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AEROSPACE SENSORS

Packaging Technologies for High Temperature Electronics and Sensors Liang-Yu Chen, Gary Hunter, Philip Neudeck, Glenn Beheim, David Spry, and Roger Meredith

3

HEALTH MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES

Reconfigurable Informatics Platform for Rapid Prognostic Design and Implementation: Tools and Case Studies David Siegel and Jay Lee

13

Health Management of Utility Coal Pulverizers Chance Kleineke and Michael Santucci

33

Evaluation of Data-Logging Transducer to Passively Collect Pressure Vessel P/T History Stephen Wnuk, Son Le, and Raymond Loew

45

DIAGNOSTICS

Gear Fault Detection Using Acoustic Emission Spectrum Kurtosis Yongzhi Qu, Junda Zhu, David He, and Eric Bechhoefer

59

The Interference of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) on the Vibration Signature Analysis of Machine Defects Kahlil Detrich, Suri Ganeriwala, and Nader Sawalhi

77

Optimized Diagnostic Model Combination for Improving Diagnostic Accuracy Surya Kunche, Chaochao Chen and Michael Pecht

91

WIND TURBINES

Analog Signal Processing to Improve Acoustic Emissions Sensing Eric Bechhoefer, Yongzhi Qu, Junda Zhu, and David He

107

Development and Validation of Lubrication Oil Particle Contamination Models Junda Zhu, Bin Qiu, Eric Bechhoefer, and David He

121

Application of Adaptive Filtering in Bearing Fault Detection in Wind Turbine Gear Transmission System Ruoyu Li, Mark Frogley, Michael Messerschmidt, and Johnny Simmons

135

An Enhanced Time Synchronous Averaging for Rotating Equipment Analysis Eric Bechhoefer

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SIGNAL ANALYSIS

An Application of Minimum Entropy Deconvolution Technique in Valve Response Speed Measurement Hiroaki Endo and Tim Chapman

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Order Analysis: An Implementation and Its Use in Vibration Time Waveform Signal Processing Preston Johnson

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Acceleration Waveform Analysis: An Advanced Diagnostic Tool in the Detection of Roller Bearing Defect Severity Tony Barlow

185

Rotating Machinery Diagnosis Using Synchro-Squeezing Transform Based Feature Analysis Budhaditya Hazra and Sriram Narasimhan

209

DIAGNOSTIC SENSORS

Optical Torque Sensor Design Enables New Opportunities for Machinery Diagnostics and Failure Prevention Fred Discenzo

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Waveguide Vibration Sensors for Aerospace Health Monitoring Chris Larsen and Nathan Branch

231

Unique Inline DC Amplifier with Remote Auto-Zero Thomas Connolly

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THERMOGRAPHIC PHOSPHORS

An Experimental Investigation of Luminescence Lifetime Thermometry for High Temperature Engine Components using Coatings of YAG:Dy and YAG:Tm T. P. Jenkins, J. I. Eldridge, S. W. Allison, R. P. Howard, E.H. Jordan, and D.E. Wolfe

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CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE

Anomaly Detection in a Two-Tank System Using an Interacting, Multiple-Model-Based Fault Detection Method Mohammad Hajizadeh and Michael Lipsett

279

WIRELESS SENSORS

Wireless Technologies and Application to Condition Monitoring Systems Preston Johnson and Douglas Farrell

297

A Piezoelectric Multilayer-Stack Energy Harvester with Force Amplification for Damage Detection Sensors Wanlu Zhou, Lei Zuo, and Tian-Bing Xu

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DATA ANALYSIS

Big Data: Analog Sensors Flood Asset Monitoring Systems, Data Mining and Data Reduction Tools Preston Johnson

323

PROGNOSTICS

Path Classification and Remaining Life Estimation for Systems Having Complex Modes of Failure Shane Clarkson and Randall Bickford

335

Fleet Wide Asset Monitoring: Sensory Data to Signal Processing to Prognostics Preston Johnson

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FAILURE ANALYSIS

Geometric Sensitivity Analysis and Improved Empirical Observation for Reduced-Order Fatigue Life Assessment Todd Letcher, Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Tommy George, and Casey Holycross

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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS

Investigation of Materials for Boundary Layer Control in a Supersonic Wind Tunnel Alexander Braafladt, John Lucero, and Stefanie Hirt

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Critical Prognostics Design Balance within the Integrated Systems Diagnostics Design (ISDD) Jim Lauffer

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Implementation of Performance-Based Acquisition in Non-Western Countries Fatih Cebeci and Tanzer Gözütok

423

CONTROLS

A Critical Analysis of an Instrumentation Current Source Matt Egloff and John Morrison

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PROPULSION INSTRUMENTATION WORKING GROUP

Advanced Space Radiation Detector Technology Development John Wrbanek, Susan Wrbanek, Gustave Fralick

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FAILURE PREVENTION

The Effects of Airborne Contamination on Industrial Control Electronics Robert Veale

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Corrosion Detection on Natural Gas Pipelines with Micro-Linear Polarization Resistance Sensors Douglas Brown, Richard Connolly, Duane Darr, Jeffery Morse, and Bernard Laskowski

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INDEX OF PRESENTING AUTHORS 495