Lecture Series on Industrial Instrumentation by Prof.Alok Barua, Department of Electrical Engineering,IIT Kharagpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in Static Characteristics of instrumentation, importance of instrumentation in industrial processes Prof. Alok Barua Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur … [Read more...]
What’s in A Measurement Database?
March 29, 2010 By
Or..Consolidating measurement-related website databases We are thinking seriously of restructuring three of our measurement websites to provide easier to find resources and news outlets. If you have any feedback, We'd certainly appreciate your comment(s) below. For instance, it doesn't seem efficient to maintain fixed, reviewed resource & supplier links to online measurement resources on … [Read more...]
Soliciting Bids for Sensors
April 23, 2009 By
This is the seventh essay in a series written and published on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slighly changed to make it easier to read online. Continuing with my series on the twelve-step sensor-selection process, this month I'll look at the best practices for soliciting bids for the devices … [Read more...]
Measurement Accuracy and Uncertainty
February 4, 2009 By
Aug 21, 2007 - By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. - Sensors In my last essay, I began a series on the step-by-step process careful engineers often follow to select a suitable sensor for an application. In that essay, I explained how to establish measurement span, or range, requirements. This month, I'll look at accuracy and measurement uncertainty. Definitions While automation … [Read more...]
Deming Vs Dilbert: In the Army
June 27, 2008 By
When I was in college, the Korean War was just ended and the Draft was still active. I joined ROTC to insure uninterrupted education. I was lucky enough to get into graduate school and worked, got married had kids and then the ARMY said "Time to Serve". Again, I got lucky. Some of the research I was helping with at Northeastern University (NU) in Boston was for a Professor who had Army … [Read more...]
Deming Vs Dilbert: Background
June 16, 2008 By
To get back into the real sharing activity and intent of this blog to share my experiences with visitors, I plan to begin a series of short stories about my measurement experiences in both a small and large organizations over my multiple careers in R& D, Instrument Marketing and web publishing. In my multifaceted careers I have worked with and in very large, large, small and tiny organizations … [Read more...]
The International Year of Astronomy in 2009 (IYA 2009)
June 8, 2008 By
The International Year of Astronomy in 2009 (IYA 2009) is a global celebration of astronomy and its many contributions to society and culture. Originally conceived to honor the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei in 1609, IYA 2009 has grown into a worldwide, education and public outreach effort with the central goal of exposing as many people as … [Read more...]
DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
May 23, 2008 By
Is The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program new to you? It was to me until I discovered it a little while ago. ACRF is the largest global change research program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Its primary goal is to improve the treatment of cloud and radiation physics in global climate models in order to improve the climate simulation capabilities of these models. To … [Read more...]
