What: This three-part series will explore a comparison of LXI and PXI measurement platforms, journey into maximizing the usefulness of each platform and then look at optimizing system performance using smart instruments in LXI.
Who: Design validation engineers and managers in the automotive, medical, industrial, communication and aerospace & defense industries. You may have product […]

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Electronics Test Engineer - Automotive
Job Description:
Seeking a Test Engineer with a minimum of 2 years of engineering experience for a Northwest-based heavy-duty truck manufacturer located in Portland, Oregon. This is an 18 month contract position available for immediate employment.
This individual will provide manufacturing support in vehicle electronics production testing, automation, vehicle […]

Ohio State University’s College of Engineering recently opened a new research center that will explore ergonomic issues in automotive manufacturing that impact worker safety as well as skyrocketing health care costs. The new Center for Occupational Heath in Automotive Manufacturing (COHAM) opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, May 2 at at 1314 […]

Agilent Technologies has just launched a new, quarterly technical publication, the Agilent Measurement Journal. The goal of the journal is to help engineers stay on top of the latest test and measurement technologies and Agilent solutions. It will cover a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense, wireless communications and industrial, and feature articles […]

I just received an “issue” of the SAE’s new Testing & Simulation e-mail newsletter. It has links to eleven stories, including:

MRI techniques for quality control at Delphi,
rollover testing at GM, and
simulating interior and exterior lighting.

To subscribe, go to the SAE website.

National Instruments recently released a new version of DIAdem, version 10.1, the interactive software for inspecting, analyzing and reporting test data. These include enhancements to the DIAdem DataFinder, a data mining feature that lets engineers perform Internet-like searches across their data files, regardless of format. Engineers can perform advanced searches based on key descriptive information […]

From the November 9, 2006 NIST Tech Beat:
In industries from textiles to automobiles and from pharmaceuticals to semiconductors, accurately measuring empty spaces—technically speaking, porosity—is a substantial matter, important to efforts to ensure high product quality and low scrap rates.
This is because tiny pores—usually smaller than 50 nanometers in diameter—come in many varieties, creating complex internal […]

The DARPA Grand Challenge is ostensibly for encouraging the development of technology for autonomous military vehicles. Some of that technology, though, may be used auto companies. That’s the hope, at least, of GrayMatter, Inc.
They’re hoping to use the technology they’ve developed to compete in the Challenge to help companies who test vehicles and automotive components […]

Southwest Research Institute will evaluate seven new engines for the Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Benchmarking program, focusing particularly on the engine performance and fuel consumption associated with new exhaust emissions control technology. Manufacturers developed this new control technology, which uses the ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel now available nationwide, to meet 2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions regulations. […]

…from the August 31, 2006 edition of NIST Tech Beat
Before ditching or donating that used computer, CD or other data-storage media, sensitive or personal information should be properly “sanitized,” according to a new guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Information systems store information using a wide variety of media, including “hard” […]