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Monday August 7

1A - Uncertainty Analysis I (Practical)

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Specifications, Measurement Uncertainty and OOT Impact Analysis; a Practical Approach
James Jenkins

 

Measurement Risk Analysis Methods as Applied to Guard Bands
Dennis Jackson

 

Uncertainty Evaluation: Practical aspects
Mariana Buzduga

 

1B - Temperature I

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Study of the influence of inducing nucleation on the performance of the freezing temperature plateau of fixed point cells
Rong Ding , Mingjian Zhao, Deming Chen

 

Determination of Uncertainties for Temperature Fixed Points & their ITS-90 Subranges
Douglas Scheck

 

Improvement Study on the Use of Dry-Well Calibrators for PRT calibration
Mingjian Zhao , Mike Hirst, Rong Ding, and Deming Chen

 

1C - Equipment Management

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Implementing a Calibration Management Software Solution in a Regulated Environment - Lessons Learned
Walter Nowocin

 

Computer Technology Increases Productivity, Improves Repeatability, Achieves Compliance and Saves Money
Brian Thompson , Chris Campbell

 

Equipment Management: Description and Analysis of Methods to Achieve and Maintain All Active Assets in Calibration Status
Edward Snell

 

1D - Metrology sans frontieres

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Enhancing Trade Facilitation and Market Access through International MAS-Q Recognition
Edward Nemeroff

 

Calibration Systems Integrity at Overseas Contract Manufacturer Facilities
Paul Keep

 

Metrology sans Frontières: Measurements in the Global Village
Seton Bennett

 

1E - Key, Regional and Interlaboratory Comparisons

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

An Overview of Key and Supplementary Comparisons of DC Resistance Involving NIST
Dean Jarrett

 

An Overview of Josephson Voltage Standard Interlaboratory Comparison
Yi-hua Tang

 

Management of the AC-DC voltage transfer difference comparison in the SIM region
Sara Campos

 

2A - Uncertainty Analysis II (Models)

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Extension of the Mader's model For Quantifying The Economic Effect Of Measurement Errors and its implementation
Oscar Ramírez , Alonso Arroyo, Luis A. Rodríguez

 

Critical Factors in Model Construction for Uncertainty Estimation. Sensitivity Analysis and Design of Experiments.
Salvador Echeverria-Villagomez , Carmen Marina Trejo-Morales

 

Optimised Decision-making in conformity assessment
Hakan Kallgren, Leslie R Pendrill

 

2B - Resistance Metrology

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Measurement Techniques of Low Value High Current Single Range Current Shunts 15 Amps to 3000 Amps
Marlin Kraft, Randolph Elmquist

 

Temperature and Pressure Coefficients of Thomas 1 Ohm Resistors
George Jones, George R. Jones, Randolph E. Elmquist

 

Enhancing Long Scale Digital Multimeters and Multifunction Calibrators
Mark Evans

 

2C - Educator's Forum

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Introduction of Metrology Training in Japan
Shoichiro Shin

 

Training Metrologists - A South African Perspective
Steve Sidney

 

Overview of Central Georgia Technical College's Metrology Program
Tony Abel

 

2D - Traceability Workshop

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Traceability from the NCSLI Industrial Programs Committees' Perspective
Charles Ehrlich, Roxanne Robinson, Peter Buzzard, Joe Cebulski, Rob Parchinski, Marlene Moore, David Walters, Tim Osborne

 

2E - Dimensional I (CMM Calibration Panel)

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

CMM Calibration (panel)
James Salsbury, Shawn Mason, Ed Morse

 

In House Capability of a Touch Trigger Probe CMM Calibration
Shawn Mason

 

CMM Calibration Panel
Edward Morse

 

 

Tuesday August 8

3A - News from 'Headquarters': CIPM and OIML

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Possible Changes to the SI - A Review of the Current Situation
Andrew Wallard

 

The CIPM Working Group on Metrology of Materials
Seton Bennett

 

Developments and Perspectives of the OIML
Alan Johnston

 

4A - Uncertainty Analysis III

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

En Number 101
Michael Cruz

 

The spread of Measurement Uncertainty by Training Seminar for Beginner
Yukihisa Seshuyama, Takehiro Nakamura, Masaji Oku, Shigeaki Hatakeyama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kensei Ehara

 

Audits - why they aren't enough.
Harry Spinks

 

4B - Electro-Optics I

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Determination of the NIST Scale of Absolute Spectral Responsivity from 200 nm to 1800 nm
Jeanne Houston, T. Larason, S. Brown, and K. Lykke

 

New working standards to disseminate NIST Radiometric and Photometric Scales
George Eppeldauer, Richard Austin and Charles Lustenberger

 

Intercomparison Example
Maritoni Litorja, Adriana Hornikova, Stefan D. Leigh, Joel B. Fowler

 

4C - Metrology Training

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Training Needs Assessment for Metrology, What is it and do we need it?
Susan Dass, Susan Dass

 

What the U.S. Needs in Metrology Education and the Role NCSL International Can Play
Carroll Brickenkamp, Sharrill Dittmann; Ernest L. Garner

 

Metrology Education for Engineers-II
Syed Ahmad

 

4D - Regional Metrology Organisation Reports

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

COOMET - an overview
Hans-Dieter Velfe

 

Recent SADCMET activities
Ernst Louis Marais, A Botha, CW Louw

 

APMP Activities relating to CIPM-MRA
Ichiro Fujima, Keith Jones

 

4E - News From Canada: Research Initiatives at NRC

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

The NRC Calculable Capacitor and its Role in the SI
Barry Wood

 

Applications of High-Field Asymetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry for the Certification of Reference Materials
Margaret McCooeye, Z. Mester, J. Lam

 

Nanometrology at NRC: First Steps
Jennifer Decker

 

5A - Uncertainty Analysis IV

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Using manufacturer's specification as Type B error contribution
Robert Brown

 

k=3.9 ? . . . Why Not ??
Howard Zion

 

The Significance on Consumer and Producer Risk for Uncorrected Product and Measurement Biases
Ricardo Nicholas

 

5B - Electro-Optics II

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

An Approximation Method For Finding Emissivity and Temperature of a Blackbody
Larry Paul, Klaus Jaeger

 

Characterization and Calibration of an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Calibrator
Donald Larson, Nicholas G. Paulter, Jr., Kenneth C. Blaney

 

Crosscheck On Realisation of Illuminance Scale Between NML-SIRIM & KRISS
Mohd Nizam Abdullah, Mohd Nizam Abdullah, Abdul Rashid Zainal Abidin, Md Nor Md Chik, Yong-Wan Kim, Seung-Nam Park

 

5C - Philosophy of Measurements

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Evolution of Philosophy and Description of Measurement (Preliminary Rationale for VIM3)
Charles Ehrlich, Charles Ehrlich, Wolfgang Woeger, Rene Dybkaer

 

To Measure or not to Measure, that is the question. A reflection on the ontology of measurements.
Salvador Echeverria-Villagomez, Carmen Marina Trejo-Morales

 

Metrology's impact on Small and Medium Enterprises. A study of international practices and a proposal for Mexico.
Mahdha Flores-Campos, Carlos Benito Valgañon-Argueta, Salvador Echeverría-Villagómez, Ma. Elena Lugo-Pérez

 

5D - EUROMET and iMERA

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Future Developments in EUROMET
Michael Kuehne

 

Metrology knowledge transfer in the European metrology reseach programme
Hakan Kallgren, Leslie Pendrill, Glenis Tellett and Andy Henson

 

The impact of metrology research and development on society
Gert Rietveld, Nick Fletcher and Ed de Leer

 

5E - Measurement Quality Division of ASQ

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Metrology Job Description Initiative - Survey Results, Derived Descriptions and Formal Submittal
Christopher Grachanen

 

Calibration Interval Analysis System in SQL
Miguel Decos

 

Educating the Customer About Calibration
Graeme Payne

 

 

Wednesday August 9

6A - Reports from NMIs

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

New trends in metrology at the Slovak Metrology Institute
Matej Bily, Matej Bily, Stanislav Duris, Stanislav Musil

 

News from the North: Highlights of Recent Research Initiatives at NRC
Alan Steele

 

The impact of measurements on Quality of Life
Martyn Sené

 

7A - Panel: ANSI/NCSL Z540.3

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

"Calibration Requirements for M&TE" - The revision of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1
Jesse Morse, Del Caldwell, Brian Lee, Paul Nelson,Bob Fritzsche, and Doug Faison

 

7B - RF/Microwave Calibrations

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

The Verification and Calibration of an RF and Microwave Calibration Source
Paul Roberts

 

RF/Microwave Coaxial Connector Care
Curtis Moss , Greg Miller (gregory.m.miller@navy.mil)

 

An Interlaboratory Comparison of vector Network Analyzer Measurements
Li Pi Su, George Walden and Van Black

 

7C - Software and Automation

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

The Air Force's "Next Gen" Automation Calibration System
Marc Monnin

 

The Changing Face of Instrumentation
Paul Packebush, Gordon Murray

 

Calibration DATA management system conforming to ISO17025
Masaru Sanoh, Masashi Kurokawa, Akiu Yamazaki

 

7D - Developments in National Measurement Systems

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Review of the national measurement system in Japan
Hidetoshi Nakano

 

Balancing projects supporting sustainability issues with economically driven proposals within the United Kingdom National Measurement System
Helen Amos, Robert Gunn and Barry Jones

 

Criteria and Process for Long Term Strategic Planning of the Metrological System in México - The case of Physical Metrology
Salvador Echeverria-Villagomez, Guillermo Silva, Carlos Matamoros, Arquimedes Ruiz, Benito Valganon

 

7E - Temperature II

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Platinum Resistance Thermometer Specifications
Ron Ainsworth

 

Proficiency Testing for Achieving Accreditation in Thermometry
Gregory Strouse

 

The Future of the Kelvin and the International Temperature Scale: Hot Topics for the National Metrology Institutes
Alan Steele, A.G. Steele, K.D. Hill

 

8A - Calibration System Oversight

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

DCMA's Government Contract Quality Assurance Program
Robert Field

 

Implications of the FDA's Quality System Inspection Technique on Calibration Management
Marcus McNeely, James Erickson

 

US Air Force Metrology and Calibration System
Maurice Hubbard

 

8B - Humidity

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

An Intercomparison of First Principles Relative Humidity Reference Standards
Thomas Wiandt

 

Temperature and Relative Humidity Calibration System
Rick Walker, Alan Cordner

 

An Intercomparison of a Two-Pressure/Two-Temperature Frost Point Generator and Chilled Mirror Condensation Hygrometer
Ken Soleyn

 

8C - Calibration Laboratory Management

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Measurement Excellents, The Road to Success
Steven Stahley

 

Calibration Lab Performance Measurements - What's in your Metrics?
Harry Spinks

 

Simplified Calibration Interval Analysis
Allen Bare

 

8D - Legal Metrology around the World

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Weights and Measures in the United States
Carol Hockert

 

Trade Legal Metrology in Canada
René Magnan

 

Legal Metrology in Europe: Harmonising requirements through directives and the cooperation of authorities through WELMEC.
Knut Lindløv

 

8E - Power Quality Standards

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Improved AC-DC current transfer standards from 10 mA to 100 A
Torsten Funck, Manfred Klonz, Luciana Scarioni, Ernst Keßler

 

Traceable Calibration of Power Quality Standards
Waldemar Guilherme Kuerten Ihlenfeld

 

Linking primary power standards and programmable Josephson arrays
Luis Palafox, Luis Palafox, Günther Ramm, Ralf Behr, Waldemar G. Kürten Ihlenfeld, and Harald Moser

 

Thursday August 10

9A - Quality Standards and Systems

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Too Many Quality Standards, Too Little Quality - Is it Too Late to Change our Direction
Buddy Stricker

 

Metrological Confirmation Process - ISO 10012:2003 - Key to TQM
Subburaj Ramasamy

 

Organizational Transformation through Implementation of a Quality System in a Metrology Laboratory
Mark Antonison, Terry Boldin, Alisha Youngblood, PhD.

 

9B - DC and Capacitance Metrology

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

INL Standards and Calibration Laboratories (S&CL) - Our Road to the Josephson Junction.
Mike Stears

 

Calibration of an Electrometer from 100 fA to 500 fA
Miles Owen

 

JCSS Calibration System for Capacitance Standard in Japan Electric Meters Inspection Corporation
Akihiko Shimoyama, Seiichi Sakagami

 

9C - Low Flow/Leak/Aerosol Measurements

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Anomalous Behavior of Teflon®-based Helium Permeation Flow Standards
Patrick Abbott, Justin H. Chow

 

Interlaboratory comparison of low gas flow in the range 10-13 to 10-11 mol/s (10-9 to 10-7 cm3/s) using helium permeation leak artifacts.
Dana Defibaugh, Dana R. Defibaugh and Patrick J. Abbott

 

An Aerosol Concentration Primary Standard
Miles Owen

 

9D - Uncertainties Session International

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Modern Approaches to the Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty - Evolution from Error Analysis to Bayesian Uncertainty
Klaus-Dieter Sommer, Bernd R.L. Siebert, Raghu Kacker

 

Uncertainty Associated with Virtual Measurements from Computational Quantum Chemistry Models
Raghu Kacker, Karl K. Irikura, Russell D. Johnson III

 

EVALUATION OF UNCERTAINTIES
Jean-Claude Krynicki, Christophe Perruchet

 

9E - US Measurement System Project

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

NIST Assessment of the US Measurement System
Dennis Swyt

 

10A - Laboratory Accreditation

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

ISO/IEC 17011:2004 - Its relation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and why laboratories should know it
Keith Greenaway

 

Laboratory Accreditation and the APLAC MRA
Llewellyn Richards, P Unger, R Robinson, C P Ramani

 

Laboratory Accreditation--Impact on Society
John Wehrmeyer

 

10B - AC Metrology

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Special Inductive Voltage Divider with High Input Impedance at Ultrawide-Band Frequency
Shintaro Tsutsumi, Akira Igarashi , Shintaro Tsutsumi

 

Verifying the Wideband Input of an AC Measurement Standard
David Deaver, Neil Faulkner, David Deaver

 

Improvements in the NIST Calibration Service for Thermal Converters and Thermal Transfer Standards
Thomas Lipe, Joseph R. Kinard, June E. Sims

 

10C - Mass

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Optimization of Performance Parameters for High Precision Automated Mass Comparators
Shih Mean Lee, Shih Mean Lee, Lee Kwee LIM

 

Comparison of results of the volume determination of mass standards by weighings in air and conventional hydrostatic weighing method
Jorge Nava-Martinez, Luis M. Peña-Perez

 

10D - Experience of the CIPM MRA

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

An NMI "User's" View of Practical Experience of the CIPM MRA
Fiona Redgrave

 

Participation In The CIPM-MRA Of An NMI From An "Emerging EUROMET Country"
Ionel Urdea Marcus, Fanel Iacobescu

 

The Road to ISO 17025 Accreditation: Further Adventures at a National Metrology Institute
Douglas Gee

 

10E - NIST Measurement Capabilities

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

The NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service
Michael Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick

 

Automating and Upgrading the 27.1 kN Dead Weight Machine at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kevin Chesnutwood, Samuel Ho

 

Calibration of Vacuum Gauges in the Range 13 Pa to 133 kPa (0.1 torr to 1000 torr) using Resonant Silicon Gauges as Transfer Standards
Jay Hendricks, Patrick Abbott

 

11A - Update on Revision of the VIM

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Update on Revision of the VIM
Charles Ehrlich

 

11B - Update on Supplements to the GUM

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

JCGM/WG 1, the GUM and all that: A 2006 report on the state of affairs
Wolfgang Woeger

 

11C - Update on Z540.3

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Presenting Z540.3 "Requirements for Calibration of Measurement and Test Equipment"
Jesse Morse, Del Caldwell, CCG

 

 

Tuesday August 8

12P - Poster Session

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

High Precise Thermo-anemometer
Andrzej Rachalski

 

Inter-Comparability Tests of Gas Flow Measurement Standards
Jiunn-Haur Shaw, Jiunn-Haur Shaw, Wen-Ti LIN, Jian Wu , Chye Tiong Woon

 

A Model for the Dissemination of Measurement Traceability for Air Pollution Monitoring in Southern Africa
Angelique Botha

 

 

Wednesday August 9

13P - Poster Session

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

New system for realising the sine approximation method in ISO 16063-11
Torben Licht, Sven Erik Salboel

 

Setting up of acoustic standards and calibration facility at SCL
Aaron Yan, W.K. Sin

 

Calibrating Linear Distances For Brinell, Vickers and Knoop hardness testing systems using Image Analysis Systems
Robert Ellis

 

From 2004

 

Maximizing Your Test Equipment Investment: An Inventory Modeling Approach
Brent Griffith

 

From 2005

 

Is your Out-Of-Tolerance Investigation, Out-Of-Tolerance?
Brent Griffith

 

 

 

 

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