Our big scary laser, besides being used for holography experiments of various gas transition phases under examination in the lab and the detection of damage in specially and generally orthotropic composites, has the uncanny ability to burn through gloved hands, ignite dark objects, ruin digital cameras (if not properly positioned), heat water, and oh yes, blind you instantly. 

Needless to say, an entire set of safety protocols and interlocks has been incorporated into the design to keep the experiments safe. The photo shows the effect of the laser being shined lengthwise through a simple glass prism.

Our atomic clock, which is the same type as those used in GPS navigation satellites, would be classified as a secondary frequency standard, which works through the measurement of electron transition in Rubidium-87 atoms.

It's long term stability is roughly 1x10^-10 seconds, more than accurate for our needs. It is periodically cross-checked against our LORAN-C standard which has an accuracy of 1x10^-12 seconds.

The photo is of the unit under normal operation.

ISE recently performed a kinematic, kinetic, and operational dynamic assessment of a new Pleasureway Excel MMX Class B motorcoach which was experiencing some classical aerodynamic flutter (and subsequent stability loss) at highway speeds. Our testing came up with some interesting findings, which will be published online in the upcoming months.

Stay tuned...

With the ability to detect materials having weights up to 300 atomic mass units (AMU's), and rapidly compare test samples against 192,262 different chemical compounds using the NIST08 Mass Spectral Library, the use of mass spectrometry allows ISE to quantify with great accuracy test samples for heavier and more difficult to detect elements and compounds such as lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as radioactive isotopes.

The photo shows a standard Tedlar bagged air sample being tested.

LightMap is an effective tool in identifying artificial and natural light distribution across an area of interest and is readily capable of capturing the smallest details of shadow and glare. The program need not be limited to just the visible spectrum of light (roughly 700 nm to 400 nm) and can in fact generate field patterns for any non-ionizing radiation source (i.e., wavelengths from 1 mm to approximately 750 nm – the boundary of the near infrared).

The new LightMap 3.0 program was recoded with an eye towards massively parallel processing. The photo is a sample output (in horizontal foot-candles at 36-inches) for a large auto plaza project.

In addition, a complete overhaul of the code was performed streamlining the computational task for the end user. Adaptation of the Apple XGRID technology is currently being examined as a variant to the IS³ program, since most internal tasks can be performed in a parallel fashion.

Other firms merely talk about being able to do noise contouring; ISE is raising the bar by developing the technology and taking the visualization process to levels 'unheard of' before. Imagine what IS³ could do for your project...

For years, the model has been routinely able to handle multiple blasting sources with accuracy far greater than that predicted by the DuPont equation. Now, incorporating the eigenfunctions from years of modal analysis of different soil types has improved the accuracy of less-impactive sources.

The photo is a sample output showing a high-confinement blast.

Predicted failure areas, precipitated by the loss of signal coherence between test points, are screened under a statistical failure model using the maximum strain energy (Beltrami) theory and maximum distortion energy (von Mises) theory as indicators of areas of delamination of plies, disbonding of joints, or void detection.

The photo to the right shows one of the many tests being performed to quantify the extent of disbonding and delamination within an eight-ply woven composite panel specimen having a NASA ply configuration of [0/45/0/-45]S and an EA-956 resin.