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Numerical Algorithms Group Expands Student Awards Programme in 40th Year
UK-based Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), a leader in high quality computational software and high performance computing services, will mark its 40th anniversary in 2010 by expanding its student prize programme. In doing so, it will develop new awards intended to cultivate the next generation of numerical software talent worldwide. The new awards, which will be called the NAG 40th Anniversary Awards, are intended to help nurture the next generation of leaders in science and computing. In the spirit of NAG’s four decades of collaboration with leaders in computing, academia and industry, NAG will be inviting departments, from institutions across the world, to become involved with the student prizes. Awards will be offered for the best performances in a Masters of Science program, best projects and/or best numerical solutions. When
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Viscotek Chromatography Technology has been Integrated into Malvern Instruments Website
Viscotek gel permeation chromatography/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) measurement systems provide size and absolute molecular weight distribution, structural information and compositional data for a diverse range of natural and synthetic polymers. Viscotek was acquired by Malvern Instruments in 2008. The Viscotek product range has been fully integrated into the information on Malvern Instruments’ website. Malvern offers a range of
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Fleming Installs Lab-Scale Extrusion Line
UK-based testing firm Fleming Polymer Testing and Consultancy (PTC) is pleased to announce the installation of a lab-scale extrusion line. The line consists of a Betol 20L/D, 25 mm diameter single screw extruder, and has been procured to extend the existing test-house facilities to small scale R&D work. The intention is very much to provide a range of extrusion processes eventually encompassing tube extrusion, compounding and film blowing. The line will also be instrumental in providing validation to much of the flow simulation work already undertaken using the Compuplast suite of programs. The business has been supplying many of the polymer industry’s largest companies for over ten years, and specialises in capillary rheometry, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), melt volume flow rate (MVR), instrumented impact testing and flow simulation. Fleming PTC strives to keep at the forefront of technology and is constantly looking to add new techniques and update existing ones. To this end ISO
technologies that work synergistically to deliver productive material characterisation solutions for a wide range of manufacturing industries. For polymer processors the Viscotek GPC product range is complemented by the Zetasizer series for emulsion stability investigation, and capillary and rotational rheometers for melt characterisation. The flagship Viscotek TDAmax GPC system combines refractive index and light scattering detectors, and a viscometer to deliver absolute molecular
weight and molecular weight distributions, both of which are defining polymeric parameters. The Zetasizer Nano uses light scattering techniques to measure zeta potential and particle size while Malvern’s range of rheometers couples high performance with accessibility. The Malvern website now includes comprehensive details for all of these systems together with application notes demonstrating their value for polymer manufacturers.
commenting on the awards, NAG’s CEO Rob Meyer commented: “Nearly every challenge that we face today—global warming, developing energy sources to sustain economic growth worldwide, creating vaccines for the pandemics of today and tomorrow, to name a few—will be solved, in part, with innovative approaches to numerical computing and the most up to date processor platforms. Helping with this has been NAG’s mission since our inception, and by extending the NAG Awards we hope to help institutions focus on the development of numerical code with direct application in many fields and to attract the talent that will support the processor technologies of tomorrow.” Stuart Feldman, Google’s vice president Engineering, supports NAG’s goals. When commenting he said: “The quality and passion of NAG’s people and
their drive to make the life of scientists better, and to take advantage of the newest and best results in the math software field is clear.” He added: “NAG, in addition to being a major contributor to important international standards including Fortran 90 and IEEE arithmetic, has perhaps made its biggest contribution by creating a reliable shared base for scientific computing—a basic set of software that could be depended on, that covered the basic needs of much of classic numerical analysis and that improves over time and on an evolving set of platforms.”
Numerical Algorithms
Group (NAG)
infodesk@nag.co.uk Web: www.nag.co.uk
Malvern Instruments
Tel: +44 (0) 1684 892456
salesinfo@malvern.com Web: www.malvern.com
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Tensile Leg Testing in Japan
9001:2000 was awarded in January 2007 and recently extended to ISO 2001:2008. The company has also patented a co- extrusion die system via a UK government department of trade and industry (DTI) award. The business can supply consultancy into entire process lines, using all of the capabilities, or simply a specific service if more appropriate.
Fleming Polymer Testing and
Consultancy
enquiries@flemingptc.co.uk Web: www.flemingptc.co.uk
UK-based materials testing firm Imatek has recently completed the successful installation of an IM10R Impact Test System at the Nagoya site of Tokai Rubber Industries in Japan. The system will be primarily used for understanding and developing the impact and energy absorption characteristics of materials used on vehicles for pedestrian safety applications. The system has two modes of operation, high-rate tensile tests on standard polymer specimens and dynamic compression testing of polymeric foams and structures containing the same. In tensile mode, the system can test tensile specimens at strain rates in excess of 1000s-1 and yield strengths up to 35 KN. In dynamic compression mode, the system uses a light-weight alloy carriage that is fitted with a variety of profiled strikers including child, teen and adult leg-form and head-form strikers. These tests are performed in order to measure energy
absorption characteristics of materials and structures at representative speeds of up to 50 km/h and acceleration of up to 500 g. According to Imatek, the IM10 range is versatile and is able to accommodate a wide range of automotive test applications, making it an extremely cost effective choice for customers within the automotive sector.
Imatek
Tel: +44 (0) 1438 821624
Info@imatek.co.uk Web: www.imatek.com
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