Image: Oberon What would Industry 4.0 be without a robust, reliable wireless infrastructure? Integrating wireless access points in an industrial setting can pose a challenge, particularly if you consider the costs associated with the potential downtime not just for installation, but also for service and maintenance. Happy Valley’s Oberon offers a line of solutions that allow an […]
Image: Penn State/flickr An impressive roster of spring events make Penn State a popular stop for not only Happy Valley industry and tech experts, but for industry and tech experts, researchers in a range of fields, startup founders and investors as well. Check out these upcoming events and mark your calendar now. Penn State Startup […]
Image: Penn State/Pamela Krewson Wertz Researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering, including Dr. Todd Palmer, recently received funding from the U.S. Army for further development and research in additive manufacturing, 3D printing and techniques for high-strength steels and alloys. Here, Dr. Palmer about his research and what it means on a global scale, as […]
Dr. Adri van Duin and his wife, Dr. Diana van Duin started RxFF Consulting in 2013, but the roots of the company stretch back many years earlier. Adri, who also heads the van Duin Group at Penn State, which focuses on the development and application of reactive force field methods, is the main developer of […]
Image: Penn State/PATRICK MANSELL Penn State takes another top spot in the research world, with the new National Science Foundation rankings of Higher Education Research and Development research expenditures putting Penn State in first place, tied with Johns Hopkins University. Both universities can boast 16 research fields within the top 10 for expenditures in their […]
North American oil and gas well completion giant FTS International (NYSE American: FTSI) recently announced the successful launch of fully automated equipment health monitoring and control using KCF Technologies’ MachineIQ™ (MIQ) on an active hydraulic fracturing site. KCF Chief Technology Officer Jacob Loverich said, “This very well may be the first installed Industry 4.0 revolution […]
