
Meet some of the many technical experts at Boeing who are making the impossible possible.
A Humanity From Math
Jamal Madni (right), speaks Urdu, Hindi and English. His proficiency in math gives him another language to express his problem-solving skills – which comes in handy in his role at Boeing as a strategic integrator who looks for patterns across broad R&D investment portfolios.
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Other People stories
Q&A with Sharon Arroyo, a Boeing Technical Fellow in advanced mathematics.
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Boeing Technical Fellow John Vassberg created a metallic 2.7 percent scale model of an airplane that’s played an important role in aerospace research.
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Boeing Technical Fellow Jim Mabe explains how alloys that change shape in flight could enable new aerospace breakthroughs.
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It All Adds Up
Mathematics will continue to be foundational to Boeing’s work, especially as the company’s work becomes more software driven, and data grows in importance as a valuable resource, says Greg Hyslop, Boeing chief technology officer.
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Other Thought Leadership Columns
Senior Technical Fellow Tom Grandine, an expert in applied mathematics, details the connection between math – including the invention of the finite element method for solving partial differential equations – and future technology.
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Pattada Kallappa, of the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center in Bangalore, explains how this location has become a Boeing hub for software and data analytics.
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Research scientists at the University of Alberta have applied machine learning to automate atomic scale manufacturing.
See ualberta.ca/science
The new “Navion” computer chip developed at MIT—the size of a LEGO figurine’s footprint—can help small robots and drones navigate where GPS data is unavailable.
See news.mit.edu
Roboticists at Queensland University of Technology have developed a more accurate grasp method using deep learning to allow robots to pick out and pick up independent objects in shifting or cluttered environments.
See qut.edu.au
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have introduced a nickel-based material that changes its volume under stimuli such as light or electricity. Such actuating material could replace bulky motors in micro-robots or artificial muscles.
See hku.hk/press
An epoxy resin developed at the Vienna University of Technology will cure when any part of it is irradiated, even under water.
See tuwien.ac.at/en/news
FitHome, a project of the Scottish government, uses ambient sensors and interactive technology to monitor residents’ health.
See invernesscampus.co.uk/news
Innovation Quarterly is a publication by and for the community of technical professionals at Boeing worldwide. Expected release of each edition is February, May, August and November. Comments and letters are invited by email and may be published in subsequent editions. Submissions are subject to editing; no more than 90 words will be published. To submit a letter to the editor, email candace.k.barron@boeing.com.
On the cover: Sharon Arroyo is a Boeing Technical Fellow and an applied mathematician in the Boeing Math Group.
Publisher: Greg Hyslop | Associate Publisher: Peter Hoffman
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