Automotive Testing Expo 2009

Today I had the chance to peruse more cutting edge testing technologies at the Automotive Testing Expo 2009 in Novi, Michigan. It was good to meet a few new vendors and peers, as well as run into a couple existing clients. Though apparently smaller than last year, the show has a lot to offer, including a robot-mounted Harley Davidson motorcycle (don't worry, it only rides on the dyno... for now).

Product categories included:

• Test simulation
• NVH analysis
• Occupant/pedestrian safety
• Engine/emissions testing
• Dynamometers
• Vehicle dynamics testing
• Materials testing
• Aerodynamic and wind tunnel testing
• Vibration and shock testing
• Acoustic testing
• Environmental testing
• Mechanical testing
• Hydraulics testing
• Electrical system testing
• Reliability/life-cycle testing
• Test facility
• Automated test equipment (ATE)
• Stress/strain testing
• Fuels and integrated systems testing
• Test management software
• Track simulation and laboratory testing
• Crash test analysis
• Tire testing
• Data acquisition and signal analysis
• Impact testing
• Electronics and microelectronics testing
• Fatigue/fracture testing
• Torsion testing
• Component testing
• EMC/electrical interference testing
• Structural and fatigue testing
• Impact and crash testing
• Sensors and transducers 
• Test facility design
• Quality testing and inspection
• Telemetry systems
• Vehicle simulation
• Automatic inspection
• Calibration
• Laboratory instrumentation
• Software test and development
• Quality management solutions