Can you design a mechanism that will trace out the shape of a heart? How about the shape of a moon, or a star? Mechanism ...

A digital thread approach to engineering encourages collaboration among engineering disciplines and leads to a simulation-driven digital twin. By adopting a digital thread approach to engineering, ...

Machine design engineers working in the medical device field might draw inspiration from AuraWell’s iterative, ...

Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences received a new Milacron Roboshot 165-ton injection molding machine on a two-year consignment agreement. This project developed ...

These new AI assistants can analyze design constraints and create custom machine learning models as well as read, import and display point cloud data augmented with AI ...

Machine learning components are enabling advances in self-driving cars, the power grid, and robotic medicine, but what are the implications for safety? Decades of research and practice in safety ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...

Innovation is transformative. It’s why we ride in a Mustang instead of on a mustang. Centuries of knowledge now fit in the palm of our hand. Products move from reliable to revolutionary. Yet ideas ...

The Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing is involved in a variety of research and training activities. The following is an overview of the areas that research teams work in, with some ...