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Mechanical Engineers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Accelerometers
  • Acoustic sensors (Acoustic emission AE sensors)
  • Air compressors
  • Semiconductor process systems (Aligners)
  • Voltage comparator integrated circuits (Analog to digital converters)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Anodic wafer bonding systems)
  • Grinding or polishing machines (Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment)
  • Medical computed tomography CT or CAT complete stationery unit installations (Computed tomography CT systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Contact lithography equipment)
  • High voltage cable detection (Contact testers)
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Infrared spectrometers (Cryogenic apparatus)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE)
  • Flowmeters (Digital particle image velocimeters)
  • Voltage comparator integrated circuits (Digital to analog converters)
  • Strain gauges (Dynamic strain indicators)
  • Dynamometers
  • Thickness measuring devices (Ellipsometers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Evaporation systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Flip-chip wafer bonding systems)
  • Spectrometers (Fluorescence spectrometers)
  • Force or torque sensors (Force transducers)
  • Signal generators (Function generators)
  • Cold forming presses (Fused deposition modeling machines)
  • Heat exchangers
  • Infrared imagers (Infrared thermography cameras)
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometers (Interferometric microscopes)
  • Scanners (Laser digitizers)
  • Flowmeters (Laser Doppler anemometers)
  • Flowmeters (Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV)
  • Plotter printers (Multi-pen plotters)
  • Multimeters
  • Hardness testers (Nano indentation systems)
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM (Optical laser scanners)
  • Fiber sensors (Optical sensors)
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Signal generators (Pattern generators)
  • Personal computers
  • Photoelastic testing instruments (Photoelastic testing machines)
  • Flowmeters (Pitot tubes)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Plasma etchers)
  • Proximity sensors (Position transducers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Precision positioning tables)
  • Microcontrollers (Programmable logic controllers PLC)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Projection lithography equipment)
  • Proximity sensors (Radio frequency sensors)
  • Cold forming presses (Rapid thermal processing systems)
  • Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
  • Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning probe microscopes SPM)
  • Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning tunneling microscopes STM)
  • Fatigue testers (Servohydraulic material testing machines)
  • Frequency analyzers (Spectrum analyzers)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Spin-coaters)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Sputtering systems)
  • Step drive or stepper drive or step indexer (Steppers)
  • Strain gauges
  • Roughness measuring instruments (Stylus profilometers)
  • Flow transmitters (Subsonic wind tunnels)
  • Flow transmitters (Supersonic wind tunnels)
  • Roughness measuring instruments (Surface profilometers)
  • Force or torque sensors (Torque transducers)
  • Torque converters (Torsional converters)
  • Programmable tube furnaces (Vapor deposition tube furnaces)
  • Speed sensors (Velocity transducers)
  • Machine mounts or vibration isolators (Vibration control systems)
  • Machine mounts or vibration isolators (Vibration isolators)
  • Vibration testers
  • Video editors (Video editing equipment)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer bonding systems)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wafer dicing saws)
  • Semiconductor process systems (Wire bonders)
  • Wire cathode electrode discharge machine (Wire electrical discharge machines)
  • X ray radiography examination equipment (X ray radiographic systems)
  • X ray radiography examination equipment (X ray tubes)

Technologies Include:

  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Accelerated life testing software
  • ANSYS software
  • Modal analysis software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
  • Statistical software
  • Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
  • Motion analysis software
  • Statistical energy analysis SEA software
  • ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
  • MAYA Nastran
  • ReliaSoft BlockSim
  • Data acquisition software
  • Design of experiments DOE software
  • Life cycle cost software
  • Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
  • Finite element method FEM software
  • ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
  • Grid generation software
  • Reliability analysis software
  • Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
  • Mesh generation software
  • Video analysis software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • COSMOSWorks software
  • Failure assessment software
  • InnovMetric PolyWorks
  • Lambda Research OSLO
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
  • Metrix Imageware Surfacer
  • Optical analysis software
  • PTC Pro/ENGINEER software
  • PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire
  • PTC Pro/Sheetmetal
  • Reverse engineering software
  • Zeemax software
  • SolidWorks CAD software
  • UGS I-DEAS
  • Autodesk AutoCAD software
  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Rapid prototyping software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Development environment software
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
  • Rockwell Software
  • Ladder Logic
  • MUMPS M
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Financial analysis software
  • Cost estimation software
  • Industrial control software
  • Human machine interface HMI software
  • Computer numerical control CNC software
  • Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
  • Bill of materials software
  • Object or component oriented development software
  • G-code
  • C++
  • Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Project management software
  • Microsoft Project
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word



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