Industry Updates
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Industry Updates
Published online: 28 September 2007 ASM International 2007
MATECH Acquires License for Structural Damage Assessment System Material Technologies (‘‘MATECH’’), a company that engages in the research and development of technologies to monitor and measure metal fatigue, has acquired Damage Assessment Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, a specialty finance company focused on technology transfer, in a stock transaction. Damage Assessment Technologies, Inc. holds an exclusive worldwide license for a structural damage assessment system that was developed at the University of South Carolina. The system uses embedded ultrasonic sensors connected to lightweight analyzers to perform
Flexible hydrogen sensor. Photo courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
active structural monitoring. The sensors provide data to analyzers, which is then compared to a database of past structural characteristic data to determine potential flaws in the structure. For more information: Material Technologies, Inc., 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 707, Los Angeles, CA 90049; tel: 310/208-5589; fax: 310/473-3177; e-mail: [email protected]; web: www.matechcorp.com.
Argonne Scientists Create Bendy Sensors for Hydrogen Vehicles In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles, but experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are more than a novelty. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have used their insights into nanomaterials to create bendy hydrogen sensors, which are at the heart of hydrogen fuel cells used in hydrogen vehicles. In comparison to previously designed hydrogen sensors, which are rigid and use expensive pure palladium, the new sensors are bendy and use single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to improve efficiency and reduce cost. According to Yugang Sun, a researcher in Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, these sensors exhibit excellent sensing performance in terms of high sensitivity, fast response time, and quick recovery, and the use of plastic sheets reduces their overall weight and increases their mechanical flexibility and shock resistance. The sensors are also able to be wrapped around curved surfaces, and this proves useful in many applications, notably in vehicles, aircraft, and portable electronics.
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For more information: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; tel: 630/252-2000; web: www.anl.gov.
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Chevron’s Tahiti Project Delayed for Remanufacture of Mooring Shackles
Loyola Engineering Sciences Chair Oversees Safety Review of Highway System
Chevron Corporation’s $3.5 billion Tahiti energy project in the Gulf of Mexico, scheduled for completion in mid-2008, will face delays because of metallurgical problems discovered in the facility’s mooring shackles. Initial qua
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