Paracosmic: One MEP’s Journey into 3D scanning
When a Denver-based MEP firm focused on the healthcare market needed a
scanning solution two years ago, it happened upon an article about the 3D
services being offered by Gainesville FL-based Paracosm. CEO Amir Rubin
describes what happened next.
NextGen: CIRT-ACE Mentor Finals Bode Well
Nine high school teams from across the U.S. converged on Washington
recently for the 10th Anniversary CIRT-ACE Mentor National Design
Competition. Board member Paul Bonington here reports from the event on how
bright our industry’s future truly appears.
Northwestern Engineers Return to Build their Concrete 3D Printer
Since January, we have had an ongoing partnership with a Mechanical
capstone course at Northwestern University. Back in March, we held their
presentation as part of our show The Realities of 3D Printing. Now, the
BuiltWorldsNU team is back. Let’s check in to see what they’re up to in
this quarter…
Student Engineers are Building a Steel Bridge to Utah
You might be a little familiar with the Steel Bridge Competition. Like the
concrete canoe competition, it shares the similar goal of providing
engineering students with the opportunity to use design and build as a
competition piece. We partnered with a group of students from Illinois Tech
to follow their progress. Did they bridge the gap?
Don’t Let Lucas Temple Doom McCormick Place!
So which side is the dark one? Our own John Gregerson opines on Chicago’s
epic battle to win the pricey Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which has now
turned ugly after the mayor’s recent suggestion to tear down iconic
McCormick Place East.
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