CONFERENCE ON PROGNOSIS OF RESIDUAL LIFE OF MACHINERY AND STRUCTURES ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Conference on Prognosis of Residual Life of Machinery and Structures The 52nd Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) will be held on March 30 -- April 2, 1997. Invitations have been extended for other societies to organize and present sessions in their name at this conference. The sponsors of MFPT 52 include the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Dr. Carlos M Talbott, a member of the MFPT Society's Board of Directors, is Technical Program Chairman. Henry C. Pusey, Executive Director of the Society, is Conference Manager. The 1998 THEME, "Prognosis of Residual Life of Machinery and Structures", was chosen to highlight the need for more focus on prognosis in the development of the condition monitoring process. The tendency has been to pay more attention to diagnostics, in part because it is easier to do. Without accurate and reliable prognoses, users of the condition monitoring technology are unable to make optimal risk or reward maintenance decisions that contribute to the prolongation of the residual life of machinery or structures. The goal of this conference will have been met if some success stories or promising concepts in condition based prognosis are presented. The Opening Session will feature Dr. Dara Childs, Director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University, as Keynote Speaker. Other distinguished invited speakers will cover current topics and pressing technical issues of special concern to the technical community. Special plenary lectures on timely topics will also be programmed. The technical sessions at MFPT 52 will be selected by the Technical Program Committee based upon the papers that are proposed. Papers that relate to the THEME of the meeting are especially solicited, but abstracts may be submitted in any area that contributes to the prevention of machinery or structural failures. Paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Prognosis Techniques for Maintenance (2) Residual Life Assessment Techniques (3) Failure Algorithms for Equipment Prognosis (4) Root Cause Failure Analysis Procedures (5) Failure Modes Effects Analysis (6) Advances in NDE (7) Applications of Neural Networks (AI) (8) Fault Detection (9) Computerized Maintenance Management (10) Integrated Diagnostics (11) Oil/Wear Particle Analysis (12) Advances in Diagnostics Technologies (13) Modal Testing & Diagnosis of Machinery (14) Tribology/Wear Prevention and (15) Corrosion If you require further information or wish to receive a Call for Papers contact MFPT Executive Director Henry C. Pusey. Phone (703) 754-2234 FAX(703)754-9743 e-mail hcpusey@ix.netcom.com.

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