Sentences with phrase «engineers design probes»
Engineers design probes with a certain lifespan in mind, but some hardy robots just keep going.
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They could also help engineers better design probes that can survive repeated passes through the strong magnetic fields near Jupiter.
The device, a pressure - sensitive, quarter - sized plate mounted on the end of a 30 - centimeter - long probe, is placed between the snake and its prey, says mechanical engineer Adnan Akay, who designed the rig with two assistants.
Science writer Khan walks readers through other examples: Snakes and the physics of slithering, which might help engineers design new probes; and termites, whose towering mud nests could inspire next - generation architecture.
A unique aspect of the workshop was participation by mission scientists and instrument leads who designed and presented classroom activities.The objective of the Van Allen Probes E / PO effort is to prepare teachers to engage and educate students in STEM content and Van Allen Probes heliophysics - related science as well as engineering and technology.
These probes are for Grades 3 - 12 students and teachers, and are especially useful in uncovering students» ideas in preparation for engineering design activities that involve electric circuits, magnets, and electromagnets.
While the new STS's not unhandsome lines make reference to Cadillac's distinctive creased - angle and vertical - headlamps design language from top to bottom, a close look inside suggests the car is the creation of design and engineering teams that spent more than a few afternoons hanging around the last 5 - series BMW, probing, analyzing, and costing it down to the last micron, atomic subparticle, and cent.