Neurolinguistic Programming
I was first introduced to Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) by Alaric Naiman (http://www.transitionstates.com/index.html)while I was working at NIKE. Alaric was a consultant who had the [...]
Modeling Polycrystaline Nitinol
There are many ways to model Nitinol using Finite Element Analysis. Over the years we have studied them all, from rigorous analytical implementations based [...]
Nonzero Mean Fatigue Testing of Nitinol
This paper describes a fatigue test protocol that was used to determine the factor of safety for a superelastic Nitinol implantable medical device. A [...]
Ecopreneuring and Natural Capitalism
Gifford and I were talking on the phone while I was on a trip visiting David Oakey at Interface Carpets. We had been brainstorming [...]
Moire Interferometry and Electronic Packaging
Moire Interferometry is a powerful photomechanics technique that can produce full-field strain measurements with remarkable resolution. Illustrated in the photos are solder balls in [...]
First Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials
In June of 2000 the first Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials was held at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Spring meeting. You can [...]