We talked about David Levy’s book Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology in part 1. There is no similar book for people involved in failure analysis, although that will change if I ever finish the book I have been working on since 2003.

The Supreme Court made a very narrow ruling on the issue of “defense preclusion” in a trademark action in Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group Inc., Docket No. 18-1086 (May 14, 2020).

In 1939, Frederick Knoop and his colleagues at The National Bureau of Standards submitted an alternatively designed indenter based on a rhombohedra-shaped diamond whose long diagonal was approximately seven times as long as the short diagonal.

After spending a few years on a LinkedIn Group called “Critical Thinking in the Workplace,” it became clear to me that there was no universally accepted definition of critical thinking. 

The Supreme Court overturned a Second Circuit decision to find that a finding of willful infringement is not a prerequisite for an award of profits in a trademark action in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., Docket No. 18–1233 (April 23, 2020).

David Pye's blog series on hardness testing continues.

The same torch can be used for each process (brazing, braze welding and welding), but the torch-handling techniques involved – and the training – are VERY different.

Every once in a while we have large, painful failures that are visible to lots of people.

We continue to review some of the most important materials in heat treatment and metallurgy.

David Pye's series on hardness testing continues.