Conferences

Past Conferences

The Western Regional Strain Gage Committee meets twice a year, typically in spring and fall. Hear technical presentations, participate in workshops and manufacturer’s seminars (given by sponsors of the committee), participate on panels and tour a test facility in the area.

Fall 2024 – Sept 30th – Oct 2nd – Wichita KS

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Monday Sept 30th

  • Executive Board Meeting

Tuesday Oct 1st

Presentations

  • Force Measurement for Wind Tunnel Facilities – Current Practices and Research Investments Devin Burns – NASA LRC
  • High Speed Strain Gage Data Capture of Blast Chamber – Andrew Sanchez – SWRI
  • Ensuring Structural Integrity – Innovative and Fast Strain Gauge – Measurement Setup in Physical Testing – Malte Grieme – HBK

    Other

    • Tour @ NIAR Test Facilities

    Wednesday Oct 2nd

    Presentations

    • Challenges with Obtaining and Evaluating Strain Data for High Speed Test Events – Akhil Bhasin – NIAR
    • Weldable Strain Gage Investigation for High Temperature Titanium Applications – Andrew Ricks – NIAR Full Scale Structural Test Lab
    • Challenges in Strain Measurement for Discontinuous Fiber Composite Material Characterization – Caleb J. Saathoff – NIAR
    • Strain Gage Overcoat Evaluation – Phase 3 – Vicente Vargas – Northrop Grumman
    • Strain Magnification Design for Measurement of Down Hole Forces and Moments on Drill Bit – Yi Pan – Halliburton

    Other

    • General Business Meeting
    • Sponsors Seminar
    • Strain Workshop

      Spring 2024 – April 16th – Virtual

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      Tuesday April 16th

      Presentations

      • Structural monitoring of a masterpiece: The Deposition by Raphael – Sébastien Kosgodagan Acharige, Ph.D. – HBK
      • Assessing Cable Roll-Off for a Variety of Strain Gage Measurement Configurations – Alan Szary – Precision Filters
      • Strain Overcoat Evaluation Update – Vicente Vargas – Northrop Grumman

      Other

      • General Business Meeting

        Fall 2023 – October 9th to 11th – Dayton Ohio

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        Tuesday October 10th

        Presentations

        • The Practical Application & Use of 5000 ohm Strain Gages – Darryl Petrson – Micro Measurements
        • Hybrid Modeling and Design Considerations for Multi-Axis Sensor Fatigue – Matthew Slama – MTS
        • Next-Generation Materials and Architectures for Sensing in Extreme Environments – Jason R Foley PhD – ARFL

        Other

        • Tour @ Wright Patterson Air Force Base’s structural test labs

        Wednesday October 11th

        Presentations

        • Signal Conditioner Self-Noise: Characterization and Specification – Doug Firth – Precision Filters
        • Strain Overcoat Evaluation – Jeff Stubbs – Northrop Grumman

            Other

            • General Business Meeting (11th)
            • Sponsors Seminar
            • Strain Workshop – Mike Tovey – Tovey Engineering

            Spring 2023 – October 18th – Virtual

            Presentations

            • Advantages and disadvantages of high-resistance strain gages – Which applications are the most suitable? – Patrick Ott – HBK
            • Measurement of down hole forces and moments on drill bit using strain gage technology – Yi Pan PhD – Haliburton
            • Design and fabrication of a printed strain gauge device using silver nanoparticles – Carlos Acosta – Univ of Texas San Antonio

            Other

            • Executive Board Meeting

              Fall 2022 – October 17th to 19th – Tempe AZ – In Person

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              Monday October 17th

              • Executive Board Meeting & Executive Board Dinner

              Tuesday October 18th
              Presentations

              • Strain Gage Design Under Eccentric Load – Ashlesa Mohapatra – Interface Corporation
              • Use of Distributed Strain and Temperature Fiber Optic Monitoring on the West Seattle High Bridge – Tom Weinmann- BDI
              • A million miles away – Stable strain gage data from the James Webb Space Telescope – Vicente Vargas- Northrop Grumman

              Other

              • Tour Northrop Grumman Facility

              Wednesday October 19th

              Presentations

              • Serviceability Based Design of Structural Systems using Experimental Stress Analysis Methods –Barzin Mobasher, PhD. – ASU

              • Thermal strains in concrete pavements: Measurements and field implementation – Narayanan Neithalath, Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
              • Rapid EF Enablers: less lead & cycling time, no down time –

                Sandro Di Natale – HBK

                Other

                • General Business Meeting
                • Sponsors Seminar
                • Strain Workshop