LANGKAWI: Aerospace manufacturer UPECA Aerotech Sdn Bhd (UPECA) has signed a RM763mil contract with US-based aerospace company UTC Aerospace Systems to manufacture precision machined components on their fan cowl assemblies over the next 17 years. UTC Aerospace System’s Aerostructures business unit developed the fan cowl for the General Electric and Rolls-Royce engines on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the fan cowl for the Airbus A350 XWB Continue reading
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Seminars available at WV Institute for Spirituality
Monday January 28, 2013 Seminars available at WV Institute for Spirituality West Virginia Institute for Spirituality will offer several seminars in February. West Virginia Institute for Spirituality will offer several seminars in February. Continue reading
NASA Plans for 3-D Printing Rocket Engine Parts Could Boost Larger Manufacturing Trend [Video]
There is a lot riding on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Not only does the agency’s first new heavy-lift booster since the Saturn 5 that took U.S. astronauts to the moon play a central role in the future of the American spaceflight, it also provides a critical test for technology expected to figure prominently in revamping the country’s ailing manufacturing industry. Continue reading
Free-falling from the edge of space [CNN 10-15-2012] – Video
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Penn Medicine Physician Offers Model for Teaching Residents Value-Based Care
VALUE Framework Urged for Medical and Surgical Residents Newswise PHILADELPHIA Despite the national consensus on the need to improve the value of health care while reducing unnecessary spending, teaching hospitals often struggle to design curricula to train future physicians to deliver such care to their patients. Working to fill this gap, Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, a physician and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, worked with colleagues to develop the VALUE framework for teaching-hospitals, academic medical centers, and residency programs. It can be used by physician trainees to assess whether a medical intervention will help patients while keeping costs down. Continue reading
Intel inspired by aerospace to make sturdier laptops
SAN FRANCISCO Engineers at Intel are applying lessons from aircraft design to create sturdier laptops in a bid to reduce the prices of the new ultra-thin computers the top chipmaker is promoting heavily. Intel is counting on the super-thin laptops, a category it has dubbed ultrabooks, to add some pizzazz to a PC market languishing due to the growing popularity of Apple Inc’s iPad Continue reading
Briggs and Stratton donates equipment to American Red Cross
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – Robin Windgate and Donna Lee-Golden of the American Red Cross opened the boxes for what felt like Christmas in May. Continue reading