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Program subject to change. More session presentations will be added below as they are approved.
Monday, May 3, 2021
9:30 - 11 a.m. Central Time
Practical Applications in Shock and Vibration Testing
Chair: Budy Notohardjono, IBM
In this session, we zoom in to consider the problems of running and understanding the test itself. Topics include mechanical attachments (fixturing), dealing with resonance and boundary conditions and gathering deeper insights into how the product is behaving on test, random vibration screening for electronic equipment
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
11:20 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Central Time
Development of Shock and Vibration Testing Criteria
Chair: Budy Notohardjono, IBM
This session covers aspects of shock and vibration testing beyond the running of the actual test. Topics include the integration of field data and product experience into the testing regime and integration of test results into future development and product use.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. Central Time
Instrumentation and Control Considerations
Chairs: Ben Shank, Thermotron Industries
Choosing the right sensors, the right number of sensors and (increasingly) the right number of drive inputs is critical to building and understanding a test regimen. This session includes case studies and theoretical development in novel sensors, high channel counts and multi-dimensional testing. This is also the place to compare costs and benefits for more complicated test setups.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Central Time
Climatics Testing
Chair: Matt Lucas, U.S. Army Redstone Test Center
This session focuses on climatic testing methodology, considerations for chamber design, test instrumentation and control, and effects of climatic environments on products/fielded systems. The session presentations may include case studies, implementation of new technologies, facility or chamber design, test tailoring recommendations, test standards
recommendations, and novel or non-standard test approaches.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
1:30 - 3 p.m. Central Time
Specialized Climatics Testing
Chair: Randy Patrick, U.S. Army Yuma Test Center
Many climatic tests can be handled well and even combined in conventional test chambers. However there are many climatic conditions that need careful thinking to characterize or need unusual equipment to replicate. This session covers the tools and strategies designed to handle these specialized environments.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Central Time
Reliability Accelerated Testing — Practical Applications
Chair: Julio Pulido, Nortek
New ways to characterize and apply accelerated life testing (ALT) in real world domain will be covered. Contemporary methods and related advances in accelerated life testing will be discussed in this session.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
2 - 3:30 p.m. Central Time
Reliability Methods and Applications for Product Assurance
Chair: Julio Pulido, Nortek
This session covers a range of reliability modeling and analyses of developmental systems. These include new methods of capturing failures in complex systems, quantitative analysis for Dynamic Fault Trees, and relationship between reliability and degradation.
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- Live Q&A with the Presenters
Thursday, May 6, 2021
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Central Time
Options for Product Qualification
Chair: Nick Clinkinbeard, Collins Aerospace
Prior to fielding in their end applications, products must be qualified to survive—and generally operate during—exposure to various environments, such as extreme vibration, temperature, and humidity. Apart from conducting in-situ trials, the “tried and true” method for verifying such requirements is to test. However, occasions arise where it may be more economical and timelier to fully or partially qualify a product by similarity through comparing past performance with modified requirements and/or hardware, or by analysis using mathematical or more qualitative approaches.This session will explore various options for product environmental qualification, focusing on novel approaches to address the ongoing need for attaining and maintaining such.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Central Time
Service Life and Performance Replication
Chair: Julie Jennings, Lockheed Martin
This session addresses the objectives of product testing. Whether flowing environmental data from platform to widget or selecting between field and laboratory testing, these talks consider the context and goals of a particular test plan.
- Live Networking
- Live Q&A with the Presenters
1:30 - 3 p.m. Central Time
Testing Within the Organization Panel
Chair: Ben Shank, Thermotron Industries
In this continuation of our multi-year panel series on running a test lab, we discuss the organizational ecosystem surrounding the lab. Labs often interact in complicated ways with other entities in the same command or corporation. In this environment, turning data into corporate knowledge requires more than technical acumen. Three experienced test directors will discuss their organizational experience. Audience participation is encouraged.
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