Sensors and Instrumentation
| The Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Division will promote and encourage the exchange of nonproprietary information pertaining to theory, design and application of electronic systems and components used to measure structural dynamic behavior. |
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| Officers |
| Chair |
Gary Foss
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
gary.c.foss@boeing.com |
| Vice Chair |
Patrick L. Walter
Texas Christian University
Dept. of Engineering
Fort Worth, TX
p.walter@tcu.edu |
| Secretary |
Michael D. Todd
University of California, San Diego
Dept. of Structural Engineering
La Jolla, CA
mdt@ucsd.edu |
| Annual Meeting Programming Chair |
Miao Yu
University of Maryland
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College Park, MD
mmyu@eng.umd.edu |
Bylaws
SENSORS & INSTRUMENTATION - - Updated April 2007
For IMAC 25, the Sensors & Instrumentation Technical Division organized two sessions on measurement instrumentation limitations and performance, with 11 papers presented.
The first annual meeting of this newly organized division was held at IMAC on Feb. 20, 2007, with 31 people attending. We discussed ideas on how we can serve the SEM and our members. Four vendors accepted our invitation to give presentations on technical advances in sensor instrumentation: B&K, Endevco, Kistler, and PCB. These presentations have been posted at the SEM S&I website.
We are planning to organize at least 2 sessions for IMAC 26 on instrumentation. A session exclusively for vendors to present new products or technology is under consideration. We are also planning a series of lectures on practical instrumentation topics.
The Sensors & Instrumentation Technical Division met during the IMAC XXV meeting in Orlando, FL. At this meeting presentations were made by some of our equipment suppliers. The slides used in these presentations are available for download. Simply select the presentation below and you will see the slides used in pdf format.
Response Equalization – Brüel & Kjaer
Analysis of Electrical Noise in Piezoelectric Sensors – PCB Piezotronics
Advancements in Low Noise Accelerometers – Endevco/Meggitt
New Piezoelectric Materials Improve Sensor Performance – Kistler
Smart Sensor & Instrumentation – PCB Group
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