Wired looks at failure.
Building 4 is Ford’s Tough Testing Center, where the company evaluates nearly all of its nonengine parts, from seat belts to axle assemblies. The facility is a monument to a dark truth of manufacturing: Even the best-engineered products fail. Some percentage of all mechanical devices will break .Read more...
Kansas City Journal reports on the importance of having forensic engineers.
Two men were pouring concrete in Olathe at a construction site — one was inside the truck, directing where the chute was, and the other was directing the chute on the ground on top of the forms.
The operator swung the .Read more...
The Deseret News looks at the practice of etching your VIN number into the glass on a car.
Many insurance companies offer discounts on coverage to customers who have their car’s VIN etched into its windshield and other windows. Since VIN-etched cars are harder to for thieves to sell, the practice .Read more...
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Armstrong Forensic Engineers (Armstrong) today announced the addition of fire investigation and thermal analysis to its forensic engineering services and the hiring of Senior Consultant Charles O. Funk, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI, CVFI and Lead Research Specialist Jody Ewers, J.D., M.L.I.S. in its office in Detroit, Michigan.
“We are pleased to .Read more...
Sandy has been a particular challenge for New York’s MTA and the subway system. Fast Company shows how the MTA is utilizing social media to document the damage.
To date, the MTA has posted nearly 600 photos from Hurricane Sandy, documenting everything from damage at the South Ferry station to the .Read more...
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 7, 2012 / /PRNewswire/ – Armstrong Forensic Engineers (Armstrong) today announced the appointment of Christian R. Sax, P.E., as a forensic engineering consultant serving governmental, legal, and insurance clients across Texas and the Southwest.
Based in Austin, Texas, Mr. Sax’s practice focuses on forensic engineering and litigation support in cases involving vehicular collisions. .Read more...
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Armstrong Forensic Engineers (Armstrong) today announced the opening of a new office in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the hiring of respected forensic engineer Alan F. Asay, P.E., M.S. Armstrong’s presence in Utah complements the firm’s offices in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas and rounds out its platform for providing Rapid Response inspection services .Read more...
Wisconsin’s Governors Highway Safety Association created a rich info-graphic regarding all of the state crash data for 2011.
The unique display of crash statistics provokes interest and discussion among those who view it. The BOTS has brought the calendar to several multi-disciplinary meetings and have noticed how much conversation it generates as people .Read more...
Engadget reports on a new traffic study looking at using technology to make traffic systems–not just cars–safer.
A total of 3,000 vehicles in Ann Arbor, Michigan are taking part in a 12-month project run by the state’s Transportation Research Institute. The vehicles have Dedicated Short Range Communications and video recording facilities, which means the .Read more...
Dr. Eric G. Meyer with William Addis, a senior in biomedical engineering, preformed femur fracture testing on April 18. They did 12 experiments at Henry Ford Museum with Matt Goodwin the Roundhouse Supervisor. He drove a diesel train over several bones from two directions (medial and lateral) with the bones .Read more...
Chicago made waves this week with a new initiative for eliminating traffic deaths.
The city of Chicago’s transportation department, headed by commissioner Gabe Klein, hasreleased a new “action agenda” called “Chicago Forward.” It contains a goal that, as far as I know, has never to date been explicitly embraced by a major United .Read more...
An IEEE article from Alexis Kwasinski looks at disaster forensics.
It’s my job to drive straight into the heart of disaster zones.
On 11 March, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a monstrous tsunami that smashed into Japan’s northeast coast, killing more than 15 000 people in minutes and reducing entire towns to rubble. In the .Read more...
