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Will ChatGPT Replace Me?

April 22, 2023 Michael Schwartz

For those of you who have heard about ChatGPT or even played with it, this question of whether it will replace me doesn’t seem to be a question of “If” but more of a question […]

Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners, Part 2

December 31, 2022 Office

by Henry Zumbrun This two-part article was written to help anyone new to force. Even seasoned metrologists or technicians with years of experience may learn something new, or maybe this document can act as a […]

Effects of Impurities on the Freezing Plateau of the Triple Point of Water

December 31, 2022 Office

by Xiaoke Yan, et al. The influence of impurities on the shape of the freezing curves of the triple point of water (TPW) in three small TPW cells was investigated using the freezing curve analysis […]

Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part II: Examples and Resolutions to the Ballico Paradox

December 31, 2022 Office

by Hening Huang This paper is the second one (Part II) in a series of two papers (Part I and Part II) designated to provide practitioner’s perspective on the GUM revision. Part I has discussed […]

The Hidden Cost of Hardware Upgrades

December 31, 2022 Michael Schwartz

For years, I have been advocating and teaching the advantages of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and why we, in the metrology industry, need to move away from script-based programming for automation. This often involves explaining […]

Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners

August 18, 2022 Office

by Henry Zumbrun Morehouse Instrument Company has shared a tremendous amount of knowledge throughout the years with blogs, technical papers, and webinars. This education aligns with our purpose, to create a safer world by helping […]

Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part I: Two Key Problems and Solutions

August 18, 2022 Office

by Hening Huang As a practitioner in the field of measurement science, the author strongly concurs in the need for revision of the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement), as it has […]

U.S. Calibration Occupation Demographics

August 18, 2022 Office

by Christopher Grachanen While researching to determine if calibration occupations had been included in the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOC), I came across a May 2021 DOL report with a wealth […]