NASA Marshall’s John Hanson Wins AIAA Award for Work on SLS Rocket
Editor: William Bryan
Dec. 10, 2015
John Hanson is keeping his eyes on the prize of helping build the most powerful rocket in history, NASA’s Space Launch System, for the journey to Mars and other destinations in deep space. And for those efforts, he’s getting a prestigious prize of his own from the world’s largest aerospace professional society.
Hanson, alternate lead systems engineer in the Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Department of the Engineering Directorate at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, has been honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with the 2016 de Florez Award for Flight Simulation.
The award is for Hanson’s outstanding innovations and contributions in flight simulation applications for SLS design, development and requirements verification. “It is such an honor to win this award,” Hanson said. “And I’m excited about helping make SLS a success.”
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Reshoring Gaining Strength Among Large Manufacturers, BCG Survey Finds
Steve Minter | IndustryWeek
Dec 10, 2015
Manufacturers producing goods for the domestic market increasingly are likely to add capacity in the U.S. rather than any other country, new data from the Boston Consulting Group shows.
Among companies expecting to increase production capacity in the next five years for goods consumed in the U.S., 31% reported they plan to do so in the United States, while 20% said they plan to add capacity in China. Just two years ago, 30% said they would add capacity in China to serve the U.S. market and 26% said they would increase production in the U.S. BCG researchers called the reversal “striking.”
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What’s Driving Growth Of Automated Material Handling?
By Scott Stone, Manufacturing.net
December 16, 2015
If you think automation is only a short-term solution to the increasingly prevalent manufacturing skills gap, think again.
In recent years, the demand for industrial robots has accelerated considerably due to a variety of factors, including the ongoing trend toward automation and the continued innovative technical improvements of industrial robots.
Automating industrial processes offers manufacturers a host of benefits: accuracy in production, consistent quality results, low maintenance costs, faster work (24/7), reallocation of skilled workers to other areas of the warehouse, etc.
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