• The potential of sustainable algal biofuel production using wastewater resources • Article

    Updated: 2012-05-31 16:09:39
    Bioresource Technology, Volume 102, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 17-25 | Pittman, J.K.; Dean, A.P.; Osundeko, O.

  • The role of biochemical engineering in the production of biofuels from microalgae • Article

    Updated: 2012-05-31 16:09:39
    Bioresource Technology, Volume 102, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 2-9 | Costa, J.A.V.; de Morais, M.G.

  • Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass • Article

    Updated: 2012-05-31 16:09:39
    Bioresource Technology, Volume 96, Issue 6, April 2005, Pages 673-686 | Mosier, N.; Wyman, C.; Dale, B.; Elander, R.; Lee, Y.Y.; Holtzapple, M.; Ladisch, M.

  • USB Port Now Features in Cecil Spectrophotometers

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:56:51
    By Cameron Chai Cecil Instruments, leading designers and manufacturers of Ion chromatography systems, HPLC systems and visible or UV spectrophotometers, announced that the company have improved their...

  • Wind turbine oil filtration in 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:53:09
    Gear boxes are a critical and limiting factor for wind turbines.  Wind Turbine Engineering & Development has an article about the trends for the coming year in oil filtration.  The discuss some of the latest developments from Parker Hannifin. 

  • Analysis of oil analysis

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:49:57
    Machinery lubrication has a good article about interpreting confusing or contradictory oil sample results.  What if some of your measures say that there are few particles while other measures say that your oil is breaking down? 

  • Cloud based maintenance of wind turbines

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:47:18
    More and more wind turbines are using online cloud based software for condition monitoring.  This is expensive to implement but greatly saves in terms of maintenance costs.  The techniques could be applied to many other applications.

  • PVC Formulation 2013 Conference to be Held from March 12 to 14

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:42:43
    By Nick Gilbert The PVC Formulation 2012 conference of AMI, which took place in March 2012, discussed the market trends and the latest techniques to enhance the environmental performance of vinyl...

  • Nihon Superior to Showcase New Soldering Materials at JISSO PROTEC 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:40:57
    By Nick Gilbert Nihon Superior, a producer and distributor of metal jointing materials for electronics applications, will exhibit its new soldering products at the JISSO PROTEC 2012 exposition, which...

  • Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas Contest to Encourage Future Engineers in Aviation Industry

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:37:54
    By Nick Gilbert Fly Your Ideas challenge, an innovative student contest conducted by Airbus, is receiving support from UNESCO. The initiative aims to encourage a new generation of engineers and offer...

  • Battery-Replacing Piezo Materials Generate Electricity from Vibrations

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:02:20
    Radio sensors can monitor installations at locations which are difficult to get to and thus support automation. In these circumstances the energy supply is an important consideration; In order to...

  • Pioneer Surgical’s nanOss Bioactive Bone Graft Now Available Worldwide

    Updated: 2012-05-31 08:15:56
    By Nick Gilbert Pioneer Surgical Technology has announced that its proprietary nanOss Bioactive has undergone successful human implantation in Europe, thus paving the way to international...

  • NexTech Materials Wins Contract to Develop Energy Systems for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

    Updated: 2012-05-31 03:31:46
    NexTech Materials, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has received a contract from the Office of Naval Research for a Future Naval Capability (FNC) project aimed at design, development and...

  • Pittcon Call for Papers for Pittcon 2013

    Updated: 2012-05-30 18:14:57
    The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for a contributed oral or poster presentation for Pittcon 2013. To be be held in March 17-21, 2013, at the Pennsylvania...

  • BTU International to Exhibit at SID 2012 in Boston

    Updated: 2012-05-30 14:41:44
    BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, will exhibit at the upcoming Society for...

  • Prof Pollock president of IME

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:17:29
    Professor Isobel Pollock has just been selected as president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.  She is the first female president in the Institute’s 165 year history. 

  • Low BN/TBN

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:15:20
    What if your oil looks good except for a low Base Number aka Total Base Number (BN or TBN which mean the same thing)?  You can replace some oil although it would need to be at least 25% but it might be better to just change the oil. 

  • Schaeffler bearings earn quality award

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:11:44
    Schaeffler has won the 2011 Supplier of the Year Award from Gildemeister AG.  Gildemeister is a supplier of machine cutting tools and gave the award for Schaeffler’s quality. 

  • Types of corrosion

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:08:03
    There are many types of corrosion.  About.com has an article briefly describing several types of them.

  • Senior Staff Engineer - Tribology at Western Digital (San Jose, CA)

    Updated: 2012-05-29 23:07:03
    cooperatively in a team environment to develop reliable tribology interfaces for hard disk drives with emphasis on ... * Develop and conduct component and drive level tribology evaluation with emphasize on contamination...

  • Principal Tribology Engineer at Western Digital (San Jose, CA)

    Updated: 2012-05-29 23:06:29
    maintaining dedicated tribology test stands for component tribology evaluation * Responsible for supporting Head ... or Engineering Science with minimum of 5 years of HDD Tribology experience * Strong hands-on experimental...

  • Senior Principal Tribology Engineer at Western Digital (San Jose, CA)

    Updated: 2012-05-29 23:06:17
    maintaining dedicated tribology test stands for component tribology evaluation * Responsible for supporting Head ... or Engineering Science with minimum of 5 years of HDD Tribology experience * Strong hands-on experimental...

  • Tan Delta has new condition monitoring sensor

    Updated: 2012-05-29 12:12:29
    A new sensor has been developed to monitor oil degradation.  The condition monitoring sensor developed by Tan Delta has been used in wind turbines, but can be used in many other applications.

  • The search for grease thieves

    Updated: 2012-05-29 12:09:46
    Thieves have been targeting used cooking grease which is sold by restaurants to biodiesel manufacturers.  Now Valley Proteins is working on stopping them.

  • BioProcess International™ China

    Updated: 2012-05-29 00:00:00
    Conference: 21 Aug 2012 - 22 Aug 2012, Shanghai, China. Organized by IBC Life Sciences .

  • Sr Engineer - Tribology Fundamentals Job at Seagate (Fremont, CA)

    Updated: 2012-05-25 12:28:34
    Sr Engineer - Tribology Fundamentals - 121235 Seagate delivers advanced digital storage solutions to meet the needs of ... in Fremont, California reporting to the Managing Principle Engineer. Primary Responsibilities include: Use his/her deep...

  • Irsee 2013 - Trends in Nanoscience

    Updated: 2012-05-22 00:00:00
    Conference: 24 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2013, Irsee, Bavaria, Germany. Organized by Collaborative Research Center 767 Controlled Nanosystems: Interaction and Interfacing to the Macroscale University of Konstanz, Competence Network Functional Nanostructur.

  • Kuala Lumpur Vascular Access Conference 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-18 00:00:00
    Conference: 4 Oct 2012 - 6 Oct 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organized by Vascular Society of Malaysia.

  • Sr. Staff Scientist- Tribology - Ashland Inc. (Valvoline) at Ashland (Lexington, KY)

    Updated: 2012-05-17 17:56:00
    Title: Sr. Staff Scientist- Tribology - Ashland Inc. (Valvoline) - Lexington, KY Location: US-KY-Lexington Other ... strategic research group focuses on advanced chemistry and tribology research for development of next generation...

  • Drop Reaction and Microfluidic Analysis (DRAMA)

    Updated: 2012-05-15 00:00:00
    Conference: 11 Sep 2012 - 13 Sep 2012, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NanotechwebEvents/~4/Pbgnh77M9dw" height="1" width="1"/

  • IEEE Nano 2012: 12th International Conference on Nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-05-15 00:00:00
    Conference: 20 Aug 2012 - 23 Aug 2012, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

  • Fifth Annual Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Symposium

    Updated: 2012-05-14 00:00:00
    Conference: 21 Sep 2012 - 22 Sep 2012, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

  • Mechanical Engineer at Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)

    Updated: 2012-05-12 16:19:15
    dynamic, thermo-elastic and opto-mechanical analyses; tribology; and mechanical design for systems ranging from large antenna structures to mechanisms and optical systems. The group is the Engineering Division's center for 3D...

  • Online condition monitoring of greases

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Researchers develop sensor for detecting grease quality in bearings. AN INNOVATIVE SENSOR HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT ENABLES ONLINE CONDITION MONITORING OF GREASES IN ROLLING BEARINGS. The sensor is ideal for monitoring critical plant and machinery in difficultto-access areas such as wind turbines and ... Read this article at Online condition monitoring of greases

  • Complexity in oil analysis information: Part IV

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Enter the intelligent agent. I HAVE COVERED THE MAIN ASPECTS OF, OR INFLUENCES ON, DATA RATING in the last three columns, culminating with the table shown on the right. The range of knowledge we amass on the component is spanned as follows. Minimum: We must identify the component at least in terms ... Read this article at Complexity in oil analysis information: Part IV

  • Crafting your resume and cover letter

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Proper paperwork will smooth your ride to a new opportunity. THE PURPOSE OF THE COVER LETTER AND RESUME is to stimulate an employer to proceed to the next step of the hiring process, usually a telephone or personal interview. You need to convey enough relevant and successful background, as well as ... Read this article at Crafting your resume and cover letter

  • 15 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND STLE'S 2012 ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    With STLE's 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition taking place this month at the Renaissance Grand & Americas Center in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), there's still time to register even during the meeting by logging on to WWW.stle. org. If you're still trying to convince your company on why you should ... Read this article at 15 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND STLE'S 2012 ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION

  • STLE TO HOST METAL REMOVAL FLUIDS COURSE AT LUBMAT '12

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    STLE is offering a one-day education course titled "Key Concepts in Developing, Using and Maintaining Metal Removal Fluids" in conjunction with the society's participation at the Lubrication, Maintenance and Tribo technology (Lubmat ?2) conference, June 6-8, in Bilbao, Spain. This one-day ... Read this article at STLE TO HOST METAL REMOVAL FLUIDS COURSE AT LUBMAT '12

  • Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Third Edition

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    TECHNICAL BOOKS Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Third Edition Authors: Sadik Kakaç, Hongtan Liu and Anchasa Pramuanjaroenkij Publisher: CRC Press Heat exchangers are essential in a wide range of engineering applications, including power plants, automobiles, airplanes, ... Read this article at Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating, and Thermal Design, Third Edition

  • NEW PRODUCTS

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    PRECISION TEMPERATURE CONTROL Brookfield Engineering introduces the new TC Series Circulating Water Baths, which are uniquely configured for use with the company's viscometers and rheometers. The TC Series features a number of improvements, including touchscreen technology, multiple languages and a ... Read this article at NEW PRODUCTS

  • SOUNDING BOARD

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    What are the most common mistakes people make when selecting the wrong lubricant or additive package? You could create a best practices manual of sorts by taking the everyday mistakes lubricant end-users make and reversing them. Instead of ignoring the OEM's recommendations, read them. Make your ... Read this article at SOUNDING BOARD

  • NEWSMAKERS

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    TOP STORIES KYOWA HAKKO CHEMICAL RENAMED KH NEOCHEM AMERICAS Kyowa Hakko Chemical Americas, Inc., has been renamed KH Neochem Americas, Inc., effective April 1, the same date the company was launched in 2011. KH Neochem Americas continues to operate horn its current corporate offices in Schaumburg, ... Read this article at NEWSMAKERS

  • Grease Degradation in Constant Velocity (CV) Joints

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    KEYWORDS Constant Velocity Joint; Grease Degradation; Friction; Wear ABSTRACT Constant velocity (CV) joints have been widely used for modern vehicles. The sealed grease of CV joints must provide low friction and wear protection for the lifetime use of the vehicle. Grease performance affects the ... Read this article at Grease Degradation in Constant Velocity (CV) Joints

  • Used oil condemning limits

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    While uniform standards don't exist, you'll do well by establishing a statistical range for 10 key metrics and looking for deviations. DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? Its more than a classic line from a Clint Eastwood movie, it's what fleet managers - those responsible for determining when fluids need to be ... Read this article at Used oil condemning limits

  • Contractor-based lubrication programs

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Popular in other countries, lubrication outsourcing could find its way to North America as a turnkey solution to precision machine lubrication. OUTSOURCING HAS BECOME A POPULAR IDEA IN RECENT YEARS-AND NOT NECESSARILY IN A GOOD WAY. Wikipedia describes outsourcing as the contracting of a business ... Read this article at Contractor-based lubrication programs

  • MWFs & VOC: Today & Tomorrow

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    SCAQMD and ILMA host joint symposium on Rule 1144 specifications and VOC regulations in MWFs. STLE WAS PLEASED TO CO-SPONSOR A JOINT SYMPOSIUM IN MARCH organized by The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and ILMA. The event focused on the new Rule 1 144 (Metalworking Fluids and ... Read this article at MWFs & VOC: Today & Tomorrow

  • 20 MINUTES WITH... Raymond Thibault

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    This former high-school chemistry teacher is now a world-renowned instructor providing lubrication-training opportunities for industry professionals and end-users. TLT: How did you get started working as a training provider in the lubricants industry? Thibault: As a young person, my goal was to ... Read this article at 20 MINUTES WITH... Raymond Thibault

  • Characterization of Nanoscale Surface Films in Solid Lubricants

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    INTRODUCTION Extreme environments often preclude the use of conventional lubricants in moving mechanical systems. Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), a lamellar solid lubricant exhibiting extremely low friction in vacuum, is often used to lubricate sliding interfaces in space applications. Solid ... Read this article at Characterization of Nanoscale Surface Films in Solid Lubricants

  • Formation of metal nanoparticles

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    New approach available for studying how nanoparticles move through the environment. NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE REALM OF NANOTECHNOLOGY HAVE LED TO A BEHER UNDERSTANDING of how friction and wear occur on the atomic scale, as well as the development of new nanomaterials that show great promise in ... Read this article at Formation of metal nanoparticles

  • Nano-based transformer insulating fluid

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles are capable of improving the performance of transformer oils. ONE OF THE PROMISING AREAS FOR USING NANOTECHNOLOGY IN LUBRICANTS IS THE USE OF NANOADDITIVES to improve the thermal conductivity in such applications as refrigeration and heat transfer. The driver ... Read this article at Nano-based transformer insulating fluid

  • Just getting started

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Cashing in on one good idea leads to innovation. Most of us probably have never seen a car being started with a hand crank outside of a demonstration at an antique car show or museum, thanks to the invention of the electric starter. A series of curious incidents led to its development and initial ... Read this article at Just getting started

  • Expanding horizons

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Workplace visits lead to a new appreciation of how each STLE member contributes to the society's mission. ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING PARTS OF BEING STLE PRESIDENT is having the opportunity to visit our members at local sections. During my time on the Executive Committee, I have visited local ... Read this article at Expanding horizons

  • Back to the Future!

    Updated: 2012-05-12 06:00:00
    Workforce training issues return as business improves. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES AND WORKFORCE TRAINING were two of the hottest issues on the STLE organizational dashboard. Members were concerned about the coming impact of a Baby Boomer-retirement "brain drain" to begin in about 2010 ... Read this article at Back to the Future!

  • Basics of Testing Associated with Sterilization Validation and Routine Processing

    Updated: 2012-05-10 00:00:00
    Conference: 1 Mar 2012, Palo Alto, Ca, United States. Organized by ComplianceOnline.

  • Mechanical Engineer at Mit - Lincoln Lab (Massachusetts)

    Updated: 2012-05-09 23:00:48
    dynamic, thermo-elastic and opto-mechanical analyses; tribology; and mechanical design for systems ranging from large antenna structures to mechanisms and optical systems. The group is the Engineering Division's center for 3D...

  • Science as Art: Images from the Materials Characterization Lab Part 3

    Updated: 2012-05-08 01:37:35
    Our next image in the series was submitted by Srinivasan Swarminathan.  This is one of the more compelling and interesting ...

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