engineering

A group of engineering students at San Jose University have cooked up an ambitious senior project. Max Ratner, Henry Li and Andrew Parmar came up with the concept of applying an omnidirectional drive system to the motorcycle world during a brainstorming session a little over a year ago. ...

Volkswagen has spent another US$27 million of the US$4 billion it has earmarked to advance its plans for North American market growth. The money went toward a 64,000-square-foot development and emissions lab called the Test Center California in Oxnard, about 72 km (45 miles) north of Los ...

Chrysler is re-establishing a partnership with Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, for students in the automotive engineering program. This relationship was put on hold in 2008 when the automaker began its financial crisis. Kettering's co-op program is a five-year-long process in which ...

A recent workshop in Los Angeles offers something special for interested children: a class on the mechanics of car theft. Created by the non-profit organization Machine Project, the workshop is entitled "The Good Kids' Guide to Being a Bit Bad: Cars edition." It covers the topics of hot wiring, ...