How model-based systems engineering (MBSE) has improved system design. Thermal design and MBE come together. When considering systems-level design, it’s important to understand the criticality of the ...

Today’s electronic systems are an increasingly complex combination of hardware and software components. They contain an ever-expanding range of functions, require more computing power, have to operate ...

Automation aims to standardize industrial operations and bring overall efficiency to today’s production lines. Such gains, however, may come with considerable effort, as engineering teams must ...

Engineers working in the emerging areas of advanced air mobility (AAM) and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) may be in uncharted skies, literally and figuratively. While transforming ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. While the algorithms used to control body electronics systems are usually thought to be fairly simple, the overall complexity of the full vehicle ...

A hackathon challenged aerospace students to develop a detailed digital system model for a robotic assistant for astronauts on the Moon A hackathon challenged aerospace students to develop a detailed ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. NASA has more programs today than at any ...