Technical Testing & Analysis Center Environmental Effects Laboratory

Our Technical Testing and Analysis Program Leads the U.S. in Specialized Evaluations and Pre-deployment Validations Studies

  • Capabilities include temperature, humidity, air pressure (altitude), magnetic field, EMI/EMC, line noise, voltage variation, vibration, shock, salinity, radiation exposure
    • Automated data collection and viewing when needed
  • Staff are active in standard development including the IEC and ANSI
    • TC104 and TC45, and N42
    • U.S. leaders in specialized evaluations
  • We develop testing protocols and characterize, analyze, and evaluate mission critical systems for DOE, DHS, DOD and Industry.

Developing and Testing Radiation Detection Instrumentation


Homeland Security - Technical Testing and Analysis Center

Advanced Power Line Conductors

Freeze-proof Power lines: Electric Utilities are Confronted with Power Systems Outages During Winter Due to Power Line Icing.


Sensors Providing Impact

  • Solving important problems for DHS, DOE, DOD, and industry
  • 3 Federal Laboratory Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards -- 1 of which was a National Winner
  • Leading National & International Standards work in environmental effects, radiation instrumentation, and fiber optics
  • From 2003 to present -- 10 Patents, 31 Applications, and 57 Invention Disclosures; 29 peer-reviewed publications; 2 licensed techologies; 1 start-up company
  • A leader in sensors systems development for harsh environments and microsensor arrays
  • Skills sets include: physical, chemical, optical, acoustic, electro-magnetic measurement science and material science in support of sensor development efforts.