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American Innovators Highlights our ANDI Manikin at Arizona State University

A recent episode of “Made in America: American Innovators” showcased the vital heat research happening at Arizona State University to reduce heat-related injuries and deaths. And featured prominently was none other than our very own ANDI thermal manikin. Come take a look at how one of the top-ranked universities in pursuit of […]

MSN Celebrates Nike’s 50th Anniversary and our Liz Manikin

Better sports bras, anyone? Nike thinks so. Quoted in a recent MSN feature, Nike credited our Liz Thermal Manikin in their development of more size-inclusive and performance-optimized sports bras for women. (The team at Nike calls her Haley, but we’re hooked on the original Liz moniker!) Read the MSN article here. […]

ICEE in Niagara Falls!

Thermetrics was honored to be a co-sponsor of the 19th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE). Shout out to Dr. Stephen Cheung, the ICEE Conference organizing committee, and everyone who attended the Sept 2022 conference in Niagara Falls. What is ICEE? ICEE is a biennial gathering for researchers, practitioners, and anyone with […]

FITI Parks Their New Flame Manikin Underground

In partnership with Thermetrics and our sales agent in Korea, Technox, FITI repurposed some space from their underground parking garage to build out a new laboratory for the flame manikin system.

Liz Female Thermal Manikin Puts in the Reps at Nike’s Innovation Center

We’re excited to share with the Thermetrics community that two of our thermal manikins were highlighted in a recent Fast Company article showcasing Nike’s LeBron James Innovation Center. Our new female thermal manikin Liz was pictured alongside our Newton manikin on treadmills inside one of the lab’s environmental chambers. Each manikin, garbed in Nike athletic […]

Introducing the newest member of our thermal manikin family

Thermetrics is proud to present our newly developed female thermal manikin! May 4, 2021 Update: The community has spoken and the final selected name is Liz. Thank you to all who participated in her naming! Our manikins have measured comfort in car cabins, estimated heat stress in protective wear, evaluated space suits for NASA, […]

Newton’s ManikinPC physiological (Human Comfort) software update

ManikinPC (Manikin Physiology Control and Predictive Comfort) software is a closed-loop feedback control system for Newton thermal manikins that accurately mimics the human thermoregulatory system and provides metrics for comfort and sensation. In fact, any level of activity can be input and appropriate metabolic wattages will be imposed onto the manikin. At the core of […]

Thermetrics new DRT201 Drying Rate Tester Introduced at the AATCC International Conference

It was a small thing, just one comment from among many heard at the AATCC International Conference, but it captured the essence of our mission here at Thermetrics. Thermetrics was exhibiting at the AATCC conference in Wilmington, North Carolina, and on display was a new drying rate test device we call the DRT201 (referring to […]

Thermetrics in-house calibration laboratory and our ﬁeld calibration services are A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025

What does it mean? As regular readers may know, on October 11, 2016 Thermetrics in-house calibration laboratory as well as our ﬁeld calibration services became A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. What is ISO/IEC 17025? It is the single most important standard for calibration and testing laboratories around the world. Laboratories that are accredited to this […]

Thermetrics ISO IEC 17025 Accreditation

Thermetrics is driven by the twin goals of continuous quality improvement and exceeding the expectations of our customers. As evidence of this ongoing commitment to excellence, Thermetrics is pleased to announce that our in-house test laboratory and ﬁeld calibration services are now A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. With this new accreditation you can be even […]

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