DSA Wins Overall Best Automation Application at NIWeek 2002

Austin TX, August 2002 --- National Instruments (NATI) announced Best Automation Application paper contest category finalists and Overall Outstanding Automation Application at their worldwide conference on Measurement & Automation, NIWeek™ 2002. Data Science Automation Inc. (DSA), a Pittsburgh-based technology consulting and systems integration firm, had four finalist applications in three of the eleven possible application categories; R&D/Laboratory Automation, Aerospace/Defense, and Biomedical.

DSA's finalist application papers were titled "Ion Beam Deposition System Automation" for the US Naval Research Laboratory, "Jet Engine Simulation for Next Generation Fuel Pump Testing" for ArgoTech Corporation, "Proteomics Ultra-High Throughput Screening Breakthrough" for Morewood Molecular Sciences, and "Pharmaceutical Storage Facility Climate Monitoring System" for the US Department of Health and Human Services. 

In addition to winning the R&D/Laboratory Automation category, the "Ion Beam Deposition System Automation" application won the best of show, Overall Outstanding Automation Application.

This award winning ion beam deposition system is used in basic research for magnetic sensors. Its purpose is to automate the thin film multi-layer deposition of magnetic and non-magnetic materials on silica substrates. It results in high vacuum experimental coating processes with improved consistency, higher speed and significantly reduced cost.