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Dave McColskey (Assoc)

Research Interests

Infrastructure materials, acoustic emission, hydrogen embrittlement, cryogenic testing, high temperature testing, mechanical properties, failure analysis, instrumentation, pipeline materials, construction materials, large-scale testing.

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International)
International Standards Organization (ISO)American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)


Awards and Honors

Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2005)
NIST Bronze Medal (1999)

Publications

Patents (2018-Present)

Multiple Specimen Testing

NIST Inventors
Dave McColskey and Andrew Slifka
Systems and methods are described for concurrently applying loads to multiple test specimens. The systems and methods are useful for cyclical tensile loading of specimens such as in fatigue strength evaluations. The systems and methods are also useful for low frequency cyclical loading evaluations.
Created September 1, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022