This Week in Engineering

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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

Episode Date
Nuclear Fusion Moves Closer to Commercial Power Production
May 01, 2024
Fuel Agnostic Engines: The Death of Diesel Fuel?
Apr 12, 2024
Turning Waste CO2 into Low Carbon Methanol for Industry
Apr 02, 2024
Stratolaunch tests hypersonic uncrewed vehicle
Mar 26, 2024
Wind power returns to ocean shipping
Mar 20, 2024
New Satellite to Measure the Other Greenhouse Gas: Methane
Mar 12, 2024
US EV sales slow, and Apple abandons its EV ambitions
Mar 05, 2024
Two important developments in Chinese aerospace
Feb 28, 2024
How Taylor Swift flew Tokyo to Las Vegas, without a carbon footprint
Feb 23, 2024
USAF and Xwing demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft
Feb 13, 2024
A nuclear battery for your cell phone?
Feb 06, 2024
Ford is slashing production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. Why is demand down?
Jan 30, 2024
NASA'S X-59 May Be the Key to Supersonic Air Travel
Jan 23, 2024
China Readies Commercial VTOL Air Taxi Services
Jan 16, 2024
U.S. Steel’s New Japanese Ownership
Jan 09, 2024
New Tech Harnesses Energy from Ocean Waves
Dec 19, 2023
Battery Makers Face Tough New Rules for Foreign Materials and Parts Supply
Dec 12, 2023
eVTOL Maker Partners with Medevac Operator for Emergency Rescue Aircraft
Dec 05, 2023
Self-Driving Goes Off Road for Mining
Nov 28, 2023
A New Chinese Competitor to SpaceX
Nov 21, 2023
NASA Testing Dream Chaser Spaceplane for ISS Shuttle Missions
Nov 14, 2023
Porsche Design and ABB Robotics Collaborate for Robot-Built Housing
Nov 07, 2023
Blended Wing Body Aircraft: The Future of Air Transport?
Oct 31, 2023
OpenAI May Design Their Own Chips
Oct 24, 2023
In This Aerospace Market, Electric Is Really Taking Off
Oct 17, 2023
Where Will EV Lithium Come From? In the Future, North Carolina
Oct 10, 2023
Why is LEGO Abandonning the Recycled Plastic Project?
Sep 26, 2023
DARPA To Develop Wireless Power Beaming Technology
Sep 20, 2023
An Opposed Piston Engine with No Crankshaft
Sep 12, 2023
Space-Based 5G Networks: The End of Cellular?
Aug 29, 2023
Cheaper, Mass Produced Hydrogen Fuel Cells, From a Familiar Technology
Aug 22, 2023
Boom Supersonic Nears Demonstrator First Flight
Aug 15, 2023
Vinfast Moves Fast on EV Production
Jul 31, 2023
Is the U.S. Power Grid Vulnerable to Chinese Attack?
Jul 25, 2023
What Makes Cluster Bombs Controversial?
Jul 18, 2023
Was the OceanGate Sub Implosion an Engineering Failure?
Jul 11, 2023
Flying Cars Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
Jul 04, 2023
New EV Battery Developments Add Range, Reduce Weight
Jun 27, 2023
Automation, AI and Reshoring: Inflation and Interests Rates Won’t Stop Growth
Jun 20, 2023
Uber Eats Rolls Out 2,000 Meal Delivery Robots
Jun 13, 2023
Ford EV’s to Charge at Tesla Superchargers
Jun 06, 2023
GM Recalls a Million Vehicles Over Airbag Inflators
Jun 01, 2023
SpaceX Explosion: Was the Launch Pad a Factor?
May 01, 2023
NYC Garage Collapse Puts Spotlight on Construction and Materials
Apr 25, 2023
Will New EPA Rules Kill the Internal Combustion Engine?
Apr 18, 2023
Woven Micro Pumps for Wearable Fluid Technology
Apr 12, 2023
Computational Lithography to Enable Faster AI Development
Apr 05, 2023
Turkish Aerospace: High Tech and Growing
Mar 29, 2023
Can Heat Pumps Save the Environment?
Mar 23, 2023
East Palestine Derailment: It’s in the Bearings
Mar 14, 2023
Dow, X-Energy to Install Industrial Nuclear Plant
Mar 07, 2023
Ukraine War: Artillery Shortages Affect Both Sides
Mar 02, 2023
Why Do So Many Buildings Fall During Earthquakes?
Feb 22, 2023
Retrofitting Coal Power Plants With Small Nuclear Reactors
Feb 14, 2023
Copper, the Critical Material for Transportation Electrification
Feb 07, 2023
West vs East Faceoff: The Abrams and Leopard 2 vs Russian Tanks
Jan 31, 2023
Will Airlines Adopt Sustainable Fuels?
Jan 25, 2023
Sony & Honda’s Joint Venture and Other CES 2023 Updates
Jan 18, 2023
The Last Boeing 747 Rolls Out
Jan 11, 2023
Hot Engineering Trends for 2023
Jan 04, 2023
Tesla Launches the Semi
Dec 21, 2022
Are Helicopters Dead?
Dec 13, 2022
Two Important Developments in Nuclear Energy
Nov 29, 2022
Artemis 1 Launch Success Vindicates Legacy Hardware Approach
Nov 22, 2022
Boeing CEO: No New Airliners This Decade
Nov 15, 2022
It’s On! The Bezos-Musk Rocket Engine Battle Begins
Nov 09, 2022
Have Drones Made Combat Pilots Obsolete?
Nov 01, 2022
Decarbonizing Chemical Production with CO2 Sequestration
Oct 26, 2022
Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing in a Winner-Take-All U.S. Army Helicopter Contest
Oct 13, 2022
Launch Escape Systems Saves Lives in Space Flight
Oct 04, 2022
LG Makes 6G Progress in Terahertz Communications
Sep 15, 2022
Additive Initiative Brings Big OEMs and Suppliers Together
Jul 13, 2022
This Chinese New Regional Jet May Be the Most Important First Flight in Decades
Jun 01, 2022
What is a Hypersonic Missile?
May 24, 2022
Can 3D Printing Solve the Housing Problem?
May 09, 2022
Precise, Accurate Aircraft Navigation Without GPS
May 03, 2022
Opposed Pistons Offer New, Clean Life for Old Diesel Technology
Apr 25, 2022
Generative Design: Ready for Prime Time?
Apr 19, 2022
Finland Opens the First European Nuclear Plant in 15 Years
Apr 11, 2022
The Longest Suspension Bridge in the World Connects Asia to Europe
Apr 04, 2022
NASA’s Return to the Moon Accelerates
Mar 28, 2022
Modern Digital Twins Give New Life to Legacy Aircraft
Mar 21, 2022
This Strange Air Vehicle May be the Future of Heavy Lift
Mar 08, 2022
Blue Hydrogen for CO2-Free, Fuel Agnostic Diesels
Feb 28, 2022
A Different Approach to Fusion Power
Feb 21, 2022
Boeing Bets on Autonomous Air Taxis and GM Makes a Massive EV Investment
Jan 31, 2022
5G Threatens Aircraft Systems and Fourth-Generation Micro Reactors Move Forward
Jan 25, 2022
Goodyear’s Low Carbon Tire Project Makes Progress and U.S. Steel bets $3B on America
Jan 18, 2022
Robot Tractors Hit the Field and Will Sony be the Next Major EV Manufacturer?
Jan 11, 2022
New Tech Decarbonizes Gas Production and Toyota Builds Big Battery Plant
Dec 14, 2021
NASA throws a DART at an Asteroid and Green Hydrogen for Ammonia Energy
Dec 08, 2021
The World’s Fastest Electric Airplane and GM Invests in Electric Boat Technology
Dec 01, 2021
IBM Approaches Quantum Advantage and a Liquid Sodium Next Generation Reactor Gets the Go Ahead
Nov 23, 2021
Zero Emissions Mining Goes Electric and GE Becomes Three
Nov 17, 2021
Another New EV Automaker Launches Three, and Driverless Electric Trucks Coming to America
Nov 09, 2021
Tesla Talks Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Micro-Reactors for the USAF
Nov 02, 2021
Stellantis & LG Energy Announce a Major Battery Venture for America and a Former Boeing Test Pilot is Indicted in the 737 Max MCAS Affair
Oct 26, 2021
Samsung IC Production in Texas and GM Raises the Stakes in Battery Innovation
Oct 18, 2021
Ford Makes a Massive EV Investment and a Hypersonic Missile Breakthrough for the US Military
Oct 11, 2021
Autonomously Guided Vehicles on the Farm, and Lucid Motors Rolls Out Their First EV
Oct 05, 2021
World's Largest Two-Wheeler Futurefactory and Boeing's Drone Refuelling Tanker
Sep 27, 2021
MIT Develops the World's Strongest Magnet and Manufacturers Want Flexibility Post Covid-19
Sep 21, 2021
Mechanical Neurons for AI and Can AI be a Person Under the Law
Sep 14, 2021
IBM Launches a Fraud Fighting Chip and the Outer Space Threat to Quantum Computers
Sep 07, 2021
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Tackles Parkour and the Tesla Android
Aug 31, 2021
Two Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs and First Steps to Atomic Cargo Ships
Aug 24, 2021
Super Clean Water from Cooling Towers and Grid-Scale Battery Storage Doubles as Frequency Control
Aug 17, 2021
New Nuclear Breaks Ground and Ford, Argo and Lyft Team UP for Self Driving
Aug 02, 2021
Branson Beats Bezos and Musk to Space and German Automakers Guilty in Collusion Scheme
Jul 19, 2021
New Tabletop Fusion Technology, Mobile Robotics Standardizes and Contact Lenses for the Ears
Jul 12, 2021
GE Supplies Turnkey Powerplant to Australia, New Solar Manufacturing in Ohio, and Mazda’s One-Size-Fits-All Platform Strategy
Jun 30, 2021
GE Aviation & Safran to Develop Open Fan Jet Engines, Chinese EVs in Norway, and GM Hydrogen Fuel Cells Power Clean Trains
Jun 22, 2021
VW Diesel Scandal Strikes Back, Boeing's Drone MQ-25 Refuels F/A-18 Hornet in Flight and is Keystone XL Dead Forever?
Jun 14, 2021
JBS Meat Processor Cyber-Attacked, Sustainable Pirelli Tires and Auto Chip Shortage Worsens
Jun 08, 2021
Graphene Reinforced Concrete, Denso and Honeywell Team Up for Electric Air Taxis and Peloton Opens a US Factory
Jun 01, 2021
Nord Stream 2 is Go For Natural Gas, Mahle Changes EV Motor Technology and Boeing Builds Faster, Digitally
May 25, 2021
Hackers Cripple Gasoline Supplies, Covid Vaccine IP in Question and Commercial Robotaxi Operations are Ready to Go
May 19, 2021
NASCAR leaps into the 21st century, Baidu launches robotaxis in Beijing and Paying hackers to crack the Pentagon
May 12, 2021
Chip Shortages Continue, Heavy Equipment Makers Post-COVID Optimistic and the EV Battery Arms Race
May 05, 2021
How Star Wars Inspires Engineers to Design Medical Devices and Radar Technology
May 05, 2021
Self-Flying Cargo Planes, GM Builds Another EV Battery Factory and Manufacturing Roars Back
Apr 27, 2021
Geosynchronous Satellite Servicing, Cryo Keeps CMOS Chip Technology Alive and Level 4 Autonomous Delivery Services Street Ready
Apr 21, 2021
Rolls Royce Builds the World’s Biggest Turbofan, Additive Replaces Landing Gear Forgings and New Life for Space Shuttle Engines
Apr 13, 2021
Saab Flies the First 3D Printed Battle Damage Repair Part and New Technology for Grid Decarbonization: Artificial Intelligence
Apr 06, 2021
Piggyback Aircraft for Inter-City Travel, VW Doubles Down on EV Batteries and Blue Ammonia from CO2
Mar 30, 2021
GE Makes a Massive Turbine Blade, the World’s First Liquid Hydrogen Cargo Ship, and Hybrid Power for Airplanes
Mar 23, 2021
SpaceX Lands Then Burns, Hyundai Doubles Down on Fuel Cells and Europe Gets Serious About Tech
Mar 16, 2021
The Loyal Wingman Flies, the Semiconductor Shortage Gets Serious and Big Pharma Rivals Collaborate for Vaccine Production
Mar 08, 2021
Multiple Space Launches While NASA Lands on Mars, Turbofans Fly Apart, and Biden Reverses Trump on Apprenticeships
Mar 01, 2021
End of the Line for Learjet, ITER Fusion Reactor Reaches Milestone and Texas Grid Fails
Feb 23, 2021
SpaceX Wins Big NASA Contract, Transparent Wood, and Moving to Model Based Design in Aerospace
Feb 16, 2021
New, Speedy Helicopters for the U.S. Army, Supercold CMOS for Quantum Computing and Rapid Unexpected Disassembly at Space X
Feb 09, 2021
President Biden Says "Buy American," Alphabet's Balloons Burst and GM Partners for Clean Trucking Without Batteries
Feb 02, 2021
Chip Shortage Impacts Auto Manufacturing, U.S. Takes on Climate Change and Microsoft Enters Self Driving Technology
Jan 26, 2021
End of the Line for the 747, E-Commerce Invades the Chinese EV Space and Biden Infrastructure Plans Focus on the Environment
Jan 19, 2021
Stellantis, Car of the Future & US Manufacturing in 2021
Jan 12, 2021
Why Hyundai Bought Boston Dynamics, Offshore Solar, Wind and Wave Energy, and Smart Microgrids
Dec 14, 2020
E-Fuels, Connected Home over Internet Protocol or CHIP, and Trends in US Manufacturing Jobs
Dec 09, 2020
Electric Transportation
Dec 01, 2020
All About Die Casting
Nov 25, 2020
What is Old is New: Return of the Rotary Engine and Rebuilding a Collapsed Bridge
Nov 17, 2020
Novel Car Designs, and Perception Differences Between Engineers and Company Execs
Nov 10, 2020
Low-Code Meets PLM and a Leap Forward in Metrology for Large-Scale Manufacturing
Nov 03, 2020
Cutting Edge Trends in Automotive
Oct 27, 2020
Green Hydrogen
Oct 20, 2020
The 5G Future Now, ZeroE Airplanes & Making Energy from Wind on Mars
Oct 13, 2020
Autonomous EV’s, 21st Century Nuclear Energy and “Smart” Bricks
Oct 06, 2020
Ford’s Major Investments in EV Production, Wind Turbines for the Home, and Testing Propulsion for Travel Through Space
Sep 29, 2020
Wirelessly Charging EV’s, Biomimetic Batteries in Robots and Tech Savvy Businesses That Are Thriving During Pandemic
Sep 22, 2020
Evolution of EV Batteries, Engineering Controls in Meatpacking Plants and Innovation in 3D Robot Cameras
Sep 15, 2020
Elon Musk Unveils Neural Implant, AR/VR Moving Center-Stage in Design and Making Hydrogen Fuel From Wind
Sep 08, 2020
Anti-COVID Fabrics, Perovskite Solar Cells and Amazon's Project Kuiper
Sep 01, 2020
Nuclear Fusion Reactor, Electric Commuter Plane and Scanner on "Spot" the Robot Dog
Aug 27, 2020
Rocket Lab Launch Fails, Boeing's Flying Car, and Next-Generation Wind Power Technology
Aug 18, 2020