Engineering Industry Insights & Trends
Explore the length and breadth of 21st century engineering, from civil engineering megaprojects to innovation at the quantum level. We speak with subject matter experts and industry watchers from every sector of the engineering discipline.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2025
Why the future is mechatronic
Mechatronics blends mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems, and computing into one intelligent system. Without it, self-parking cars, smart thermostats, and precision robotics simply wo…
What happens when edge computing with AI comes to the shop floor?
Edge computing is the logical extension of the smart sensor technology which drastically improved control of manufacturing processes in the 1980s and ‘90s. Moving the computational burden down to the…
Why gallium nitride is the next big thing in semiconductors
Wide band gap semiconductors like gallium nitride appear to be a case where you can have your cake and eat it too. With a high breakdown voltage, and a higher switching frequency compared to silicon,…
New materials for safer, better surgical procedures
Minimally invasive, catheter-based surgical procedures have drastically improved outcomes and recovery times in critical procedures such as heart valve replacement, and as the technology advances, ne…
Still waiting for that personal humanoid robot? It’s coming.
In 1962, an animated sitcom debuted on television called the Jetsons. It predicted a future with extensive automation of every aspect of life, from cleaning the floors to operating factories. Much of…
Electric actuators were predicted to replace fluid power. What happened?
20 years ago, many mechanical engineering experts predicted that hydraulics were dead. Rapid advancements in electric linear and rotary actuators promised an oil-less future, with cleaner, quieter an…
Electrification delivers sustainability to off-highway applications
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Sustainability is no longer marketing hype, it’s a fundamental part of the way machines are engineered in the 21st century. The electric vehicle revolution i…
How digital is digital manufacturing in 2025?
Computer-aided manufacturing has been around in one form or another since the 1960s, but the ability to program CNC equipment was only the beginning. Today, manufacturers are expected to aggregate, i…
The truth about AI in manufacturing
Engineering.com senior editor Michael Ouellette covers global manufacturing, including the hottest topic today, artificial intelligence. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Ouellete is skeptical, an…
Will simulation replace engineers?
Today’s advanced design software often includes the capability to do advanced computational tasks that ere traditionally done by physical testing. The original engineering methodology was always iter…
What’s the state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing?
It’s been said that additive manufacturing is the newest 25-year-old technology in industry. The science-fiction quality of complex part making from powder or liquid precursors does seem like magic, …