SIcon is the exclusive cooperative program of the ISA and the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

8-10 February 2005
Houston, Texas

Conference Program

Tuesday, February 8, 2005
8:15 -9:30 Welcome and Keynote Address – Dr Franklin Chang-Diaz, NASA
9:30 – 10:45

Measurement Technologies 1

5003 - A Novel Microfabricated Formaldehyde Gas Sensor with NiO Thin Film
5006 - Low-Cost Sensor for Flow-Rate Measurement
5010 - Signal Patterns of High Speed Rotational Arc Sensor for Gas Metal Arc Welding

Sensors for Security

5007 - Design of Access Control System Considering Usability and Security -- Application of Vital Sign Sensing Technology
5030 -Fringe-Effect Capacitive Proximity Sensors for Tamper Proof Enclosures
5041 - Strengthening The Weak Link: The Shutdown Valve
10:45 – 11:15 Exhibits and Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30

Measurement Technologies 2

5023 - An Ultrasonic/Optical Pulse Sensor for Precise Distance Measurements
5032 - 2.4GHz On-board Parallel Plate Soil Moisture Sensor System

Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)

5009 - A Real-Time Predictive Maintenance System for Machine Systems - An Alternative to Expensive Motion Sensing Technology
5019 - Development of On-Line Diagnostics and Real Time Early Warning System for Vehicles
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch and Working Group Discussions
2:00 – 3:15 ISHM/ NASA Session — Work and Technology at NASA

Instrumentation Systems

5022 - Chemometric Modeling of Fat, Cholesterol and Caloric Content of Fresh and Cooked Ground Beef with NIR Reflectance Spectroscopy
5014 - Controller for a Continuous Near Infrared Glucose Sensor
5027 - Using the Grey Box Technique in Measurement System
3:15 - 3:45 Exhibits and Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:00 ISHM/ NASA Session — Work and Technology, Outside NASA

Motion Sensing

5013 - Silicon Angular Rate Sensor For Automotive Control
with Open Beam Structure
5016 - Development of Piezoelectric Vibrating Cylinder Type Gyroscopes

Wednesday, February 9, 2005
8:30 -9:30 Plenary Speaker – Dan Duncavage, NASA
9:30 – 10:45 ISHM/NASA Workshop — ISHM Architectures

Wireless Sensing 1

5026 - An Improved M2M Platform for Multi-Sensors Agent Application
5004 - Techniques for Addressing Critical Requirements of Production-Grade Wireless Sensor Networks
10:45 – 11:15 Exhibits and Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 ISHM/NASA Workshop — Smart Sensors

Wireless Sensing 2

5029 - Radio Channel Quality in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
5031 - Linearized, Unified Two-Ray Formulation for Propagation Over a Plane Earth
5034 - Sensor Networks Performance in Harsh Environments

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch and Working Group Discussions
2:00 – 3:15 ISHM/NASA Workshop — Health Anomaly Databases

Wireless Systems

5008 - GPRS-Based Embedded Remote Power Management System
5018 - Verification of Remote Vehicle Control via Using Mobile Communication
5039 - A Graphical Programming Approach to Wireless Sensor Network Nodes
3:15 - 3:45 Exhibits and Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:00 ISHM/NASA Workshop — Health Detection Algorithms
5:00 – 7:00 Exhibitor's Reception

Thursday, February 10, 2005
8:30 -9:30 Plenary Speaker – Phillip Callen, NASA
9:30 – 10:45 ISHM/NASA Workshop — Communication Protocols

Optical Sensing

5012 - Guided Wave Optical MEMS Pressure Sensor
5002 - A Method to Discriminate Strain and Temperature in Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
5033 - Chip-Based Integrated Filterless Multi-Wavelength Optoelectronic Biochemical Sensors
10:45 – 11:15 Exhibits and Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 ISHM/ NASA Workshop — Integration and Validation

Smart Sensors – Standards and Applications

5028 - Multi-Sensor Collaborative Network for Monitoring of Electromagnetic Quantities
5037 - A Minimal Dot4 NCAP with a Compatible Sensor Bus
5038 - Advanced Computer Control and Testing of Remote Rotating Machinery Using Dependable Wireless Conduit
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch and Closing Remarks
2:00 Conference Adjourns