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Hundreds of Resources Highlighted During IEEE Education Week

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The week was about bringing these resources together in one place and making sure our members and volunteers know about all of the amazing educational opportunities available to them.” Simple, engaging activities and plans to help teach engineering concepts to preuniversity students. Girls in STEM ( IEEE Women in Engineering ).

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Elcora awarded NSERC-ENGAGE grant to support development of graphene supercapacitors

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has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)- ENGAGE grant with Dr. Heather Andreas , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia-based Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Elcora processes, refines, and produces both graphite & graphene.

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Axial Vector and Kirloskar Oil Engines Forming JV for Mass Production of Axial-Type Engines

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The AVEC axial engine technology in a 60 hp (45 kW) application targeted at UAVs. Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a joint venture for the mass production of the Axial Vector axial-type, multi-fuel engines ( earlier post ).

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A Health-Monitoring Wearable That Measures Vital Signs

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What’s more, the device should be inexpensive to manufacture and could be made in his native country of Sri Lanka, where access to health care can be difficult. The university is filing a patent application with the National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka. A cloud-based system that collects real-time data.