Category: General Interest
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Legacy Post: National Museum of the US Air Force
Recently, some members of Hill Engineering visited the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. With more than 360 aircraft and missiles in house, the museum is the largest military aviation museum in the world. Because of our aerospace and mechanical engineering backgrounds, aircraft represent a special place in our hearts. Of…
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Legacy Post: How We Work (Mar 2017)
Maintaining the high quality of our work is our top priority. That’s why it’s important that our office environment promotes efficiency and qualitative communication here at Hill Engineering. From a project’s inception until its close, we strive to keep a workflow that handles our customer’s needs with consistent attention and care. At the moment a…
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Cool for the Summer: The Hill Engineering Pool Party
After a busy summer filled with high-temperature residual stress measurements, the Hill Engineering team took some time to relax and recharge with a well-deserved pool party. Nothing beats cooling off in the water after long days in the lab, and this year’s gathering gave us the perfect chance to enjoy some sunshine and spend quality…
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Legacy Post: Building a Quality System (Feb 2017)
As was previously discussed, Hill Engineering was recently awarded ISO17025:2005 accreditation for our Quality System. Developing a Quality System that is compliant with ISO is a significant effort, and at Hill Engineering we took it as an opportunity to improve the quality and documentation of our laboratory residual stress measurement services. Here’s a look back…
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Legacy Post: The Prime Room (Feb 2017)
Hill Engineering recently moved into a new facility in Rancho Cordova, CA. The new facility features a combination of laboratory, research and development, and office space; all of which are important as we work tenaciously to meet the needs of our current projects, while at the same time keeping an eye towards innovation and new…
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Legacy Post: 2016 highlights at Hill Engineering
2016 was an exciting year at Hill Engineering. We accomplished so much and we wanted to take a moment to recognize some of the highlights. Early in the year, we were in the middle of Hill Engineering’s largest ever facilities planning/construction project. We had just selected our new office location and needed to plan and…
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Legacy Post: A feast of fall festivities (Dec 2016)
The Hill Engineering employees took a quick break from all the residual stress analysis to partake in a few fall-themed festivities this season. We recognize that enjoying quality time together is an important way to strengthen our resolve as a team. What better way to do that than through everybody’s favorite activities: pumpkin carving and…
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Legacy Post: ASIP Conference 2016 (Nov 2016)
Hill Engineering is presenting about fatigue analysis methods for cold expanded aircraft fastener holes at the upcoming 2016 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) Conference in San Antonio, TX. Cold hole expansion is a method commonly used to induce compressive residual stress around the perimeter of fastener holes, which are common in aircraft structure. The compressive…
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Legacy Post: Senior Design Project (Oct 2016)
Senior Design or Capstone Projects are a common culmination to an engineering degree. The general consensus is that the projects are beneficial for the students by providing a helpful learning experience and portfolio boost. Participation in a Senior Design Project can also be beneficial to the company sponsoring it. The course provides the opportunity to…
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Legacy Post: Residual stress analysis (Oct 2016)
Material fabrication processes like forging, rolling, extrusion, quenching, additive manufacturing, machining, and welding lock spatially varying residual stress fields into structural materials. These residual stresses can influence the way that materials perform (e.g., fatigue, fracture, distortion, and corrosion). Hill Engineering has developed expertise to support many different types of residual stress analysis, which we apply…