CONFERENCE ON LIFE EXTENSION OF AGING MACHINERY AND STRUCTURES The Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT), formerly the Mechanical Failures Prevention Group, is holding its 49th Meeting at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia on April 18-20, 1995. The sponsors of MFPT 49 are the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Vibration Institute. MFPT 49 provides a technology transfer forum for the public and private sectors dedicated to achieving competitive advantage in linking failure mechanisms and diagnostics. The conference THEME is Life Extension of Aging Machinery and Structures. The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Bernard S. Loeb, Director of the Office of Research and Engineering, National Transportation Safety Board; his topic is ``Prediction of Mechanical Failures: Lessons Learned from Transportation Accidents''. Dr. Loeb will be followed in the Opening Session by four distinguished invited speakers. Mr. Richard H. Menke from Eli Lilly and Company will present `` A Manufacturing Perspective of Reliability''. Dr. Michael L. Basehore, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, will describe a program on ``Providing for the Continuing Airworthiness of Commuter Airplanes''. Dr. Steven B. Chase of the Federal Highway Administration will speak on ``Developing New Tools and Techniques for Bridge Inspection of the Future''. Mr. Richard F. Healing, Director of Safety and Survivability, Office of the Secretary of the Navy, will discuss the Navy's need for ``Condition Based Maintenance Equipment with Potential Application to Fleet Safety and Survivability''. Mini Courses will be presented on ``Mechanical Diagnostics Technologies'' and ``Failure Mechanisms in Polymers''. There are three Plenary Lectures: Professor Marjorie Ann E. Natishan of the University of Maryland on ``Learning From Failure'', Mr. Helmut Thielsch of Thielsch Engineering on ``Life Extension Considerations in Failure, Failure Prevention and Repair'' and Professor Marvin L. Roush of the University of Maryland on ``The Evolution of Reliability Engineering and Its Relationship to Life Extension''. Technical sessions will be held on: (1) Failure Analysis, (2) Diagnostics I and II, (3) Life Extension, (4) Sensors Technology, (5) Time Frequency Analysis and (6) Detection, Monitoring and Response. A highlight of the meeting will be a Panel/Workshop on ``The Role of Condition Based Maintenance in Machinery Life Extension''. Technical Exhibits will complement the Technical Program. Government agencies, universities, non-profit institutes, information centers and private companies are welcome to purchase exhibit tables. For additional details or to receive the Technical Program with complete registration information, contact Conference Manager Henry C. Pusey, 4193 Sudley Road, Haymarket, VA 22069-2420, phone (703) 754-2234.

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