The Western Regional Strain Gage Committee

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The WRSGC held two Test and Measurement conferences this past year.  The winter conference was held on March 9-11, 2009 at the Marriott Phoenix-Mesa Hotel in Mesa Arizona by Chairman Darryl Peterson. The program included the host welcome address by the director of Army Rotorcraft Business Development at Boeing Mike Burke, sponsor’s seminar, six papers and a workshop covering hostile environments and general questions from the committee.  The attendees were provided a tour of the Boeing Mesa Apache Facility.

Winter Test and Measurement Conference Program - March 2009

Host Welcome

Mike Tovey – Tovey Engineering

                       Mike Burke -   Director of Army Rotorcraft Business

                                               Development, Boeing

 “Back to Basics” Series  (Topic: Foil Strain Gage Selection)

                     Brian Donnelly - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.

 Synchronized Wireless Strain Measurement Systems for Rotorcraft

                     Steve Arms – Microstrain

Preparation and Support of a Tap Test on the Leading Edge Surfaces of the Space Shuttle Endeavor Wings

                     Jerry Bohr - Boeing

Building a Temperature Gradient Insensitive Load Cell

                     Ian Kunsch - MTS Systems Corp.

Torque Measurement: Yesterday and Today

                     Keith Skidmore – Interface, Inc.

Methodology and Measurement of Strains during Microelectronics Manufacturing, and Margins Against Damage

                     George Raiser - Medtronic Microelectronics Center

The Winter Test and Measurement conference was held on September 14-16, 2009 in Harrah’s Casino and Hotel in North Kansas City Missouri.  The program included the host welcome address by Honeywell FM&T Senior Technical Manager of Engineering and Test Labs, Bob Chaney, sponsor’s seminar, five papers, and a workshop covering hostile environments and general questions from the committee. The attendees were provided a tour of Honeywell FM&T test and engineering laboratory facility.

Winter Test and Measurement Conference Program September 2009

Host Welcome

Ed Wenski – Honeywell FM&T

              Bob Chaney - Senior Technical Manager,

                              Honeywell FM&T Engineering Test Laboratories

Wind Turbine Structural Health Monitoring Using Optical Fiber Based Sensors – Alan Turner, Micron Optics

Long Duration Shock Sled Testing – Troy Hartwig, Honeywell FM&T

Fiber Optics Sensor at KCP – Billy Parker, Honeywell FM&T

Rocket Sled Failure Investigation – Rodney May, Sandia National Laboratories

Improved Strain Gage for Residual Stress Analysis Using the Hole Drilling Method – Bernd Guenther, HBM

Greg R Mosen

Chairman, WRSGC

May 17, 2010