Increasing the accuracy of your temperature measurements.

Monitor Newsletter at Windmill Software (https://www.windmill.co.uk/) regularly publishes useful articles related to measurement, control, data acquisition and calibration. One recent articles entitled: “How accurate are your temperature measurements?” (https://www.windmill.co.uk/thermocouple-accuracy.html), discusses several key factors along with links to more resource information on them.

Not to be left out are the very useful Standards and publications available online at the ASTM International website providing an in-depth resource for the serious user of all types of temperature sensors. There are 279 examples listed at https://www.astm.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=Temperature+sensor. 

The NIST Thermodynamic Metrology Group maintains and develops standards of temperature and supports calibration of all types of contact thermometers, see https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/thermometry. Thermal radiation thermometer and heat flux sensor measurements and calibration services are are offered through the Optical Radiation Group, see https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/radiation-thermometry.

Note: Image courtesy NIST Sensor Science Division.

NASA Study: Rising Sea Level Could Exceed Estimates for U.S. Coasts

 By 2050, sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) above today’s waterline, according to researchers who analyzed nearly three decades of satellite observations. The results from the NASA Sea Level Change Team could help refine near-term projections for coastal communities that are bracing for increases in both catastrophic and nuisance flooding in coming years.

Global sea level has been rising for decades in response to a warming climate, and multiple lines of evidence indicate the rise is accelerating. The new findings support the higher-range scenarios outlined in an interagency report released in February 2022. 

That report, developed by several federal agencies – including NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey – expect significant sea level rise over the next 30 years by region. They projected 10 to 14 inches (25 to 35 centimeters) of rise on average for the East Coast, 14 to 18 inches (35 to 45 centimeters) for the Gulf Coast, and 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) for the West Building on the methods used in that earlier report, a team led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California leveraged 28 years of satellite altimeter measurements of sea surface height and correlated them with NOAA tide gauge records dating as far back as 1920. By continuously measuring the height of the surrounding water level, tide gauges provide a consistent record to compare with satellite observations.

The researchers noted that the accelerating rate of sea level rise detected in satellite measurements from 1993 to 2020 – and the direction of those trends – suggest future sea level rise will be in the higher range of estimates for all regions. 

The trends along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts are substantially higher than for the Northeast and West coasts, although the range of uncertainty for the Southeast and Gulf coasts is also larger. This uncertainty is caused by factors such as the effects of storms and other climate variability, as well as the natural sinking or shifting of Earth’s surface along different parts of the coast.

Learn more online at: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/newsletter_signup?email=

Cold Patch in North Atlantic…

Icelandic glaciers - Credit: Finnur Pálsson

"A region of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean, located south of Iceland and Greenland, has likely slowed the melting of glaciers since 2011 and may continue to stymie ice loss until 2050, according to researchers.

 "Nicknamed the ‘Blue Blob,’ the cold patch was most prominent during the winter of 2014-2015 when the sea surface temperature was about 1.4°C (2.52°F) colder than normal, although the origin and cause of the patch is still being investigated."

 Read the full story online at: https://www.meteorologicaltechnologyinternational.com/news/polar-weather/cold-patch-in-the-north-atlantic-helping-to-stall-glacier-loss-in-iceland.html.

Webb space telescope deployment complete

08/01/2022

Today the James Webb Space Telescope team successfully fully deployed its iconic 6.4-metre, gold-coated primary mirror, completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.

“The successful unfolding of the Webb telescope has been a complex but impressive engineering masterpiece. On behalf of ESA, I want to sincerely congratulate our colleagues at NASA for this achievement. Webb is an international partnership led by NASA, where ESA is providing key contributions in the form of instruments, science teams and, very importantly, a successful launch on Christmas Day from the European Spaceport in Kourou. I am grateful to NASA, CSA and our European team including CNES, Arianespace and ArianeGroup for this excellent cooperation,” says Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General.

Read the full release online at: hhttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_deployment_complete

Orion’s fireplace: ESO releases new image of the Flame Nebula

Orion offers you a spectacular firework display to celebrate the holiday season and the new year in this new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). But no need to worry, this iconic constellation is neither exploding nor burning. 

The “fire” you see in this holiday postcard is Orion’s Flame Nebula and its surroundings captured in radio waves — an image that undoubtedly does justice to the nebula’s name! It was taken with the ESO-operated Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), located on the cold Chajnantor Plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

See the full press release and associated paper online at: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2201/?lang.

The observations mentioned in this press release are presented in a paper accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

The team is composed of Th. Stanke (European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany [ESO]), H. G. Arce (Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA), J. Bally (CASA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA), P. Bergman (Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden), J. Carpenter (Joint ALMA Observatory, Santiago, Chile [ALMA]), C. J. Davis (National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA), W. Dent (ALMA), J. Di Francesco (NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Victoria, BC, Canada [HAA] and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, BC, Canada [UVic]), J. Eislöffel (Thüringer Landessternwarte, Tautenburg, Germany), D. Froebrich (School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK), A. Ginsburg (Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA), M. Heyer (Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA), D. Johnstone (HAA and UVic), D. Mardones (Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile), M. J. McCaughrean (European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands), S. T. Megeath (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, OH, USA), F. Nakamura (National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, Japan), M. D. Smith (Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK), A. Stutz (Departmento de Astronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile), K. Tatematsu (Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Nagano, Japan), C. Walker (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US [SO]), J. P. Williams (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, HI, USA), H. Zinnecker (Universidad Autonoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile), B. J. Swift (SO), C. Kulesa (SO), B. Peters (SO), B. Duffy (SO), J. Kloosterman (University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, USA), U. A. Yıldız (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA [JPL]), J. L. Pineda (JPL), C. De Breuck (ESO), and Th. Klein (European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile).

APEX is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the 

A New Window on Rising Seas

<h2>From NASA’s Sea Level Change Team</h2> 

The NASA Team has created a sea level projection tool that makes extensive data on future sea level rise from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) easily accessible to the public – and to everyone with a stake in planning for the changes to come.

Pull up the tool’s layers of maps, click anywhere on the global ocean and coastlines, and pick any decade between 2020 and 2150. 

The tool, hosted on NASA’s Sea Level Portal, will deliver a detailed report for the location based on the projections in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, released on Aug. 9, which addresses the most updated physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.

CFP: Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIV

Call For Papers by 6 October 2021 For DCS 2022

Conference Chair: Arantza Mendioroz, Univ. of the Basque Country (Spain)

Conference Co-Chair: Nicolas P. Avdelidis, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom)

Program Committee: Paolo Bison, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy); Michael C. Borish, Oak Ridge National Lab. (United States); Douglas Burleigh, La Jolla Cove Consulting (United States); Terry Clausing, Drysdale and Associates, Inc. (United States); Fred P. Colbert, Colbert Infrared Services (United States); Jaap de Vries, FM Global (United States); Giovanni Ferrarini, Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione (Italy); Sheng-Jen (Tony) Hsieh, Texas A&M Univ. (United States); Timo T. Kauppinen, Arctic Construction Cluster Finland (Finland); Dennis H. LeMieux, Siemens Power Generation, Inc. (United States); Fernando López, TORNGATS (Canada); Monica Lopez Saenz, IRCAM GmbH (Germany); Xavier P. V. Maldague, Univ. Laval (Canada); Junko Morikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan); Gary L. Orlove, Thermal Imaging Consultant (United States); Beate Oswald-Tranta, Montan Univ. Leoben (Austria); G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com, Inc. (United States); Ralph A. Rotolante, Vicon Enterprises Inc. (United States); Andres E. Rozlosnik, SI Termografía Infrarroja (Argentina); Morteza Safai, The Boeing Co. (United States); Takahide Sakagami, Kobe Univ. (Japan); Steven M. Shepard, Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. (United States); Sami Siikanen, VTT Technical Research Ctr. of Finland (Finland); Gregory R. Stockton, Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. (United States); Gary E. Strahan, Infrared Cameras, Inc. (United States); Vladimir P. Vavilov, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic Univ. (Russian Federation); Catherine R. Ward, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (United States); Joseph N. Zalameda, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States).

Read the full Call online at: https://spie.org/SI22/conferencedetails/thermosense?enableBackToBrowse=true

Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Providing Science Data

 

After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite made its first two data streams available to the public on June 22. 

It launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020, and is a U.S.-European collaboration to measure sea surface height and other key ocean features, such as ocean surface wind speed and wave height.

Read the full article online at: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/220/major-ocean-observing-satellite-starts-providing-science-data/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monthly_newsletter.

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IEA Report Signals Poor Planning on the Part of Clean Energy Advocates

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a 287 page report on the role of critical materials in transitioning to clean energy conditions such as the one proposed by the Biden Administration in the U.S.A. Visit https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions to read the Executive Summary and/or the full report. 

According to Mark Mills in his Wall Street Journal article on the report and it’s conclusions, “…it exposes the hidden environmental costs and in feasibility of going green”. (Visit https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-not-so-clean-energy-transition-11620752282?mod=hp_opin_pos_1)

To me, this report points out the fact that wishing for an ideal world condition often neglects the true difficulties involved or, wishing won’t make it come true. It could easily mean that the rush to go green has created a likely sad disappointment for the planners who did not do their homework before shouting from the bully pulpit. 

Sad. There will be a lot of red faces when the word gets out to political opponents of President Joe Biden and the media. This is too big to ignore or downplay, especially as the IEA shows that the sources for the critical materials are not in the U.S.A. or anywhere else in the Western world.

The IEA

“The IEA is made up of 30 member countries. In addition, thanks to its successful open door policy to emerging countries, the IEA family also includes eight association countries. Three countries are seeking accession to full membership, Chile, Israel and Lithuania.”

Linseis webinar:" Hydrogen technology and thermal analysis"

The main key to green energy and green mobility is the use of hydrogen as fuel, energy storage and as a tool for energy transfer processes. 

Linseis will present various measuring devices and applications for the hydrogen cycle in our webinar. 

Afterwards, our laboratory manager - Sebastian Seibt - will be available for questions and discussions on the topic. 

Tuesday - 20th April 2021, Start: 9:30 am (MEZ, Berlin) 

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Thursday - 22nd April 2021, Start: 11:00 am (EDT, NY) 

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Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

Courtesy NASA 

Visit the NASA Sea Level Change website to see the full story, online at: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/resources/119/video-greenland-ice-mass-loss-2002-2020/

Mississippi Lifts Mask Mandate implying President Biden is acting politically rather than rationally

As reported by Fox News, "Mississippi’s statewide mask mandate has been in place since Aug. 4. Gov. Tate Reeves Reeves, a Republican, has chosen to extend the mandate several times since then. However, on Wednesday, he said the declining number of confirmed virus cases and hospitalizations are positive developments that call for the lifting of some restrictions." 

 Governor Reeves is quoted as saying "There is a difference between being wise and being a government mandate,"We have to trust the people of this country to look after themselves and to make wise decisions."  

Read the whole story online at: https://www.foxnews.com/health/mississippi-lift-mask-mandate-covid

Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

Courtesy of NASA 

 

 See the full story online at the NASA Sea Level Change website: https://sealevel.nasa.gov/resources/120/video-antarctic-ice-mass-loss-2002-2020/

 

New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is only the second and most recently detected interstellar visitor to our Solar System, is one of the most pristine ever observed. Astronomers suspect that the comet most likely never passed close to a star, making it an undisturbed relic of the cloud of gas and dust it formed from.

2I/Borisov was discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov in August 2019 and was confirmed to have come from beyond the Solar System a few weeks later. “2I/Borisov could represent the first truly pristine comet ever observed,” says Stefano Bagnulo of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Northern Ireland, UK, who led the new study published today in Nature Communications. The team believes that the comet had never passed close to any star before it flew by the Sun in 2019.

Bagnulo and his colleagues used the FORS2 instrument on ESO's VLT, located in northern Chile, to study 2I/Borisov in detail using a technique called polarimetry [1]. Since this technique is regularly used to study comets and other small bodies of our Solar System, this allowed the team to compare the interstellar visitor with our local comets.

The team found that 2I/Borisov has polarimetric properties distinct from those of Solar System comets, with the exception of Hale–Bopp. Comet Hale–Bopp received much public interest in the late 1990s as a result of being easily visible to the naked eye, and also because it was one of the most pristine comets astronomers had ever seen. Prior to its most recent passage, Hale–Bopp is thought to have passed by our Sun only once and had therefore barely been affected by solar wind and radiation. This means it was pristine, having a composition very similar to that of the cloud of gas and dust it — and the rest of the Solar System — formed from some 4.5 billion years ago.

By analysing the polarisation together with the colour of the comet to gather clues on its composition, the team concluded that 2I/Borisov is in fact even more pristine than Hale–Bopp. This means it carries untarnished signatures of the cloud of gas and dust it formed from.

“The fact that the two comets are remarkably similar suggests that the environment in which 2I/Borisov originated is not so different in composition from the environment in the early Solar System,” says Alberto Cellino, a co-author of the study, from the Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy.

Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer at ESO in Germany who studies comets and other near-Earth objects but was not involved in this new study, agrees. “The main result — that 2I/Borisov is not like any other comet except Hale–Bopp — is very strong,” he says, adding that “it is very plausible they formed in very similar conditions.”

“The arrival of 2I/Borisov from interstellar space represented the first opportunity to study the composition of a comet from another planetary system and check if the material that comes from this comet is somehow different from our native variety,” explains Ludmilla Kolokolova, of the University of Maryland in the US, who was involved in the Nature Communications research. 

Bagnulo hopes astronomers will have another, even better, opportunity to study a rogue comet in detail before the end of the decade. “ESA is planning to launch Comet Interceptor in 2029, which will have the capability of reaching another visiting interstellar object, if one on a suitable trajectory is discovered,” he says, referring to an upcoming mission by the European Space Agency.

A Meteorology Glossary

By The American Meteorology Society

"For over forty years, the peer-reviewed Glossary of Meteorology has been the authoritative source for definitions of meteorological terms." (https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/glossary-of-meteorology/)

Changes to terms or new terms to be added are encouraged. To submit a request form (click here).

The Preface to the Second Edition of the Glossary (2000) is available by clicking here: History page.

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PA Vaccine Delivery Update in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

In a recent news release the Bucks County Health Dept. announced three, new public vaccination sites to open the week of February 14th at the Bucks County Community College’s three campuses in Bristol, Newtown and Perkasie.

Among the comments in the release was a quantification of some of the systemic inequities created by the Wolf Administration (Comment: for such a supposedly smart guy, he has done some things very unintelligently!). At last report, Pennsylvania ranked #41 in vaccine delivery efficiency of 50 States.

“Bucks County has 4.9 percent of the state’s population, but has received only 3.1 percent of the vaccine doses, Harvie said – 75,700 doses out of 2.4 million distributed statewide, excluding Philadelphia. The county, though its health department, has received only about 14 percent of the county’s allotment, with the rest going to hospitals, medical practices and pharmacies. 

"The commissioners said Bucks County has administered its doses more efficiently than the state as a whole. Throughout Pennsylvania, 57 percent of the vaccine sent by the federal government to the state has been used, while 80 percent of the vaccine sent by the state to Bucks has been administered.”

See the full release online at: https://www.buckscounty.org/news/2021News/2021/02/12/additional-bucks-county-vaccination-clinics-to-open-next-weekl

FREE Temperature Screening E-Book

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New website for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope launched

ESO has launched a new website to deliver a wealth of information about its Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), a forthcoming observatory that will study the Universe from Chile’s Atacama Desert. Created for a wide range of audiences, the general public and astronomy experts alike can dive into the website to discover the new telescope, its instruments, and how it will further our knowledge of the cosmos. 

The website showcases some of the most important scientific questions that astronomers hope the ELT will answer, complemented by striking visuals of the telescope, its surrounding structure and its various instruments and mirrors. 

• New website for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope

Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII

 

SPIE Conference 11743 - 11-15 April 2021 - Orlando FL

Conference Sessions At A Glance (One of the DCS Conferences)

 

Monday Plenary Sessions:

 Advanced Sensing and Imaging Track Plenary Session  

Vendor Presentation and Reception: Thermosense XLIII

Session Chairs:

Andrés Esteban Rozlosnik, SI Termografía Infrarroja (Argentina) ; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M Univ. (United States) 

The Vendors Session started seventeen years ago and has become a very popular and well-attended success. This Special Session provides an early opportunity for exhibitors to highlight their latest technology and newest products to the Thermosense, Infrared industry, and Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS) technical audience prior to the opening of the DCS21 Expo. In a relaxed atmosphere, enjoy a casual meeting setting with ample time for questions and answers. This session enables the conference attendees and visitors to better prioritize their activities when visiting the Expo (highlights your company) 

Intended Audience: Innovative infrared systems & applications researches, Applications engineers & professionals, Advanced optics engineers, Photonics and imaging researchers, Photonics Engineering, Infrared systems engineers, Calibration & Test engineers, Academics, Physicists, Exhibition-Only Visitors, and other Exhibitor Representatives (DCS-2021).

2021 Vendors in Presentation Order: (List of presentations in progress)

• IRCAM GmbH (Booth TBD) Title: Scientific Cameras for NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR Presenter: Oliver Schreer, Position: Managing Director Reynard Corporation (Booth TBD) Title: Images Behind the Optic Presenter: Chris Karp, Position: Business Development Engineer
• LYNRED USA (Booth TBD) Title: Advancements in Hybridized FPAs and Microbolometer IR Developments for High Performance Imaging Presenter: Kate Hogerty, Position: Marketing Manager 
• FLIR Systems, Inc. (Booth TBD) Title: New Infrared Cameras and Elevated Skin Temperature Screening Solutions from FLIR Instruments Presenter: Jerry Beeney, Position: Strategic Business Development Manager 
• InfraTec infrared LLC (Booth TBD) Title: Thermographic Solutions – Newest Developments from InfraTec Presenter: Dr. Sven-A. Wode, Position: Manager Business Development International 
• RICOR USA, Inc. (Booth TBD) Title: Progress with RICOR’s Low SWaP-C cryocoolers for HOT IR detectors Presenter: Vicky (Victor) Segal, Position: VP Marketing & Sales RICOR ---CEO RICOR USA 
• Elbit Systems Ltd. (Booth TBD) Title: Dynamic Optical Filters Presenter: Dr. Ariela Donval, Position: Director, Aerospace division 
• StingRay Optics, LLC (Booth TBD) Title: StingRay Optics (a G&H Co.): Moving Up the Value Chain Presenter: Sam Wyman, Position: Sales Manager- Optical Systems
• Electro Optical Industries, Inc. (Booth TBD) Title: Advancements in testing of IR and Visible Cameras and Sensors Presenter: Catherine Barrat, Position: Test and Measurement SBU Manager 
• Thales Cryogenics B.V. (Booth TBD) Title: Thales cryogenics: Availability vs Reliability Presenter: Kevin Giesen, Position: Sales Director USA 
• Ophir Optronics Ltd. (Booth TBD) Title: SWIR zoom lens Presenter: Dr. Nissim Asida, Position: Ophir Optics R&D and Engineering Director 
• Sensors Unlimited, Inc. a Collins Aerospace Company (Booth TBD) Title: SWIR Imaging Update Presenter: Brendan M. Murphy, Position: Manager, Sales Team - Mission Systems 
• SWIR Vision Systems Inc. (Booth TBD) Title: High Resolution CQD Quantum Dot SWIR Cameras Presenter: Dr. Ethan Klem, Position: CTO, SWIR Vision Systems Inc. 
• Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (Booth TBD) Title: Nightingale BTR-03 Covid-19 body temperature blackbody reference sources Presenter: Gabe Amparan, Position: Sales & Marketing Manager
• SCD Group – SCD, SCDUSA, QI (Booth TBD) Title: New products and Technology Update at SCD Group Presenter: Kobi Zaushnizer, Position: VP Business Development & Marketing 
• Labsphere, Inc. (Booth 800) Title: FLARE EO Calibration Network for UAV, Aerial and Satellite Imagers Presenter: Chris Durell, Position: Director of Business Development, Remote Sensing 

Only this session (Vendors Session) does not require to submit an abstract and does not require present a manuscript. For vendors session please contact the moderator’s directly in order to apply. (see above link guidelines) All other presentations require as usual submit an abstract and present a manuscript.

Technical Sessions:

1: Biological and Medical 

2: UAV Thermal Inspections 

3: Additive Manufacturing Infrared Measurements 

4: Infrared Non-destructive Inspection: Metals 

5: Infrared Non-destructive Inspection: Composites 

6: Advanced Infrared Measurements and Data Analysis 

Session Details online at:https://spie.org/SI/conferencedetails/thermosense

Conference Committee

Conference Chair Joseph N. Zalameda, NASA Langley Research Ctr. (United States) Conference Co-Chair Arantza Mendioroz, Univ. del País Vasco (Spain)

Program Committee

• Nicolas P. Avdelidis, National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece) 

• Paolo Bison, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy) 

• Douglas Burleigh, La Jolla Cove Consulting (United States) 

• Terry Clausing, Drysdale and Associates, Inc. (United States) 

• Fred P. Colbert, Colbert Infrared Services (United States) 

• Jaap de Vries, FM Global (United States) 

• Giovanni Ferrarini, Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione (Italy) 

• Sheng-Jen (Tony) Hsieh, Texas A&M Univ. (United States) 

• Timo T. Kauppinen, Arctic Construction Cluster Finland (Finland) 

• Dennis H. LeMieux, Siemens Power Generation, Inc. (United States) 

• Monica Lopez Saenz, IRCAM GmbH (Germany) 

• Xavier P. V. Maldague, Univ. Laval (Canada) 

• Junko Morikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) 

• Gary L. Orlove, Thermal Imaging Consultant (United States) 

• Beate Oswald-Tranta, Montan Univ. Leoben (Austria)

• G. Raymond Peacock, Retired. (United States) 

• Ralph A. Rotolante, Vicon Enterprises Inc. (United States) 

• Andres E. Rozlosnik, SI Termografía Infrarroja (Argentina) 

• Morteza Safai, The Boeing Co. (United States)

• Takahide Sakagami, Kobe Univ. (Japan) 

• Steven M. Shepard, Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. (United States) 

• Sami Siikanen, VTT Technical Research Ctr. of Finland (Finland) 

• Gregory R. Stockton, Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. (United States) 

• Gary E. Strahan, Infrared Cameras, Inc. (United States) 

• Vladimir P. Vavilov, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic Univ. (Russian Federation) 

• Catherine R. Ward, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (United States)