Category Archives: News
CAFOs
May 6th, 2013 CAFOs – Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Among environmentalists it is a derogatory term. There is probably some justification in the perception. As an engineer and business owner, though, I like to find solutions to problems and not … Continue reading
Bringing Manufacturing Back To The US
Bringing Manufacturing Back To The US May 4th, 2013 As we focus on bringing manufacturing back to the US, we must not forget that design and education is a higher mission. It seems that we have given much to other … Continue reading
Thorium Power Generation
April 29th, 2013 For awhile now I have been interested in Thorium as an alternative energy source. We have been using nuclear energy for a long time as a nation. Even with the incidents that we have had in … Continue reading
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
February 27th, 2013 EMP is a concept by which a sharp spike in the time-domain for electromagnetic energy can cause a wide bandwidth frequency range of energy transmitted. If this energy reaches electronic equipment after attenuation and propagation loss … Continue reading
The Boeing 787 – Dreamliner Grounding
The Boeing 787 – Dreamliner Grounding Jan. 26, 2013 Whatever the outcome of the investigations, there may be more issues with the Dreamliner in the future. In my opinion, having worked for one of the vendors working on the project … Continue reading
Offshoring
November 19th, 2012 For many years companies have been offshoring some of their work. This can be beneficial in many ways. It can reduce costs but one must be careful that it does not just reduce costs short term and … Continue reading
Haynes-Bent submits proposals to DoD
November 18th, 2012 Haynes-Bent, Inc. submitted two proposals to the Department Of Defense (DoD) for consideration. They proposals address DC-DC converter technology and will aid in agency missions. Ronald Kollman – Haynes-Bent, Inc. – sales@haynesbent.com – (630)845-3316
Haynes-Bent – NASA Proposal
November 18th, 2012 Haynes-Bent, Inc. submitted a proposal entitled Aircraft Wing De-icing System to NASA. The proposal is an innovative system for mitigation of ice on the leading edge of airfoils and would aid in aircraft safety. The proposed system … Continue reading
Information Quality & The Internet
Claude Shannon is known in engineering and technology as the father of Information Theory. Known more specifically as the Shannon–Hartley theorem, it basically states that, as the volume of information increases, the error rate increases. For communications channels they defined … Continue reading
Investing In Technology
Investors want to invest in technology with the best payoff but have trouble evaluating proposals and business plans. If one is not in the field then one simply can not understand the subtle nuances of high tech business propositions submitted … Continue reading
