Tutorials

ASPE is proud to offer the following tutorials at it’s 2011 Annual Meeting.  Tutorials will be held on Sunday, November 13 and Monday, November 14. ASPE is currently planning the specific day and time of each tutorial, as well as continuing to add descriptions daily, so, please check this website frequently for updates.

Sunday, November 13, 2011, 8:00am – 12:00N

• Design Principles for Precision Mechanisms – Part 1
  H. Soemers and D. Brouwer, University of Twente
• A System Approach to Thermal Design and Modeling – Part 1
  Theo A.M. Ruijl, MI-Partners B.V. and Jack van der Sanden, Apptech-Philips
• Displacement Interferometry
  Vivek G. Badami, Zygo Corporation
• Fundamentals of Friction Modeling
  Farid Al-Bender, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Precision Engineering Lessons from Optics
  Robert Parks, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC

Sunday, November 13, 2011, 1:30pm – 5:30pm

• Design Principles for Precision Mechanisms – Part 2
  H. Soemers and D. Brouwer, University of Twente
• A System Approach to Thermal Design and Modeling – Part 2
  Theo A.M. Ruijl, MI-Partners B.V. and Jack van der Sanden, Apptech-Philips
• Fine Motion Mechanisms
  Anthony E. Gee, University College – London
• Passive and Active Air Bearings: Design and Applications
  Tobias Waumans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Machine Tool Metrology
  Robert Hocken, UNC – Charlotte

Monday, November 14, 2011, 8:00am – 12:00N

• Precision Flexure Design: Principles and Applications – Part 1
  Jonathan Hopkins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Measuring and Managing Dynamics of Precision Machines
  K. Scott Smith, UNC-Charlotte
• Measurement Uncertainty: Concepts and Applications
  W. Tyler Estler and Steven D. Phillips, NIST
• Fundamentals of Transducers and Instrumentation for the Precision Engineer
  Anthony E. Gee, University College – London
• Industrial Motion Control
  Steven Ludwick, Aerotech, Inc.

Monday, November 14, 2011, 1:30pm – 5:30pm

• Precision Flexure Design: Principles and Applications – Part 2
  Jonathan Hopkins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Fundamentals of Single Point Diamond Turning
  John Schaefer, ELCAN Optical Technology – Texas
• Axis of Rotation Metrology
  Eric Marsh, Penn State University
• Introduction to Surface Metrology with Research Methods and Applications
  Christopher Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Practical Aspects of Thermal Control
  Dan E. Luttrell, Kriterion
• Flexure Mechanisms Design: Analysis
  Shorya Awtar, University of Michigan