Maintenance engineering

Monitoring water health with autonomous single-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles

March 2, 2023 by Ankit Bhat

Harmful algae blooms (HABs) regularly occur in the Great Lakes in Canada, particularly in Lake Erie. These HABs produce a toxin called microcystin , which can cause liver damage, numbness, and vomiting in both humans and animals (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], 2017). Lake Erie experienced one of its worst HABs in 2019. These HABs do not show signs of … [Read more...] about Monitoring water health with autonomous single-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles

Testing satellite control systems with drones

January 1, 2022 by Ali Barari, Ryan Dion, Ian Jeffrey and Philip Ferguson

In space, it is usually not possible to repair equipment when things go wrong. While astronauts ventured into space aboard the Space Shuttle to repair the infamously flawed Hubble Space Telescope, these types of repair missions are extremely expensive and rare. Limited repair options make spacecraft engineers turn their attention to reliability in an attempt to … [Read more...] about Testing satellite control systems with drones

University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI): Boosting blockchain education and research.

Since its conceptualization, blockchain technology has witnessed continuous and rapid development, bringing profound changes to computer science, law, and economics. In 2008, the initial blockchain system was merely a growing list of records linked together using cryptography. Today, however, blockchains have become the foundation of most digital currencies, robust cloud computing platforms, and dependable databases for tracking supply chain information. Despite challenges and controversies, blockchain technology has the potential to help build a trustworthy and efficient digital world.

However, the emerging blockchain technology has not yet been widely incorporated into current education systems, and there are still a lot of problems and challenges to be solved in this domain. To promote the popularization, development, and transformation of blockchain, Ripple founded the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a global network of top universities around the world pursuing public education, academic research, technical development, and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and related financial technologies (FinTech). Since UBRI’s inception in 2018, Ripple has funded more than 40 university partnerships, supporting more than 500 research projects and new or modified course curricula for more than 280 university courses.

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