Since the 1920s, sheet steel has been the most commonly utilized structural material in the automobile industry, with steel’s strength and stiffness making it ideally suited for durable chassis and ...

Örebro researchers Rajesh Patil and Professor Magnus Löfstrand have developed an AI system that detects welding defects, ...

Sheet steel has been the most commonly used structural material in the automobile industry since the 1920s. Steel is stiff and robust, making it an ideal option for durable chassis and welded parts.

Failure analysis (FA) is an essential step for achieving sufficient yield in semiconductor manufacturing, but it’s struggling to keep pace with smaller dimensions, advanced packaging, and new power ...

When a chip malfunctions it’s the job of the failure analysis engineer to determine how it failed or significantly deviated from its key performance metrics. The cost of failure in the field can be ...

With the aim of accelerating yield ramps of deep sub-micron semiconductors by speeding root cause analysis of defects to give better control over advanced processes, reduced time-to-market, and lower ...

The first step for semiconductor chips is visual inspection using an optical microscope or electrical measurements. 2 Mechanical probing, electron beams, emission microscopy, liquid crystal, etc., are ...

The federal government is scrutinizing General Motors again, this time over reports of catastrophic engine failures in roughly 600,000 of its full-size trucks and SUVs. The new safety probe raises ...

Design flaws, construction shortcomings and maintenance errors caused the Oroville Dam spillway to break apart in February, according to an independent analysis by Robert Bea for the Center for ...