Trishelle Copeland-Johnson is a Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering (MSE). She is currently researching the explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in 2011, and she recently was awarded the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Fellowship. Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from? What is your academic background? Why did [...]
Footprint evidence of human-megafauna interactions remains extremely rare in the archaeological and palaeontological records. Recent work suggests ancient playa environments may hold such evidence, though the prints may not be visible. These so-called "ghost tracks" comprise a rich archive of biomechanical and behavioral data that remains mostly unexplored. Here we present evidence for the successful detection [...]
Leading industrial drone solutions provider Terra Drone Corporation has successfully demonstrated its non-destructive testing (NDT) capabilities by inspecting a 160-meter chimney at a thermal power plant in Japan. The chimney inspection was conducted using ultrasonic testing (UT) drone developed by Terra Drone group company Terra Inspectioneering, a market leader in wireless inspection of industrial, hazardous, and [...]
Could industrial machines become MacGyver-like in learning and acting on the fly to solve complex problems? One of the keys will be demonstrating AI that can meaningfully learn from visual and contextual cues. This is the focus of a new research project by scientists from GE and Siena College scientists through DARPA’s Grounded Artificial Intelligence Language [...]
Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES) the global leader in consulting engineering services and solutions, has acquired Laserstream, LP, a technical service company specializing in laser mapping of tubular assets. The acquisition will provide high-resolution pipe ID scanning hardware and imaging software while enhancing SES’s competencies within upstream, midstream, downstream, aerospace, consumer, and medical services. The acquisition [...]
Innovation Polymers introduces a new formulation couplant for long term acoustic coupling. Aquabond 200 is a lower viscosity polymeric couplant than the initially introduced Aquabond 100. The new couplant can be easily applied without the aid of heating. Due to its lower viscosity, Aquabond 200 provides an excellent means of coupling probes to refracting wedges or [...]
MFE Enterprises announces the launch of its new 61 lb. manual and mapping edge scanner today, the MFE Edge. MFE Enterprises applied the superior mapping software and reliable technology of its coveted Mark IV Tank Scanner to the functionality of an edge scanner when designing the MFE Edge. One of the most exciting features of the [...]
DUBAI, UAE, January 14, 2020 -- MFE announced today the opening of a new MFE Middle East location in Dubai, UAE. MFE Middle East brings the comprehensive inspection support of its North American MFE counterparts across the globe. This new office will serve as the MFE Middle East headquarters and will provide full-service support to inspectors [...]
The Vantage™ Research Ultrasound System includes a high-performance data acquisition platform that provides multiple transceiver channels, receive signal conditioning electronics, deep local memory and a very rapid data transfer rate to its host computer over PCI-express. This Plane Wave issue will describe the Vantage receive path architecture and the programmable signal conditioning available to its users, [...]
Synopsys are running a webinar on Wed, Jan 22, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM GMT on solutions for simulating, testing, and inspecting high-value and critical parts. The webinar will cover challenges for working with complex materials and manufacturing processes, particularly from scan data such as computed tomography. Those interested can sign up to attend here: [...]