the scientific computing software and hardware infrastructure needed to use terascale computers.
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Healthy bones in the heavens
13 Aug 2001
Researchers from Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmouth Medical School, both in the US, have designed computer software that may help astronauts monitor bone loss during space flights.
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Conduction-cooled processing with switch fabric interconnect
10 Aug 2001
Mercury Computer Systems has introduced a conduction-cooled version of its RACE++ Series computers.
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Solectron make $2.7 billion acquisition
9 Aug 2001
Solectron, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, has announced that it is has agreed to purchase Canada's C-MAC Industries for $2.7 billion in stock.
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A fulfilling experience
8 Aug 2001
Covisint has released Version 4.0 of the Covisint Fulfillment Service, its direct material fulfillment application.
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ARC to deliver a safer ride
8 Aug 2001
TRW Chassis Systems has developed the Active Roll Control (ARC) system in a bid to reduce the risk of rollover accidents in motor vehicles.
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Full steam ahead into the digital age
8 Aug 2001
Germany's largest shipbuilder has signed an eight-figure Euro contract with IBM Germany GmbH and the software company CENIT AG.
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Image processing has some clear advantages
8 Aug 2001
Increased accuracy, higher speed and advanced colour shade processing technology are just some of the advantages attributed to Keyence's CV700 image processing system.
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IT gives Siemens food for thought
8 Aug 2001
Siemens AG is aiming to expand its IT activities in the food and beverage industries by acquiring Compex NV.
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Network-based translation for electronic docs
8 Aug 2001
A new service allows SMEs to extract data from their back-office systems and send it to trading partners over the Internet or private networks in almost any format.
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Successful tests could lead to further advances in propulsion technology
8 Aug 2001
NASA's Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Program is said to be making advances in propulsion technology after a third and final engine hot-fire designed to test electro-mechanical actuators.
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Textron sell automotive business for more than $1 billion
8 Aug 2001
Textron has announced that it is to sell its automotive trim business to Collins & Aikman Products for more than $1 billion.
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Acoustic camera helps solve fishy problem
7 Aug 2001
Fisheries biologists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories are employing an acoustic camera originally designed for US navy to study the behaviour of fish around dams.
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Scientists aim to keep coastal erosion in check
7 Aug 2001
The erosion of the UK's coastline may be monitored more accurately thanks to research conducted at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Strontium titanate toughens up
7 Aug 2001
Materials scientists in Stuttgart have achieved significant plastic deformation in strontium titanate, an oxide ceramic material previously believed to be extremely fragile at room temperature.
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Boeing sell off SES for $84 million
6 Aug 2001
DRS Technologies has announced that it will acquire the assets and certain liabilities of the Sensors and Electronic Systems (SES) business of Boeing for approximately $84 million.
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Engineers tread toward a quiet tyre
6 Aug 2001
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a new technique for analysing tyre vibrations by creating a 'fingerprint ' that identifies which features produce the most noise.
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General Dynamics make $825 million cash acquisition
6 Aug 2001
General Dynamics has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Motorola to acquire Motorola's Integrated Information Systems Group for $825 million in cash.
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Omron glows in the dark
6 Aug 2001
Omron Corporation and Stanley Electric have agreed to co-operate in the development and marketing of high luminance LEDs.
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Boeing receive $24 million contract
3 Aug 2001
Boeing has received a $24 million long-lead production contract to continue a major upgrade of NATO's fleet of 17 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
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Charting the growth of a hurricane
3 Aug 2001
Scientists at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research have reproduced in a computer model the fine-scale structure that drives the birth and development of tropical cyclones.
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FDA approve camera in a capsule
3 Aug 2001
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a swallowable capsule containing a tiny camera that snaps pictures twice a second as it glides through the small intestine.
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Optical technique finds the pain in the brain
3 Aug 2001
Scientists at the University of Illinois have created a non-invasive diagnostic tool that can study changes occurring at the surface of the brain.
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Greater control for complex fluids
2 Aug 2001
Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a new approach for tailoring the stability of the complex fluids used in applications ranging from advanced materials to drug delivery.
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ITT Industries awarded $580 million contract
2 Aug 2001
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded ITT Industries a $580 million contract to provide new Air Traffic Control (ATC) radios for the US National Airspace System.
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New imaging method pinpoints breast cancer
2 Aug 2001
A new imaging method being developed at Ohio State University may one day help doctors diagnose breast cancer with greater accuracy. The method, which involves computerised analysis of magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of breasts, could greatly reduce the number of women who have to undergo painful biopsies. With current screening techniques, seven out of every 10 women suspected of having breast cancer and sent for biopsies turn out to have no malignancies.
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Rethinking ammonia's cool image
2 Aug 2001
Scientists at the University of Illinois believe that modern microchannel tube technology offers an excellent opportunity to rethink the use of ammonia as a refrigerant.
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The Biggest Bang
2 Aug 2001
An accidental explosion in a German physics lab has led to the identification of a superpowerful explosive. The substance, an exotic form of silicon, is said to release seven times as much energy as TNT, and explodes a million times faster.
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MELISSA to take recycling to Mars
1 Aug 2001
The European Space Agency is working on MELISSA, an artificial ecosystem that will facilitate a smoother ride for astronauts on a three-year trip to Mars.
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Supercomputer set to answer fundamental questions
1 Aug 2001
The UK's trade and Industry Secretary has launched a supercomputer at the University of Durham that will simulate virtual universes to test how the universe came about.
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Vishay acquire General Semiconductor
1 Aug 2001
Vishay Intertechnology has announced that it is to acquire General Semiconductor in a tax-free, all-stock transaction valued at $538.9 million plus $229.4 million of assumed debt.
