Fluid | Posted on
May 16th, 2013 by
James Ransley
Vacuum technology has many important applications, from semiconductor device and MEMS fabrication, to vacuum coatings for corrosion protection, optical films, and metallization. The new Molecular Flow Module provides vacuum engineers with previously unavailable tools for modeling gas flows within vacuum systems.
Read more on: Molecular Flow Module: Simulate Rarefied Gas Flows in Vacuum Systems
News | Posted on
May 15th, 2013 by
Lorant Olasz
Starting with the release of COMSOL Multiphysics® 4.3b you can work with multiphysics simulations right from the user interface of the Autodesk® Inventor® CAD system. Called the One Window interface, this functionality is available with LiveLink™ for Inventor®. The result of the work by our external interfaces and integrations development team, the One Window interface, is a completely new environment for simulations that are embedded in the Inventor® user interface. It contains the Model Builder, Settings, and all other views you are familiar with when modeling in the COMSOL Desktop™.
Read more on: Multiphysics Simulations inside the Autodesk® Inventor® User Interface
Events | Posted on
May 14th, 2013 by
Nandita Roche
Are you an engineer under the age of 35, located somewhere in the Asia-Pacific region? If the answer is yes, you are eligible to enter the All IEEE-R10 Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge 2013. The contest aims to engage young engineers to solve humanitarian problems using technology and entrepreneurial leadership. Many innovative project ideas have been submitted to this engineering contest in the past, and the winners have received funding to implement them. This year it could be your project that provides the solution to a humanitarian challenge.
Read more on: Asia-Pacific Engineering Contest with a Cause Hosted by IEEE
Electrical | Posted on
May 8th, 2013 by
Daniel Smith
In a paper titled “Choosing a Gate Dielectric for Graphene Based Transistors” the applications of a semiconducting form of graphene are examined. As we have seen before, single-layer graphene is not a semiconductor, it is a zero band gap conductor (a semimetal). Efforts are well underway to introduce band gaps to graphene, which would make it semiconducting with a room temperature mobility an order of magnitude higher than silicon. The race is already underway to find applications for such a material once the remaining technical challenges have been overcome. An application of semiconducting graphene is the design of next-generation, fast switching semiconductor metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs).
Read more on: The Graphene Revolution: Part 5
News | Posted on
May 3rd, 2013 by
Fanny Littmarck
We’ve been dropping hints for the past few weeks here on the blog, and the time has finally come when we can officially unveil the release of COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b. Five new products extend our product suite, and there are plenty of new features to enhance your simulation experience. The latest version of COMSOL Multiphysics is here, and you do not want to miss out on the news.
Read more on: This Just In: COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b
News | Posted on
April 26th, 2013 by
Alexandra Foley
Do you have an invention or idea that you think could change the future? NASA Tech Briefs’ Create the Future design contest is a great way to share your idea, receive recognition from your peers around the globe, and win some pretty cool prizes. NASA Tech briefs and we at COMSOL would like to invite you to submit your revolutionary design idea to the Create the Future design contest 2013. The contest spans eight different categories. Winners of the First Prize in each category will receive a Hewlett-Packard workstation computer. The Grand Prize winner is selected from one of the eight main categories and will receive $20,000 to help bring their product or idea to life.
Read more on: Create the Future with Your Design Idea
Events | Posted on
April 25th, 2013 by
Fanny Littmarck
Each year in May we host a multiphysics simulation workshop specifically for U.S. government employees. This year’s agenda will provide attendees with an overview of COMSOL Multiphysics, tutorials, a user presentation, and more — all in a setting that allows classified work to be shared among federal employees and contractors only.
Read more on: 2013 U.S. Government COMSOL Workshop
News | Posted on
April 10th, 2013 by
Fanny Littmarck
Everyone’s talking about graphene right now. When was the last time a material received this much attention? Sure, other materials have peaked our interest before, but when something breaks into more mainstream news you know it’s going to be a very big deal.
Read more on: The Graphene Revolution: Part 3
Conference | Posted on
March 28th, 2013 by
Kristen O'Connor
As many of you may know, we have officially announced the dates for the COMSOL Conference 2013. Did you also know that we are continuously sharing updates, deadline reminders, past published Conference User Presentations, and more through social media? Follow our social pages to make sure you have up-to-date information regarding the Conference (among other things) — don’t forget to share this content with your friends and colleagues, too.
Read more on: Tell All Your Friends About the COMSOL Conference 2013
Electrical | Posted on
March 27th, 2013 by
Daniel Smith
In a previous blog entry I discussed some of the exotic properties of graphene. The fact that graphene consists of a single layer of atoms means the aspect ratio of any graphene-based structure may be very high. High aspect geometries present their own array of modeling challenges.
Read more on: The Graphene Revolution: Part 2
