About WRSGC

Welcome to the Western Regional Strain Gage Committee (WRSGC). We are a Technical Division of the national Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and are established to promote a free interchange of information about strain measurement techniques using strain gages.


State-of-the-art strain gage research


Development and application of strain gages in all environments


Strain measurement techniques


Strain gage based transducers


Associated signal conditioning


Connecting techniques


Data acquisition and handling systems


Computer applications and associated software for testing using strain gages

The Western Regional Strain Gage Committee Board:

Chris Gibson, Secretary

Robert Fuge, Chair

Doug Firth, Vice Chair

Ravi Shukla, Arrangements Chair

Ashlesa Mohapatra, Member at Large

Chris Gurden, Member at Large

Glenn Lucachick, Member at Large

Chris Lloyd, Webmaster