ONLINE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS from the
2012 ITEA TEST INSTRUMENTATION WORKSHOP

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

• Mr. Derrick Hinton – Principal Deputy Director, Test Resource Management Center
• Col. Eileen Bjorkman, (USAF, Ret’d) – Technical Director, Air Force Flight Test Center
• Mr. Christopher Paust – Deputy Program Manager, Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

SESSION A.1 – Data Analysis Tools
Chair: Mr. Court Terry, JT3, LLC

• Application of High Performance Avionics Test and Analysis Software Tools to Chapter 10 – Mr. Jim Cavera, AIM-USA
• AEDC Modular Data Systems – Ms. Melissa Tate, Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC)
• Maximize Utility of Sensor Derived Data through Metadata – Dr. Paul Fortier, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Scientist
• Best Telemetry Source Selector – Mr. Ronald Wendell, JT3, LLC 

SESSION A.2
Chair: Mr. Scott Pickett, Engineer, JT3, LLC

• Physiology and Measurement of Explosions in Air and Underwater – Dr. Patrick Walter, Texas Christian University Measurement Specialist   

SESSION A.3 – Vendor Innovations

• Why you will benefit from the Cyber Test Range… or, How NACMAST can Make you Younger. – Dr. Phil Womble, Program Manager, EWA-GSI
• Applying Instrumentation & Telemetering Technologies  from the DoD Test & Evaluation Arena to Commercial Law Enforcement Applications – Mr. Michael A. Scardello, System Integrator Project Manager Spiral Technology, Inc. 

SESSION B.1 – Systems
Chair: Mr. Court Terry, JT3, LLC

• Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) Improving Distributed Systems Test Methodologies– Mr. AJ Pathmanathan, TRMC
• C-Band Testing at NAWCAD Patuxent River Maryland – Mr. Bruce Johnson, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division
• Minimizing Interference in Simultaneous Operations between GPS and Other Instrumentation Systems– Mr. Scott Kujiraoka, Naval Air Warfare Center – Weapons Division
• Management of Telemetric Network Systems – Mr. Thomas Grace, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

SESSION B.2 – Spectrum Efficient Technologies
Chair: Mr. Tom Young, Air Force Flight Test Center

• Enhanced Query Data Recorder: Networked Flight Recorder for the Future – Mr. Mark Wigent, Science Application International Corporation (SAIC)
• Channel Model Tool Based on Bidirectional Analytic Ray Tracing and Radiative Transfer (CBAR) – Dr. Chujen Lin, Intelligent Automation, Inc.
• A 10W Low Cost OFDM Transceiver (LCOT) – Mr. Pallavi Sandhiya, LJT & Associates
• Network Channel Emulator – Mr. Babak Azimi-Sadjadi, Intelligent Automation, Inc.

SESSION B.3 – Vendor Innovations

• CITE – An integrated “Vacant Village” Test Environment – Mr. Robert I. Desourdis, Jr., Senior Systems Architect and VP for Technology SAIC Technical Fellow, Interoperability Solutions
• Design and Implementation of a Remote Controlled Systems for the Warfighter Integrating Full 1A Compliance – Mr. Hal Cornelius, Range Accounts Manager Kratos Technology and Training Solutions 

SESSION C.1 – Systems
Chair: David G. Smith, Colonel USAF (Ret)

• Defending our Spectrum: What do you mean when you say you’ve “Used” spectrum? – Dr. Charles H. Jones, 812TSS/ENTI
• Vendor-Neutral Instrumentation Configuration with IHAL and the IHAL API – Mr. John Hamilton, Knowledge Based System, Inc.
• Measurement Extraction from Telemetric Network Systems – Mr. Ben Abbott, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

SESSION C.2 – Sensors
Chair: Mr. Scott Pickett, Engineer, JT3, LLC.

• Advanced Sensor Reversible Attachment Technology (ASRAT) – Dr. Michael Gilbert, EIC Laboratories, Inc.
• Powering Innovative Variable Capacitance Sensor design with Bridge Amplifiers – Mr. Kevin Westhora, Dytran Instruments
• Introduction to Piezoelectric Sensors – Mr. Dave Change, Dytran Instruments

SESSION D.1 – Systems
Mr. Court Terry, JT3, LLC.

• Application of Advanced Statistical and Information Theoretic Techniques to Test Planning and Data Analysis – Col. Eileen Bjorkman, (USAF, Retired), Technical Director Air Force Flight Test Center
• T&E Data Management Solution for Efficient Storage, Retrieval, and Analysis – Mr. Ravi Sundaar and Mr. Ashi Chaturvedula, Aretus; and, Mr. Richard Haire, TRAX International
• Theory of Constrains Project Management: Improving Cost, Schedule Performance, and Overall Effectiveness – Colonel David G. Smith, USAF (Ret’d)

SESSION D.2 – Advanced Technology for Test
Chair: Dr. George Shoemaker, Naval Underwater Warfare Center

• Inertial Doppler Radio Locator (IDRL) – Dr. Peter Sherman and Mr. Scott Delliker, Draper Labs
• Robust Holographic Optical Memory (RHOM) – Dr. Min-Yi Shih and Mr. Frank Willis, Physical Optics Corp.

SESSION E.1 – Test Integration
Chair: Mr. Thomas Grace, iNET

• Applying a System of Systems Context to Mobile Open Air Range Testing Command and Control – Mr. Marshall Bronston, Georgia Tech Research Institute
• TENA and JMETC, Enabling Integrated Distributed Testing – Mr. Gene Hudgins, BAE Systems

SESSION E.2 – Instrumentation
Chair: Dr. George Shoemaker, Naval Underwater Warfare Center

• Emerging Microsystems Technology Transition to T&E – Dr. Paul Fortier, UMASS, Dartmouth
• GPS TSPI for Ultra High Dynamics: Use of GPS L1/L2/L5 Signals for TSPI – Tony Pratt, Alex Macaulay, and Nick Cooper – QinetiQ
• DoD C-band Telemetry Update – Mr. Patrick Feeley, Spectrum Stewardship Project Office, AFFTC, and, Mr. Steve O’Neal, Tybrin Corporation
• Design, Integration, and Testing of a Drop Test Fixture for Blast Event Research – Mr. Jonathan F. Holmes, Mr. Frank Marrs, Mr. Wiley Holcombe, Mr. Stewart Skiles, and Ms. Alessio Medda, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

SESSION E.3 – Instrumentation
Chair: Mr. Bruce Lipe, 412 Test Wing, iNET Project Office

• TSPI Box Boresighting Using a Laser—Lessons Learned – Mr. Ben Castillo, AFFTC, Edwards AFB
• A Low Cost, Quick Reaction TM Acquisition System Solution for Deployed Testing – Mr. Ronald Pozmantier, AFFTC, Edwards AFB
• Characterization & Modeling of Target Coordinate/Evaluation Generation Systems – Mr. Jon Hodge, Creech  AFB

SESSION F.1 – Systems
Chair: David G. Smith, Colonel USAF (Ret)

• Power and Confidence—the Overarching Question in All Test and Evaluation – Mr. Todd Remund, 812 TSS/ENT
• Mobile Telemetry Van Remote Control Update – Mr. Richard Lightner, JT3, LLC

SESSION F.2 – Instrumentation
Chair: Mr. Brian Duhart, 412TW, Edwards AFB

• A Reasoned Approach to Signal Conditioning for Pyroshock and Ballistic Measurements – Mr. Alan Szary, Precision Filters, Inc.
• Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry Project Update – Bruce Lipe, iNET Project Office, Air Force Flight Test CenterTSPI Box Boresighting Using a Laser—Lessons Learned – Mr. Ben Castillo, AFFTC, Edwards AFB