(Extech Instruments: Nashua, NH) -- Extech Instruments Corp., a manufacturer and supplier of test and measurement instruments, recently donated handheld test equipment valued at more than $40,000 to the vocational, technical, and science programs of local high schools.

(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the membership association for measurement professionals, has announced a call for papers for the 2012 Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC).

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Focus 10, Nikon Metrology’s point-cloud software that streamlines the digital inspection process, offers a completely new user interface and now provides support for handheld laser scanning and tactile probing.

(ERI: Santa Barbara, CA) -- Earthquakes are only one of the subjects being discussed at the “Fundamentals of Random Vibration and Shock Testing” course led by mechanical engineer expert Wayne Tustin. The course will be held at ANCO Engineers Inc.

(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- Engineers at the University of California, Davis are preparing to conduct the first rigorous tests of how the steel columns that secure skyscrapers to their foundations stand up during earthquakes, research that could make the towering structures safer and perhaps less

(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4021B industrial melt pressure measuring chain.

(Newport: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp.

(Kistler: Novi, MI) Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4550A KiTorq rotor torque flange measuring unit.

(Leica Microsystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Digital microscopes by Leica Microsystems are successfully established as analytical instruments in applications such as pharmaceutics, materials research, and electronics production.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is accepting proposals for funding for a broad range of potential research projects and related activities that support the institute’s measurement science and engineering programs.