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Metrology for Newbs: Entering the Community, Not Just the Career

May 27, 2026 Office

by Joseph Rindone Most people don’t choose metrology, at least not at first. They arrive through necessity. A technician is handed an instrument and told to calibrate it. An engineer is tasked with verifying measurements. […]

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Metrology and Quality Through Education

April 29, 2026 Office

Carson, California, April 29, 2026 — The digital revolution driving how organizations function today is advancing at a pace where the foundational processes that prepare professionals, especially metrologists, with a challenge to remain current. Industry […]

Metrology and Meteorology: Measuring Hurricanes

September 16, 2025 Office

by Jeffrey R. Carlson, A.T. Imagine a homeowner, waiting for the hurricane to come, fixated on news reports advising evacuation, yet the evacuation zones are constantly changing due to the storm’s path shifting. Gas stations […]

Accredited Calibration Laboratories for Medical Radiation

April 11, 2025 Office

by Larry A. DeWerd PhD, FAAPM, FABS & Ahtesham U. Khan, PhD The overall goals of the University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center (UWMRRC) are to 1) educate members of the medical physics community, […]

Instrumental Scholarships

June 28, 2024 Office

(Butler, PA) June 26, 2024 – A rare associate degree program in metrology provided by a western Pennsylvania community college has now a record 11 scholarship opportunities applicable to its students as they learn to […]

EMPIR project videos explaining aspects of magnetic calibrations and measurements freely available – EURAMET News

January 18, 2024 Office

EMPIR Capacity Building project Traceability Routes for Magnetic Measurements (TRaMM, 21SCP02) is a training project, where INRIM, the NMI for Italy, is transferring knowledge and expertise in the field of magnetic measurements and calibrations to […]

Introduction to Metrology: Practice and Science of Measurement

October 4, 2023 Office

Available in Kindle and paperback through Amazon. This book is a brief introduction to metrology, which is the practice and science of measurement. The book addresses measurement, test, calibration, methods to estimate measurement uncertainties, quality […]

The ASQ Metrology Handbook

March 31, 2023 Office

Published in 2023. 736 pages. ISBN: 978-1-63694-019-9. Order from ASQ Book Store. Available in Print or Digital. Developed by experts in the field a s a comprehensive and practical reference, The ASQ Metrology Handbook, Third Edition provides […]