Engineering
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Study reveals birds' surprising sound source
The best place for a bird's voice box is low in the airway, researchers find
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BYU engineers making a more people-friendly robot
Equipped with funding and support from NASA, Brigham Young University mechanical engineers have built an inflatable robot similar to the lovable Baymax character from Disney’s Big Hero Six.
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Secret to lab-on-a-chip breakthrough: matte black nail polish
Unlikely solution comes from Ph.D. student who also moonlights as a standup comedian
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BYU's new lab mixes virtual and augmented realities
In BYU’s new Mixed Reality Lab, students are forging a new frontier of virtual and augmented reality. The lab becomes scattered with robots. Equipped with a headset and a controller, a player is tasked with saving the lab from an invasion. Their reality is mixed with augmented 3D technology.
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BYU researchers unfold new class of mechanical devices
"Developable mechanisms" are built into the surfaces of structures
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Students build smaller, equally powerful version of Village Drill
Water-well drill can now reach more remote locations around globe
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BYU creating new breed of drones that can navigate without GPS
Research has military and package delivery implications
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Brigham Young University: A national center for UAV research
BYU a major contributor to the "drone revolution"
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BYU develops multi-university capstone program for UAV research
More than 250 students from 8 universities have participated
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BYU researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
Hazy, smoke-filled skies can have serious health effects
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Industrial design students reach across the ocean to design outdoor lighting products
BYU students team with European students, make lanterns for Black Diamond
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BYU traffic study: No more left turns on busy streets
BYU traffic engineers Grant Schultz and Mitsuru Saito are on a mission to stop people from making left turns on busy roads. It’s not because they want to make life more difficult; it’s because they want to save it.
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Water droplets defy conventional rules when caught by fibers bent at a certain angle
Researchers from Utah State, BYU and University of Liege have learned that fibers bent at a certain angle can hold a lot more water than you would expect.
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Students engineer hand-trike attachment for LDS Charities global wheelchair program
BYU engineering students are helping make LDS Charities wheelchairs even better for people in need around the globe.
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BYU-created mini tool has massive potential
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere — and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses.
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BYU researchers develop method that could produce stronger, more pliable metals
BYU researchers said this paper is the first to attempt to crack the code of the atomic structures that heavily influence grain boundary properties with the computer algorithms of machine learning.
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BYU students make winter hammocking a warmer reality
BYU's 2017 Student Innovator of the Year created a lightweight insulator that covers hammocks for cold-evening camping.
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BYU No. 4 in the country for taking research inventions to market
BYU is one of the top five universities in the country for turning research discoveries into new technology, products and companies, according to a report released today.
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