AMRL Newsletter Archive

Spring 2012 Edition

Published May 2012

Highlights:

• Technician Certification Requirements in ASTM Standards
• The Road to Developing an Effective Quality Management System – Part 2, Getting Started
• Sieves: Making the Grade, Part I
• The Skinny on Precision and Bias: Aiming our Sights on Precision
• Metrology Musings: Measurement Uncertainty for Hillbillies
• Calibrating Thermometers: The Science Behind Meaningful Temperature Measurement
• The Dynamic Shear Rheometer: Understanding the Temperature Requirements
• Did You Know?
• Rock Testing, Soil Sampling, and More: New Test Methods Recently Added to AMRL Scope

Fall 2011 Edition

Published November 2011

Highlights:

• AMRL Moving to Frederick, Maryland
• Mercury Thermometer Poll Results
• New Tools for Specifiers: the Missing Piece of the Accreditation Puzzle
• A Very Boring Article (New Requirements for Superpave Gyratory Compactor Molds)
• How to Publicize Your AASHTO Accreditation
• Under Pressure
• Let’s Get Digital: A Guide to Unraveling the Tangled World of Digital Thermometers
• Did You Know?
• The Road to Developing an Effective Quality Management System (QMS): Part 1 - Why Bother?

Spring 2011 Edition

Published April 2011

Highlights:

• The New Look of the AMRL
• Get to the Root of the Problem: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Explained
• Seven Steps for a "Perfect" On-Site Assessment
• Metrology Musings: Uncertainty? There’s An App For That.
• Did You Know?
• Pycnometers, Calibrations, and Insulated Containers: A Guide to Understanding ASTM D 854, Soil Specific Gravity
• Getting the Most Out of the Proficiency Sample Program: A Guide to Our Online Features and Tools
• The Anatomy of a Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer

Fall 2010 Edition

Published October 2010

Highlights:

• Proficiency Sample Ratings: Being Average Has Never Been So Good
• Is Water More Than Just H₂O?
• Quality Corner: ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation
• Metrology Musings: Calibration vs. Standardization
• A Day in the Life of an Assessor
• The Importance of Asphalt Content Ignition Oven Furnace Correction Factors
• AMRL to Certify Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) Calibration Center Operators

Spring 2010 Edition

Published April 2010

Highlights:

• Introducing AMRL in Focus
• Not Just a Box of Rocks: An Introduction to the AMRL Proficiency Sample Program
• Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials (SFRMs) Added to AMRL Scope
• Metrology Musings
• The History of the AASHTO Accreditation Program
• Quality Corner: What is Quality, Anyway?
• Standardizing Timers and Stopwatches
• Getting Rid of Mercury