Seminar, “Successful Measurement of Dynamic Force, Pressure and Acceleration”

January 22, 2007– Depew, NY, USA – PCB Piezotronics (PCB®), a global leader in the design and manufacture of piezoelectric, piezoresistive, dynamic, capacitive and strain gage sensors for test and measurement, today announced a three-day seminar, entitled, “The Successful Measurement of Dynamic Force, Pressure and Acceleration”, will be held May 15th thru May 17th, near its corporate headquarters outside Buffalo, New York.

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, and one-on-one time with PCB®’s experienced applications engineering staff.

About the Speaker
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. Dr. Walter’s technical articles and papers have been published 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.

About the Event
This three-day program is geared toward senior technicians, test engineers, engineering analysts, and test facility managers whose work depends on acquiring valid data.

The seminar will begin Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00 a.m., and will conclude on Thursday, May 17th at 5:00 p.m. The cost is $595 USD per person, via MC, Visa, Company P.O., or personal check, and includes seminar materials, meals and entertainment. Class size is limited to the first 40 paid registrants. To reserve your space, contact Tammy Franklin, Travel Coordinator, at 800-828-8840 ext. 2465, or via email at mktg@pcb.com. For additional information, please visit www.pcb.com/events.

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