The University Materials Council (UMC) is a group of 33 universities who have pledged to pursue innovative new methods to train future materials scientists and engineers.
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Given today's materials and know-how, automotive engineers reckon a 10% reduction in vehicle weight yields a 6% improvement in efficiency.
First, engineers can now make vastly better materials using superior processes and capabilities.
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The engineers also investigated dividing carriages with materials that soak up energy and reduce the impact of a blast wave.
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Engineers and scientists are developing many new types of materials such as carbon nanotubes, ceramic-matrix nanocomposites (and their metal-matrix and polymer-matrix equivalents), and new carbon fibers.
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To make growing your own food easier and more accessible, founder Britta Riley invited top industrial designers and engineers to design beautiful and easy to use systems made from environmentally friendly materials.
Smaller crews of more highly trained workers who can switch jobs with ease, as the research engineers upstream of them dream up new ways to manufacture products using fewer raw materials and less labor.
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But engines are already operating at levels above 2, 500 degrees Fahrenheit, the melting point of the turbine blades that propel the plane, forcing engineers to dream up exotic cooling systems and turn to special coatings and unwieldy materials like ceramics.
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Meanwhile, it leaned on suppliers' engineers for suggestions on how to cut costs by 30%--by using cheaper materials or changing manufacturing processes, for instance.
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