In the modern world of product development and manufacturing, distinguishing good materials, components and devices from bad ones is critical. This type of product testing may require torture. Separating the good from the bad sometimes requires going to extremes. In...

PREVENT PRODUCT FAILURE with proper material selection. Material selection has become increasingly complicated and increasingly critical. Consider the profusion of product requirements, the plethora of design considerations, and the vast collection of available metals and plastics. Faulty material selection can...

Understanding the Messy Process of Developing product performance test methods The cleaning product market is flooded with competing products vying for your attention, with labels that include “better than,” “more energy efficient,” and “works faster.” Verifying those claims requires a...

Finally, a personality quiz for product DEVELOPERS by a product engineer!

Not a product developer? It's okay! You can still learn so much about yourself. Read on! Look around. Plastics, plastics everywhere! Approximately 300 million tons of plastic were produced...