Author: Camille Fowler
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A Brief Introduction to 3D Printing
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has come a long way, evolving from a method only useful for creating functional and aesthetic prototypes to something that is being used more and more for industrial production. It has advantages over more traditional methods of construction in that complex shapes and geometries such as hollow parts or parts…
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Team Member Highlight: Celebrating 10 Years with Camille
The end of 2025 marked a special milestone for me – it was my tenth year of working at Hill Engineering! A lot has happened since then, so I’d like to share a little bit with you about how I got here. My story begins in 2014 while pursuing a double major in Aerospace Science…
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Museum Highlight: Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England
Even on vacation, it’s hard to pass up a visit to a science museum. Earlier this year, I had the chance to visit the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, one of the world’s first industrial cities. Cotton was the commodity that helped this city grow in the early 19th century, giving rise to…
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Legacy Post: Museum of Flight visit (June 2017)
A couple of Hill Engineering employees visited the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Tukwila, Washington recently. The museum sees over 500,000 visitors a year, and is the largest private, non-profit air and space museum in the world. Who knew that air- and spacecraft could be so interesting! The museum has over 175 flying…
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ExpressRS® handout
If you’ve been looking for an overview of our expedited residual stress measurements through our ExpressRS® service, look no further. Our new brochure highlights the many ways that ExpressRS® can help you reach your project’s goals. When choosing ExpressRS®, your measurements are given priority in our laboratory, making it possible to meet your deadline sooner.…
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Hill Engineering adds onsite hole drilling to ISO/IEC scope of measurements
Hill Engineering is proud to announce that onsite hole drilling residual stress measurements have been added to our growing scope of ISO/IEC 17025 accredited measurements. These are the same high-quality hole drilling measurements that Hill Engineering is known for, but now with the option of being ISO/IEC 17025 accredited, which may help to meet internal…
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New article in International Journal of Fatigue
Hill Engineering recently collaborated with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Integrative Materials Design Center to publish an article in International Journal of Fatigue, titled Fatigue crack growth mechanisms in similar and dissimilar aluminum friction stir welds: Residual stress, microstructure, and microhardness effects. The results of this work can be used to inform design decisions to improve…
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HE measurement data presented at upcoming ICRS 12
Hill Engineering recently performed various residual stress measurements on nickel and aluminum specimens to support a project from the Materials & Processes Engineering group at Pratt & Whitney. The results will be presented by Pratt & Whitney at the International Conference on Residual Stress, happening October 20-23, 2025, in Detroit, MI. If you are planning…
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Legacy Post: Fracture surfaces evaluation
Aircraft undergo complex loading during their operation and lifecycle. For example, take off, landing, turbulence, and flight/ground maneuvers are all instances where significant loading occurs. The cyclic loading and unloading activates a failure mechanism called fatigue, which is most prevalent at the highest stressed regions. Many aircraft are assembled using riveted construction, whereby small holes…
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Legacy Post: Hill Engineering visits Sugar Pine Point State Park (Aug 2016)
To me, nothing says “summer” more than camping by the lake, going for a hike, roasting marshmallows over a campfire, and fatigue analysis at bedtime. On the west side of Lake Tahoe, the Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park hosted some of Hill Engineering and their families for a fun, nature-filled weekend.