Director of engineering for automotive products at FLIR Systems Inc. Vehicles with automatic emergency braking systems may be vulnerable when driving at night or into harsh sunlight, and current ...

My March column addressed flexural test methods for composite materials. I noted that the details presented in the various available national and international standards were not mutually consistent ...

This week, the U.S. Army announced its plans for an updated fitness test that requires men and women in combat positions to meet the same physical standards. In the past, men and women in combat roles ...

A Standard Test Method is a conclusive procedure that yields a test result. So as to achieve accurate and relevant test results, a standard test method is definite, unambiguous, and experimentally ...

No audio available for this content. Downtown Seattle, a typical test-case environment. Cellular location test standards include well-defined and widely used standards for GPS-based systems in both ...

Two cannabis testing laboratories on Tuesday debuted a new program to standardize protocols for testing the purity and potency of marijuana products. The new standardization program, dubbed Trust in ...

It establishes a common understanding among all stakeholders with respect to uniform terminology, general guidelines, and tests to be carried out on electric agricultural tractors on various ...

The recent LA fires drove home how dangerous wildfires can be when they encroach on urban areas. So-called 'wildland-urban interface' fires are on the rise. However, building codes and standards have ...

Electronic products must pass somelevel of immunity tests when subjected to conducted or radiatedenergy. Some of those tests include subjecting the equipment undertest to electrical impulses–short ...

In May 2007, this column was devoted to the standardization of test methods and the need for same. A detailed discussion of the evolution of standards was presented, and it is, perhaps, well worth ...