Papers & Research

GPS & Tolerancing

• The Right Measurement at the Right Time Makes Manufacturing Easier 2006 — Manufacturing & Measurement Conference & Workshop
• New Concepts in Specifications, Operators and Uncertainties and Their Impact on Measurement and Instrumentation 2005 — Keynote address, 7th International Symposium on Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments
• Taking Dimensional Metrology to the Next Level 2005 — International Dimensional Metrology Workshop
• Communicating Functional Requirements with GD&T 2004 — International Dimensional Metrology Workshop
• Specifications, Operators and Uncertainties 2003 — Keynote, 8th CIRP International Seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing, Charlotte, NC
• CMMs and GD&T 2000 — International Dimensional Workshop (slides)
• ISO 14253-1 Decision Rules — Good or Bad? 1999 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Traceability and Correlation in Roundness Measurement 1996 — Precision Engineering, 19(2/3), 175–179 (with Mark C. Malburg)

Measurement Uncertainty

• Some Limitations in Uncertainty Evaluation 2006 Measurement Science Conference (updated); original 2003 — International Dimensional Workshop
• Uncertainty² — How Uncertain Is Your Uncertainty Budget? 2001 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• How Long Is a Piece of String? — Some Overlooked Considerations for Uncertainty Estimation 2000 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• The Myth of the Random Error 1998 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Using the ISO “Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurements” to Determine Calibration Requirements 1997 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Uncertainty and Dimensional Tolerances 1992 — Quality, May 1992

Proficiency Testing

• Experience Gained from Offering Accredited 3rd Party Proficiency Testing 2004 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Adding Value with Proficiency Testing 2004 — Measurement Science Conference
• Determining Consensus Values in Interlaboratory Comparisons and Proficiency Testing ★ Best Paper on Theoretical Metrology 2003 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Can Proficiency Testing Add Value? ↗ 2002 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• CMMs and Proficiency Testing ↗ 2002 — International Dimensional Workshop

Accreditation & Lab Management

• Technical Management? We Don’t Need No Technical Management! 2005 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• Coordinate Measuring Machines and Accreditation 2001 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium
• What Is Traceability and Why Do We Calibrate? 1999 — ASQ Midwest Conference
• Next Generation Gage Management System 1997 — NCSL Workshop & Symposium

Early Academic Work

• The Effects of Calibration in Surface Roughness Measurement 1991 — Measurement, 9(3), 111
• Calibration of Surface Roughness Instruments 1989 — 3rd IMEKO-Symposium on Dimensional Metrology in Production and Quality Control, Aachen
• New Approaches to Surface Roughness Evaluation of Special Surfaces 1988 — Precision Engineering, 10(4), 209
• A Digital System for Surface Roughness Analysis of Plane and Cylindrical Parts 1987 — Precision Engineering, 9(2), 59 (with L. De Chiffre)

Reference Documents

• Distributions for Uncertainty Estimation Using the ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement Quick-reference table of the most common probability distributions used in GUM uncertainty budgets

Newsletters

Metrology Insight is a periodical I used to put out. While it is getting quite old, the content is mostly timeless.

• Metrology Insight Vol. 1 No. 1 October 1998
• Metrology Insight Vol. 2 No. 1 January 1999
• Metrology Insight Vol. 2 No. 2 April 1999
• Metrology Insight Vol. 2 No. 3 September 1999
• Metrology Insight Vol. 3 No. 1 April 2000
• Metrology Insight Vol. 3 No. 2 September 2000