UAH Reliability And Failure Analysis Lab

RFAL has been working hard over the last several months in being compliant and making improvements based upon the ISO 9001:2015 requirements. We are pleased to announce that we have now passed our audits and we are ISO 9001:2015 Certified for our Reliability Testing Services.

As of August 20, 2018 RFAL is ISO-9001 Compliant. We will use the process from this point forward with the goal of obtaining Certification in the near future. Please keep RFAL in mind for all Reliability Engineering Services. This compliant status covers our Engineering and Test Services.

We are very close to becoming ISO-9001 Compliant and working hard towards full approval.

RFAL joins forces with the Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC). The synergy of reliability and the capabilities of RSESC have joined to make a new team. RFAL will be a sub center of RSESC which has Mr. Dave Arterburn as the center director. Mr. Arterburn currently heads a multi-disciplined team of researchers and students working on rotorcraft, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), model based systems engineering and payloads for space and earth bound systems. Mr. Arterburn leads the UAH team supporting the FAA UAS Center of Excellence as a core university on the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Team. He is the Principal Investigator for a four school ASSURE team conducting research in UAS ground collision severity and development of safety systems for UAS systems to reduce the potential for injury to non-participants during UAS operations over people. He is currently a member of an ASTM team working on consensus standards for the safety of UAS for flying over people. The RFAL team is excited about joining forces and the new potentials that this will lead in research.

We here at UAH have been working with CHI and it makes me very proud to be associated with a company that has priorities like CHI!

https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/chi-provides-update-harvey-relief-efforts/?utm_source=vertical-daily-news-todays-news&utm_campaign=vertical-daily-news&utm_medium=email&utm_term=todays-news&utm_content=V1

CHI provides update on Harvey relief efforts - Vertical Magazine CHI Aviation has shared more information about its Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas.

RFAL was one of the many organizations to welcome LMI to UAH. The lab is excited to establish a working relationship with the LMI Team:

http://www.uah.edu/news/research/visit-from-lmi-leadership-follows-uah-invitation-to-join-firms-academic-partnerships-program?utm_source=Linkedin&utm_content=News%20-%20LMI%20Research%20Institute

Visit from LMI leadership follows UAH invitation to join firm’s Academic Partnerships program The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at UAH was pleased to welcome Mr. Ed Stanton, senior vice president of strategic growth at LMI, for a daylong tour of the UAH campus and its research facilities on Tuesday, June 13.

Morgan County Economic Development group tour 2017

Morgan County Economic Development group tour of UAH Reliability and Failure Analysis Lab. Photos: Glenn Baeske. 05/19/2017

http://www.uah.edu/news/research/decatur-industrial-business-leaders-tour-uah-reliability-and-failure-analysis-lab

Decatur industrial, business leaders tour UAH Reliability and Failure Analysis Lab Twenty-three representatives of eight Decatur industrial firms toured the Reliability and Failure Analysis Laboratory (RFAL) at UAH on Friday.

We have added more equipment! We continue to grow the assets of the lab to provide assist our customers with the reliability and design needs. Please take a minute and look over our new capabilities document:http://www.uah.edu/images/research/ri/rfal/capability_document_-_13th_edition_-_rev_1_february_2017_released.pdf

http://www.uah.edu/rfal/capabilities/capabilities-brochure

Our lab made news again!
http://www.waaytv.com/space_alabama/uah-professor-creates-green-way-to-make-rayon-could-bring/article_cf777696-a2d5-11e6-a379-9ff0a0866627.html

UAH professor creates green way to make rayon, could bring manufacturing back to U.S. It might be surprising to learn that NASA and the military both need a fabric commonly found in lightweight, comfortable clothing. Rayon is not only a good substitute for cotton,

Some of our new equipment

Keep your eye open about some new equipment the lab as acquired. Just a teaser: Rockwell Hardness Tester, Profilometer, DSC/TGA Combination, Surface Polisher, want more? You will have to wait until the capability document is published. Pictures to come soon!