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Recent trends in Advanced Manufacturing have opened the door to a new industrial revolution in the US. Factories are transforming the standard design build process with new otpions like 3D printing, real time monitoring, and additive manufacturing. These processes allow for incredible material efficiency and factory automation, but also allow for tweaks to be made…

The research community is certainly very excited about graphene. As well as the Nobel Physics Prize won by Geim and Novoselov in 2010, and the research being carried out at MIT, a team led by Jari Kinaret from Chalmer’s University in Sweden has just been awarded €1bn by the EU to further their research.

An international team of scientists has produced an electrically conductive metallic glass out of concrete. The process involves using a carbon dioxide laser to melt the components, in an oxygen controlled, levitated state. This prevents the material from forming crystals, which leaves the electrons suspended in the cage like molecule featured in the picture.  The…

In Q1 of 2013 the housing market made very strong strides toward recovering its pre-housing crisis valuation. This is likely a more relevant measure of the state of the economy to the majority of Americans, whose sole investment is their home. There remains some resident concern about the foreclosure inventory and the emergence of a…

As Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become a relaity, a number of different Universities, Academies, and companies have come out with their versions of the online higher ed. The dizzying array of free, low cost, high cost courses is compounded by the for credit, for certification, non-accredited virtues of the varying models. Here are…

In a recent survey of 21 leading industrialized nations, the United States stood alone as the only country with no requirements for paid time off per year. With Austria and Portugal leading with 35 paid vacation days mandated, and Japan coming in second to least with 10. It begs the question of whether the policy…

Graphene has the potential to be one of the biggest economic drivers of the 21st century. This new material is fascinating scientist and mechanical engineers the world over. Early this year Nokia, in conjunction with a number of partners, was awarded a $1.35B grant to research and develop applications and solutions that could incorporate or…

An interesting interview with Professor Porter where he explores what will drive the success and growth of companies in the 21st century. The concept of Shared Value evolves out of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility to encompass the thought process that creating value for society is the effective way to maximize profit for investors.

As AE comes into the summer months, our attention turns to the upcoming forecast. This year we are looking to host the event at a new venue where parking is plentiful, and the location is easy to get to. However there are only so many venues in Austin that are fit to host 800 of…

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