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 2026 – September 28 – September 30 – Savannah, Georgia
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Presentations

• Comparative Evaluation of Non-Contact/Contact Displacement Measurement Techniques for Concrete Bridge Specimens
  James Hara – Kyowa
• Automated, Traceable Strain Gauge and DAQ Configuration for High-Channel-Count Testing
  Stefan Kruse – HBK
• Influence of High-Temperature Strain Gauge Installation Parameters on Measurement Accuracy and Reliability in Engine Testing
  Oleksandr Pohuliaiko – HPM
• Design and Validation of a Strain Gauge Simulator Bavithra Vijayaganapathi – Siemens Energy
• Presentations available to view Here

Tour

• Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Other

• General Business Meeting, Strain Workshop, Sponsors Seminar

Spring 2026 – April 14th – Via Zoom
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Presentations

• Fiber-Optic Shape Sensor for Measuring Composite Consolidation Deformation – Shu Minakuchi – University of Tokyo
• Improving Adhesion of Strain Gages on Polymer Material Through Surface Preparation – Casey Henderson/Vivian Lim – NAIR
• A Carbon Nanotube-Based Optical Method for Strain Measurement in Structural Testing and Health Monitoring – Wei Meng – LumiStrain
• Multi-Axis Force Sensing in Complex Suspension Geometries – Matthew Slama – Slama Engineering
• Presentations available to view Here

Other

• General Business Meeting

Fall 2025 – September 29 to October 1st – San Antonio, TX
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Presentations

• Design of a Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Impact Detector – Dr. Sidney Chocron – Southwest Research Institute
• Novel Method of Reference-Free Residual Stress Measurement Around Cold Expanded Holes – Utilizing Time-Of-Flight and Amplitude
• Correlating CAE Results with Measured Test Data – Kurt Munson – HBK
• High Elongation Strain vs DIC Imaging in HY-100 Weld Coupons – Paul Burgess – Southwest Research Institute
• Transducerization: Enabling Direct Force Measurement – Daniel Magee – HITEC Sensors
• Effect of Gaseous Hydrogen on Strain Gage Based Instrumentation – Takahiro James Hara – Kyowa Americas
• Parameters of Ultrasonic Waves – Nikolay Akimov – Southwest Research Institute
• Presentations available to view Here

Tour

• SWRI Test Facilities

Other

• General Business Meeting, Reception, Sponsors Seminar, Strain Workshop

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
• Presentations available to view Here

Other

• General Business Meeting

Fall 2024 – September 30th to October 2nd – Wichita KS
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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
• 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
• Presentations available to view Here

Tour

• NIAR Test Facilities

Other

• General Business Meeting
• Sponsors Seminar
• Strain Workshop

Spring 2024 – April 16th – Virtual
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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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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
• Signal Conditioner Self-Noise: Characterization and Specification – Doug Firth – Precision Filters
• Strain Overcoat Evaluation – Jeff Stubbs – Northrop Grumman

Tour

• Wright Patterson Air Force Base’s structural test labs

Other

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
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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
• 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