After Vic Wintriss sold his sports-imaging company, Wintriss Engineering, to his cofounders in 2006, the electrical engineer was looking for a project to keep himself busy. Wintriss Engineering, based in San Diego, makes smart cameras for sports imaging such as tracking golf balls and inspecting paper, textiles, and plastics. While…
Azad M. Madni spent some 40 years working on artificial intelligence and simulation technologies that allowed U.S. soldiers to safely train for combat operations in virtual worlds. Now Madni—a professor of astronautics, aerospace, and mechanical engineering at the University of Southern California—is working to transform engineering education. But he hasn’t…
Calculators Even with application circuits and reference designs available from many manufacturers, calculations remain a large part of a designer’s workload. Some may be simple, such as implementing Ohm’s law, while others are more complex, especially those relating to analogue design techniques such as filters, power systems and RF projects.…
To celebrate World Teachers’ Day, we took a look at educational search trends on Google to acknowledge the dedication and passion of teachers everywhere.