All good things come to an end. Sadly, that is the case regarding Chuck Schultz’s blog, whi...

Before we move on from helix angle restrictions, I want to say a few things about face contact ratio. Soon after the appearance of the first helica...

Despite my horror stories about new hires gone badly, there are ways to welcome new team members and help them become solid contributors quickly. I...

One of the reasons I strongly advocate for “promoting from within” is that many recruitments fail. Real life is not Star Trek, your compan...

No political commentary today; just trying to get your attention! Although the headline is “on topic” for me. I am in my 50^th year in th...

In this article, the focus is put on one technology, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and more specifically, residual stress measurement by way of XRD for both process development and quality control.

In my last posting I mentioned the need for humility and skepticism. Before anyone think this is heading off into political commentary, let me expl...

If you have been a long time “individual contributor” you may wonder why you should accept the un-requested “promotion” to role model within your o...

Do you want to know a secret about every one of our authors? At one point in their lives they decided to step out of their comfort zone and write s...