Sensor Seminar

Sound and Vibration, Feb 2005

PCB Piezotronics has announced a three-day seminar, entitled, "The Successful Measurement of Dynamic Force, Pressure and Acceleration" to be held May 24-26 near its corporate headquarters outside Buffalo, NY. At this seminar, participants will learn to:

* Understand the physics and operating characteristics of dynamic force, pressure, and acceleration transducers and constraints associated with their use.

* Interface transducers effectively within intended test environments.

* Condition transducer signals to maintain their fidelity through selection of appropriate cabling, amplifiers, analog filters, sampling rates, DAQs, etc.

* Document extraneous measurands (strain, temperature, ionization products of a detonation, magnetic fields, etc.) that superpose as noise on the desired transducer response.

* Apply corrective action for elimination of these noise levels.

* Validate that final, recorded signals contain only the desired (force, pressure or acceleration) data.

* Perform "back of the envelope" checks to assure the bandwidth of the recording system did not impose constraints on recorded data.

* Perform sensor and system calibration, data analysis, and data utilization.

The seminar will also include in-house demonstrations by PCB® staff of sensor component manufacturing, as well as sensor assembly, testing and calibration.

Dr. Patrick L. Walter, Ph. D., Measurement Specialist, PCB Piezotronics, Inc. and Professor, Texas Christian University, will serve as seminar facilitator. Dr. Walter was employed for 30 years at Sandia National Laboratories, with the majority of his tenure spent managing flight, field and laboratory test activities. The commonality of his work activities involved testing in hostile environments. In 1995, Dr. Walter joined the Engineering Department of Texas Christian University (TCU), where he teaches and served as Chair. Dr. Walter also holds the position of Measurement Specialist at PCB®, where he consults on dynamic force, pressure and acceleration measurement, primarily for aerospace and defense applications. Dr. Walter's technical articles and papers have appeared in numerous publications. He has served on and chaired various United States Department, of Defense and Department of Energy committees, is active in many professional societies, and teaches Measurement System Engineering through TCU's Extended Education Department. He is a licensed professional engineer.

The seminar will begin Tuesday, May 24th at 8:00 a.m., and will conclude on Thursday, May 26th at 12 noon. The cost is $595 per person. Class size is limited to the first 40 paid registrants. To reserve your space, contact Andréa Mohn, Marketing Coordinator, at 800.828.8840, X-2216, or mktg@pcb.com. For additional information, please visit: www.pcb.com/events.>

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