More articles by Lawrence Kren

The annual Bonneville Speed Week is a place to find some of the most innovative engineering done anywhere, along with many of the fastest vehicles on the planet. Here is an inside look at how one team took an idea from sketches to a Salt Flats screamer.

What many consider the Holy Grail of combustion technology is one step closer to prime time.

After proving two-mode full hybrid technology in transit buses, GM has put a scaled– down version in its Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs.

Numerous manufacturers have online size and spec programs that provide design engineers with CAD files of stock products.

When was the last time you heard, or said, "Thank you," when a problem was brought up?

Short of a complete tear down, vibration analysis is one of the best ways for assessing the condition of rotating machinery.

Design engineering is a creative endeavor that involves some trial and error.

A Midwestern manufacturer troubled by outsourcing to low-labor-cost regions flagged for me a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

Encoders that measure absolute position magnetically rather than optically come from Turck, Minneapolis.

Model G306A G3 operator interface panels from Red Lion Controls Inc., York, Pa., use a TFT active-matrix display for greater contrast, brightness, and overall readability, over a wide viewing angle.