[scf-post-title] The UT Board of Trustees voted on Friday, October 14, 2016 to name the College of Engineering for distinguished alumnus John D. Tickle. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee: It marks the second time in the campus’s 222-year history that a college has been named for an alumnus and benefactor. Tickle, a 1965…
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[scf-post-title] AMS recently completed Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) testing at a nuclear power plant in the United States. FDR testing allowed plant operators to measure the aging of the cables without investing in costly inspections and construction efforts. Once FDR testing had been completed, it was determined that new cables did not need to…
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[scf-post-title] The British government has officially signed a contract with EDF, a French state-owned power provider, to begin work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in southwest England. The contract included a price tag of over $20 billion. With the first unit expected to be operational by 2026, the project marks the first…
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[scf-post-title] This week, AMS hosted an informal, interim meeting between working groups associated with the International Electrotechnical Commission’s Technical Committee on the preparation of international standards relating to electrical and electronic equipment and systems for instrumentation specific to nuclear applications. During these meetings, progress was made on the development of a number of important…
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[scf-post-title] AMS’ EMC Engineering Manager Chad Kiger has been selected as a new Fellow of The International Society of Automation for his contributions to the development of standards and guidelines for electromagnetic compatibility testing and for innovative voice and data wireless technology. This award is given based upon a vote among peers within the…
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