Edison’s Desk

A few years ago I asked my wife if she would like an activity monitor for her birthday, to help automatically track her… Read More »

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was discovered in the late 1940s by groups at Harvard and Stanford, led by Edward Purcell and… Read More »

Do you love gas turbine research as much as I do? Then I want to meet you next week! Since joining GE Global Research Europe… Read More »

Oil and gas exploration is pushing out into deeper waters further offshore – up to 3000m deep and over 100km away from the… Read More »

Unlike other research organizations within GE Global Research, my team is not tasked with developing technology for GE’s… Read More »

Are the machines of tomorrow really different from what we have now? Closed loop control: something about the world is an input… Read More »

Last week, I spent two amazing days living in the future. Specifically, I spent these days promoting the genius of three great… Read More »

At the Oil & Gas Technology Center, we’re building a world-class team that’s working to solve some of the world’s… Read More »

It may be hard to believe, but in today’s world of faster, stronger, smarter and cheaper, the good old train system remains the… Read More »

On a foggy Sunday in early 2014, upon seeing a good number of local and international academic partners filling up the meeting… Read More »

I’m writing to tell you all about a prestigious honor and a significant award that was recently earned by one of my colleagues… Read More »

I lead GE’s Materials Processing and Testing team here at Global Research. We partner with scientists and engineers from across… Read More »

Human activities are changing our world. Current and future generations face serious challenges around issues such as climate… Read More »

I got involved with FIRST robotics when our 6th grade daughter joined a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team in 2006. I went along as a… Read More »

About a year ago at this time, I introduced you to a few of the technologies we’re developing at GE Global Research to support… Read More »

Technology makes the world smaller. This is pretty much old news for anyone who has an Internet connection or iPhone. What was… Read More »

I was born a curious kid. Since my hands became capable of coordinated movement, their role was to satisfy the question of “how… Read More »

In 2012, we hosted a workshop at the Brazil Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro for the (then) recently created Subsea Systems… Read More »