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.

Spring 2025 – April 8th – Via Zoom
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Presentations

  • Mitigating Load Cell Creep Temperature Effect
  • Strain Measurements Augmented with Accelerometers for Dynamic Force Measurements in Ground Test Facilities
  • Filtering Considerations for Dynamic Measurements with Piezo-Resistive Sensors

Other

  • General Business Meeting

      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