Sensors & Electronics
Awards & Recognition
R&D 100 Awards
1994 - Ultrasonic Microstructural Analyzer (UMA)
Developers: Morris S. Good, James R. Skorpik, George J. Schuster (joint entry with Saginaw Division, General Motors Corporation - Dennis D. Rogers)
The Ultrasonic Microstructural Analyzer (UMA) uses high frequency ultrasound to nondestructively analyze the subsurface microstructure of a component to measure hardness depth of heat-treated steel components or particle distribution uniformity of metal matrix composites.
Excerpted from PNNL R&D 100 webpage.
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