Monthly Archives: February 2020

Prabhakaran Manogharan, a doctoral candidate in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, was granted the 2019 American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Fellowship Award for his proposed research using ultrasonic techniques. Manogharan’s academic and research adviser, Parisa Shokouhi, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and acoustics, was recognized as the award recipient and project principal [...]

Manufacturers often face a dilemma: whether to use conventional steel that is easily joined by traditional welding methods, or use lighter, high-strength steel that reduces weight and adds durability, but can be challenging to weld. Now scientists in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD) have collaborated with JFE Steel Corporation [...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The 20th CBRNE Command’s Nuclear Disablement Team 1 successfully completed its deployment readiness exercise Nov. 5-7 to serve as the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Ground Collection Task Force. "The purpose of this deployment readiness exercise is to expose NDT Soldiers to a no-notice pre-deployment situation, in which the members of the [...]

Perceptron, Inc. (PRCP), a leading global provider of 3D Vision for robot guidance, automated metrology solutions, and coordinate measuring machines, today announced a new commercial partnership with Coherix Inc. Headquartered in neighboring Ann Arbor, Michigan, Coherix develops and manufactures high speed, high definition 3D machine vision solutions for semiconductor, electronics, and automotive applications. Coherix is well [...]

Swinburne University of Technology’s Factory of the Future, in Australia, is boosted by the installation of a world-first, fully digitalised inspection system that will detect defects in carbon fibre composite production. The system will be reportedly integrated into the University’s Industry 4.0 Testlab for 3D printing of carbon fibre composites in 2020. It has the capacity [...]