CORPORATE MEMBERS The Society for Experimental Mechanics is fortunate to receive the support of major industries, universities and government agencies throughout the world who participate in its Corporate Membership program. SEM Corporate Members realize the importance of having employees supplied with current experimental-mechanics data. Through their financial support they also assure that a forum for the exchange of vital technological information continues, as it has in SEM since 1943. Each year, through an awards program, SEM formally recognizes outstanding individual achievement. The Society wishes to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the following firms and organizations which support its activities through Corporate Membership and involvement. Following is a brief profile of those organizations which became SEM Corporate Members since the last listing one year ago.
NEW SUSTAINING MEMBERS Endevco is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of dynamic instrumentation for pressure, vibration and shock measurement. Endevco was founded in 1951, and is headquartered in a modem 125,000-square-foot facility located on a 13-acre site in San Juan Capistrano, California. Additional facilities include a manufacturing plant in the Virgin Islands, and a research laboratory in Sunnyvale, California. Worldwide sales and service support is provided by a network of Endevco-owned offices and independent representative firms. Besides off-the-shelf precision transducers and signal conditioners, Endevco designs and manufactures state-of-the-art transducers and systems to satisfy unique customer needs. These include in-flight vibration monitors to reduce aircraft engine maintenance costs, high temperature accelerometers to help keep nuclear power plants safe and reliable, acoustic transducers, special accelerometers and pressure transducers to meet stringent demands of the aerospace industry, and calibration systems for all these products. Endevco has the largest and most complete concentration of research, development and manufacturing facilities in the dynamic instrumentation field. A fully-integrated manufacturing operation allows control of scheduling and product quality from the raw materials stage to the finished product, thus ensuring timely delivery of high quality instrumentation.
NEW COMMERCIAL MEMBERS GenRad’a Structural Test Products (STP) Division develops and markets products for structural analysis and shaker control applications. Our test systems are used in all phases of product design and manufacturing. They are trusted by leading companies in electronics, aerospace, transportation, heavy construction equipment, process control, and many other industries. 8 NovemberlDecember 1980
GenRad test systems cover an exceptional range of applications including: modal analysis, acoustic analysis, analysis and troubleshooting of rotating machinery, production testing, machinery condition monitoring, quality and reliability testing, prototype qualification, production acceptance vibration testing, vibration stress screening, and package and fragility testing.
A.O. Smith Corporation, Farmington Hills, Michigan
NEW EDUCATIONAL NON-PROFIT MEMBERS The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is one of the three campuses comprising The University of Alabama System. UAH grew steadily from the late 1950’s and today serves 8,000 students. The College of Engineering offers bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees with programs in chemical, civil, mechanical, industrial and systems, and electrical and computer engineering. The College has approximately 1450 undergraduate and 500 graduate students, with approximately 50 full-time and 50 adjunct faculty. Research in experimental mechanics and applied optics at UAH is conducted by faculty and staff associated with the College of Engineering, the College of Science, and the Center for Applied Optics. The contact person for these efforts is Dr. John A. Gilbert, Professor and Director of Civil Engineering.
NEW INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR Steve Wnuk HITEC Products, Inc. Aver, MA
SUSTAINING MEMBERS Sustaining members typically are firms totally dedicated to enhancing the exchange of experimental-mechanics services and technology. They contribute the highest level of support within the corporate member program.
Endevco San Juan Capistrano, CA Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI d.P. Technologies, Inc. Upland, CA
Measurements Group, Inc, Raleigh, NC McDonnell Douglas Corporation St. Louis, MO Westingbouee Electric Corporation Research & Development Center Pittsburgh, PA
COMMERCIAL MEMBERS
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The Commercial category spans a wide variety of industry all of whom have a common need to utilize current experimental-mechanics technology in their day-to-day operation. Some commercial members have been in the corporate member program for over 35 years.
A.O. Smith Corporation Farmington Hills, MI Aluminum Company of America Alcoa Center, PA Allison Gas Turbine Division-GMC Indianapolis, IN APS Dynamics, Inc. Carlsbad, CA AT&T Bell Laboratodes Murray Hill, N J Babcock Q Wilcox Alliance, OH BLH Electronics, Inc. Canton, OH Bruel t Kjaer Instruments, Inc. Marlborough, MA The Boeing Company Seattle, WA Capacitec Ayer, MA Chr ysler Corporation Detroit, MI Corning Glass Works Corning, NY Deere & Company Moline, IL Eaton Corporation Southfield, MI EG&G Idaho, Inc. Idaho Falls, ID General Motors Corporation, Truck & Bus Division Pontiac, MI GenRad, Inc. Milipitas, CA 10 NovembedDeeember 1890
Grumman Aerospace Company Bethpage, NY Hercules Aerospace Company Magna, UT Instron Corporation Canton, MA IBM Corporation White Plains, NY Kelsey-Hayes Automotive Group Romulus, MI Kobe Steel, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan Kyowa Electronic Instruments, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan LMS International Leuven, Belgium MTS Systems Corporation Minneapolis, MN Ometron, Inc. Sterling, VA Optim Electronics Corporation Germantown, MD PCB Piezotroaics, Inc. Depew, NY PSE&G Research Corporation Maplewood, N J Rockwell International Corporation El Segundo, CA Schaevitz Engineering Corporation Pennsauken, NJ Teledyne Engineering Services Waltham, MA Textron Lycoming Stratford, CT
EDUCATIONAL AND NON-PROFIT MEMBERS A core group of universities and government agencies which specialize in experimentalmechanics education have supported SEM for many years.
Association of American Railroads Chicago, IL
Associacao Portuguesa de Analise Experimental de Tensoes Lison, Portugal Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, OH Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ltd. Hyderabad, India British Cement Association Slough, England Brown University Providence, RI Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada DuPont Company, Louviers Technical Library Newark, DE
Purdae University West Lafayette, IN Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM University of Alabama Huntsville, AL University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR University of Maryland College Park, MD University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX University of Theaaaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece University of Washington Seattle, WA Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA
SPONSORS These individuals support the services of SEM professionally and financially.
S.J. Green Terra Tek, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT A J . Kartz Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. Ridgefield, NJ
S. Wnak HITEC Products, Inc. Ayer, MA
F. Zandman Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Malvern, PA
