Men’s Breakfast: April 2025
Our speaker for this month’s breakfast is John Tyson, a parishioner and President of Trilion Quality Systems which develops advanced measurement systems. Trilion’s technology is used extensively in the aerospace, automotive, microelectronics, and biomechanics industries. John will discuss aerospace industry developments.
Join us for a conversation, and enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by Mike Tucker and his crew. Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. and the talk will begin around 8:30 a.m. A suggested donation of $10 per person will also be accepted online when you RSVP, or via cash/check at the door.
About our speaker:
John Tyson II, PE is the founder and president of Trilion Quality Systems, a manufacturer and developer of advanced optical measurement systems, founded 26 years ago. He has pioneered laser-based and optical inspection methods for more than 40 years, focusing on holography, shearography, digital image correlation, photogrammetry, and thermography. It has been quite the challenge.
John has twelve patents in the field, and developed test methods for the B2, Space Shuttle and other advanced aircraft and spacecraft, as well as for automotive and microelectronics. He is a graduate of Duke University with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and is a Professional Engineer. He teaches and lectures extensively, has numerous papers and peer-reviewed journal articles, and chaired association committees. He is a member of the ACMA Thermoplastics Group. Mr. Tyson is co-founder of the Laser Methods Group of ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing), and authored the TC-1A Nondestructive Testing requirements for Laser Shearography. He authored the Optical Leaking Testing Method in MIL-STD-883 for the testing of microelectronics. He has worked on ASTM, CHM-17, JEDEC & iDICs committees for furthering the standards in the industry.
Mr. Tyson has pioneered quality inspection and measurements in composites and beyond, since the initial development of the B-2 in the mid-eighties, developing laser shearography technology and composite inspection methods before the vehicle was known to the World. Through to working on the General Atomics composite Predator aircraft and variations, and the Joby Aviation AAM aircraft. With cutting-edge work on Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight (2005) and emergency on-pad Suttle inspections for Discovery’s last flight (2010), we support most every NASA research facility, from testing entire rocket assemblies at Marshall, hot-fired rocket testing at Stennis, and supporting Blue Origin and SpaceX. Some of our latest work is in real-time composite layup NDE inspection for prepreg hand-layup, and especially for thermoset and thermoplastic AFP robotic layup, coupling 3D Scanning with Thermography NDE, providing superior real-time inspection capability, substantially increasing throughput, and making better parts.
