There are many reasons why firms need to model the exterior contour of existing aircraft outer mold lines (OML). Most aircraft flying today were not designed in a modern 3-D CAD system.

Yes, it’s time to get your game on—metrology game, that is. I invite you to join us in Reno, Nevada, where the Coordinate Metrology Society is in the final preparations for its 26th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC).

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Standards developed by ASTM International’s technical committees—Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response and Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate—play a role in both the initial response and follow-up to oil spills.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A new book published May 19 by CRC Press, Essential Project Management Sk

A woman in Southern California’s Inland Empire, age 53, is suffering from an unidentified neurological disorder.

(PANalytical: Almelo, the Netherlands) -- PANalytical has extended the compatibility of its Omnian advanced standardless analysis software to now include the compact benchtop MiniPal 4 X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer.

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView operator interface to any VGA display.

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(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- A long-time advocate of lean practices, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) member and author, Mark Hamel, has been awarded The Shingo Prize Research and Professional Publications Award for the

n 2006, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) kicked off a project called the Vehicle Design Summit (VDS), which today has grown into a large international consortium of teams from universities and innovative companies seeking, a