Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

The technology behind 3-D printing is growing more and more common, but the ability to create designs for it is not. Any but the simplest designs require expertise with computer-aided design (CAD) ...

The Computer Aided Engineering Lab is one of two computer labs dedicated for MMET student use. The lab includes 30 computer workstations, loaded with various engineering and productivity applications, ...

After radically transforming the world of design and production in sectors such as automotive and aerospace, robotics is now entering the construction sector. That is why École des Ponts ParisTech, a ...

What is CAD? you might be wondering if you're considering a career in architecture, engineering or product design. Jobs in these areas often require skills in computer-aided design as a requisite, but ...

In the early days of the semiconductor industry, integrated circuits were designed by one or two engineers with slide-rules, hand-drawn on paper, and then given to a lithographer to print onto silicon ...

The selection of the proper materials for a structural component is critical to engineering design. Existing design procedures may currently be sufficient, especially where experience exists, but ...

The aerospace and electronics industries have long applied computational models to not only design airplanes and chips, but also to simulate and optimize their performance. There have, until recently, ...

To identify the information technologies required for a computer-aided system to support materials selection, the committee articulated a future vision of a full-function Computer-Aided Materials ...

What do you mean by CAD? Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is a powerful tool that helps professionals create, modify, and refine designs using a computer. It replaces hand-drawn sketches with precise, ...