Applied Physics

Frog Design Expands In Europe With New Studio In Amsterdam

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 /PRNewswire/-- Strategic-creative consultancy frog design today announced plans to enhance its presence in Europe with the opening of a new studio in Amsterdam in September. Executive Creative Director Europe Cees van Dok will head u ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 14 2008 - 2:31am

Visteon Elevates Stebbins To CEO; Johnston Continues As Executive Chairman

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, May 14 /PRNewswire/-- The board of directors of Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) today elected Donald J. Stebbins as president and chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2008. Stebbins, who was president and chief operating ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 14 2008 - 10:31am

Mechel Announces Appointment Of Managing Director At Southern Kuzbass OAO

MOSCOW, May 15 /PRNewswire/-- Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces a new appointment to the management at its Southern Kuzbass OAO coal mining subsidiary. Victor Skulditskiy (50), who previously held th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 15 2008 - 7:31am

Turn Six Sigma Techniques Toward Green Energy

Six Sigma is a business strategy designed to use smarter data and methodology to reduce defects- six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit. Statistically it is 3.4 defects per million. Could this business practice be used ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2008 - 9:28am

New Bacteria-Resistant Films Are Only 50 Billionths Of A Meter Thick

MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation. The inexpensive, easy-to-produce films could provide a valuable layer of protection for the health care ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2008 - 10:41pm

Engineering Industry Initiative Launched To Halt Looming Skills Shortage

LONDON, May 16 /PRNewswire/--- E3 Academy Enterprise Welcomed by CBI Director-General as Engineering Graduate Numbers hit Crisis Point The E3 Academy, an engineering industry initiative to encourage more students to choose engineering related degree cours ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 16 2008 - 5:31am

Systech Expands Global Market Presence- Opens New European Headquarters

CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 16 /PRNewswire/--- Belgium office further enhances support and deployment of customers' packaging operations Systech International, the innovator of packaging execution systems (PES) for the pharmaceutical industry, today an ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 16 2008 - 10:31am

Nanotechnology Breakthrough Leads To Room Temperature T-Rays

Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz (THz) radiation, also known as T-rays. The breakthrough in laser technology, based upon com ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2008 - 12:43am

Tonium Launches Pacemaker Community- The Next Step In The Evolution Of Social Networking

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 19 /PRNewswire/-- Tonium, the Swedish tech company behind Pacemaker, the pocket-sized DJ system, has announced the launch of the Pacemaker music community. Hosted on www.pacemaker.net, the Pacemaker music community allows members to ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 19 2008 - 4:32am

Altair Releases HyperWorks 9.0, Connecting Engineers With New Solver Technology And To The Global Grid

TROY, Michigan, May 19 /PRNewswire/--- Newest version of Altair's simulation platform delivers on-demand access to ISV applications and offers multi-core licensing business model Altair Engineering, a global provider of technology and services empowe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 19 2008 - 10:32am