Posts by Lisa McDonald
The energy race: Increasing energy density in lithium-air batteries
An elusive piece of the alternative energy puzzle has been storage: How does one save it for when it’s needed…
Read MoreNIST opens comment phase on advanced manufacturing consortium
Government agencies are starting to drive the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership announced in June by President Obama (see our earlier post…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: NexTech Materials receives ISO 9001:2008 certification NexTech has been awarded the International Organization for…
Read MoreCements division announces officers, fellows, Brunauer Award and posters winner
Monday was a busy day at the Cements Division meeting, hosted by Vandy’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with…
Read MoreMetallic conductivity in high-temperature cement
With the Cements Division meeting wrapping up in Nashville, Tenn. this week, an article in the July 1 issue of…
Read MoreLive blogging from the Cements meeting in Nashville
Today I am at the Cements Division’s annual meeting being held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The meeting, which…
Read MoreCustomizing medical prostheses with mathematics and additive manufacturing
Topological optimization can be used to custom design prosthetic implants. Mathematics—the common language of science and engineering—often proves to be…
Read MoreJapan’s leaders still struggling with post-Fukushima decisions
I don’t envy Japanese policy makers. The long-term economic and societal affects that continue to echo from the Fukushima Dai-ichi…
Read MoreNASA: Is it worth every half-penny?
The final Space Shuttle mission was completed on Thursday with the landing of Atlantis in Florida. In this video, astrophysicist…
Read MoreACerS journals strong and growing: 2010 impact factors and other metrics
Most participants in the scholarly publishing process take a keen interest in the journal impact factor, a yearly metric issued…
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