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Texas A&M Tests RFID for Yard Management |
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The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), a Texas A&M engineering organization, has installed InSync's Yard Management Software Application in its university laboratory. Texas A&M was approached by South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant in Bay City, Texas, who has shown particular interest in track-and-trace applications for materials location and building processes for the construction of two new power plants. The Texas A&M faculty then worked with the power plant to demonstrate the viability of the solution. InSync's Yard management application was selected by the program and installed in the lab by students in the College of Engineering program. Using the system, TEEX is able to demonstrate a complete RFID-driven track-and-trace application in action including RFID read/write simulations, check-in and check-out of materials, visual mapping capabilities, alert indicators and more. Additionally, students in the program were able to determine that incorporation of temperature sensors in these track-and-trace applications, specifically during the building process can ultimately provide safer overall buildings and structures. When concrete is poured, temperature sensing RFID tags can be used to monitor the curing process, ensuring maximum curing strength, and thus, optimal structural integrity.
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