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Stay up to date with changing trends in metrology and calibration, hear interviews with industry experts and learn more about the industry as a whole. This podcast is for people in the industry, customers of calibration, quality assurance people and anyone else wanting to learn more about measurements.
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Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
General Metrology Special - Decision Rules Panel
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
This is a special episode for our General Metrology course coming soon, but also for the release of a fantastic new guidance document on Decision Rules written by Henry Zumbrun, Greg Cenker, and Dilip Shah!
Download the document here: https://mhforce.com/decision-rule-guidance-book-download/
We are not doing a bio at the beginning of this episode because we have done another episode with each of them.
Please check out those episodes here for their individual bios: Dilip Shah: https://metrologytoday.podbean.com/e/s2-e5-dilip-shah/
Greg Cenker: https://metrologytoday.podbean.com/e/industry-risk-concerns-panel-discussion-part-1/
Henry Zumbrun: https://metrologytoday.podbean.com/e/dont-wing-it/
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
S3E5: Heather Wade
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Heather A. Wade, ASQ-CCT, ASQ-CQA is a recognized metrology subject matter expert & internationally sought presenter. She excels at presenting useful and easy-to-implement practices. She is Editor of ASQ's Metrology Handbook, 3rd Edition. She is ASQ Measurement Quality Division's Immediate Past Chair. A graduate of University of Michigan with a B.S. in Biology, Heather has worked as a microbiologist, filter test specialist, laboratory compliance officer, extraction chemist, and analytical chemist before moving full-time into metrology. She brings all her nearly 30 years of professional experience together to provide “Pain Relief for Measurement Headaches” for her consulting clients. Find her on LinkedIn or at www.HeatherWadeGroup.com
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
S3E4: Walter Nowocin - IndySoft, Co-Author of The ASQ Metrology Handbook
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Walter Nowocin is the Life Sciences Product Manager for IndySoft Corporation. Walter works with development, marketing, and sales to ensure that IndySoft is optimized to support calibration quality systems in regulated industries while being compliant with FDA, GMP, and ISO requirements.
Walter has over 40 years of calibration experience with Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device manufacturer, as a Calibration Department Senior Engineering Manager and with the United States Marine Corps as a Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Master Sergeant.
Walter is Co-Chair of the NCSL International Healthcare Metrology Committee and is the Coordinator of the NCSLI Minnesota Section. Walter is the recipient of the 2023 NCSLI Education and Training Award and is a Co-Author of the Third Edition of the ASQ Metrology Handbook. Walter has a Masters in Engineering Management degree from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota and is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM). https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-nowocin-mem-asem-fellow-b7334217/.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
S3E3: Dawn Cross, NIST (Ret) and Tim Mason MSC 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
The 2024 Measurement Science Conference is coming up this month March 25th - 28th at the Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim CA.
You can find more information at: https://annualconf.msc-conf.com/
Full Schedule: https://annualconf.msc-conf.com/full-event-schedule/
Register: https://web.cvent.com/event/9115288a-69d0-4245-91f4-327953be745c/regProcessStep1
Hotel Information: https://annualconf.msc-conf.com/hotel/
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
S3E2: Charles Ellis and Howard Zion - NAPT
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
In this episode of the Metrology Today Podcast we have Charles Ellis and Howard Zion on the show to discuss the National Association for Proficiency Testing (NAPT) and proficiency testing in calibration.
Charles Ellis:
Mr. Ellis has over forty years of technical experience in the administration & maintenance of test equipment. Mr. Ellis is a former U.S. Army officer serving first as a calibration technician, and then as an electronic support platoon leader. After serving in the Army, he became a calibration supervisor for a captive third-party calibration laboratory.
For eight years, Mr. Ellis managed calibrations services for various external clients, corporate facilities and 28 district offices for this Midwest testing firm. Mr. Ellis has had formal auditor training to and for ISO 9000, ISO 17025, ISO 13528 and ISO 17043 standards. He has performed numerous assessments to ISO 17025 for several accreditation bodies in the located in US.
Mr. Ellis currently serves on several technical committees related to the test & measurement community. In his last position, he was responsible for the development, growth, and operations, of a non-profit association that provides administration & technical support to the test & measurement community in the area of interlaboratory comparisons / proficiency tests. Mr. Ellis is largely responsible for NAPT becoming the largest metrology proficiency testing provider in North American.
As Mr. Ellis is retired, he still provides technical advice to the National Association for Proficiency Testing when needed. Mr. Ellis has degrees in Electronic Technology and Business. Honors & Awards Besides Numerous Honors for Military Service. Mr. Ells is a recipient of the Andrew J. Woodington Award for Professionalism in Metrology - Issued by Measurement Science Conference
Howard Zion:
Howard Zion is the Sr. Director of Service Application Engineering for Transcat, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering & Management Systems from the University of Central Florida. Mr. Zion is the recipient of the Andrew J. Woodington Award for Professionalism in Metrology presented at the 2019 Measurement Science Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. Howard has collected a wealth of knowledge in many disciplines during the span of 41 years in Metrology, and has been employed with:
-The United States Air Force (Strategic Air Command - PMEL)
-Lockheed Martin (Electronics and Missile Systems – Calibration Labs)
-NASA-Kennedy Space Center (Standards & Calibration Laboratories)
-Philips Electronics (Broadband Networks – Metrology/Test Engineering)
-Transcat, Inc. (Corporate Resource)
Mr. Zion performs additional duties in various communities and is serving or has previously served in the following roles:
-Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors at the National Association for Proficiency Testing (NAPT)
-Four NCSLI Working Groups: o 151 Healthcare o 163.1 Metrology Descriptions o 164.1 Education o 171 Cal System Resources
-Measurement Science Conference (MSC) Woodington Award Committee
-Advisory board at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)
-Sponsor for Engineering Capstone projects at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
-Author of white papers on measurement uncertainty and business processes related to Metrology
You may contact Howard at howard.zion@transcat.com or howard@proficiency.org
You may contact Chuck at ellis@proficiency.org
Transcat sells and markets test and measurement instrumentation as well as trusted Metrology services (including accredited calibration, accredited reference standards services, repair, managed services, 3D Metrology, Validation services, Consulting services, and Client-Based Laboratories) to a variety of industries including medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical, biotech engineering, petroleum refining, chemical manufacturing, and public utility. Transcat celebrates its 60th year in business in 2024. For more information, go to www.transcat.com
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
S3 E1: Paul Reese (Part 2)
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Paul graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1993 with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
He spent 18 years as a Metrologist working in the Primary Standards Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
In 2012, he left the aerospace world and joined the pharmaceutical industry where he currently manages the Standards & Calibration Laboratory at Abbvie in North Chicago.
He has published numerous papers on Measurement Decision Risk and contributed to the development of the ANSI Z540.3 Handbook and the ISO 17025 Handbook.
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
S3 E1: Paul Reese (Part 1)
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Paul graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1993 with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
He spent 18 years as a Metrologist working in the Primary Standards Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
In 2012, he left the aerospace world and joined the pharmaceutical industry where he currently manages the Standards & Calibration Laboratory at Abbvie in North Chicago.
He has published numerous papers on Measurement Decision Risk and contributed to the development of the ANSI Z540.3 Handbook and the ISO 17025 Handbook.
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
S2 E10: Mike Walsh and Troy Thomas - Essco Lab
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
This episode was recorded while I was on the road to Chelmsford, Ma in November 2022 when I got the opportunity to visit Essco Lab. In this interview I sit down with Mike and Troy to talk about many different calibration topics to include the current struggles that labs face when trying to find technicians to hire.
Friday Dec 02, 2022
S2 E9: Danae Powell
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Danae started her career in metrology in 1986 as a Test Measurement & Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Technician in the USMC. Her background includes the alphabet soup of regulated industries to including DOD, FCC, FDA, cGMP, DOE, FAA, SAE, IATF, and NRC. Working in multiple industries and disciplines has given her an opportunity to experience the field of metrology from many perspectives. She is passionate about training up the next generation of metrologists and driven to see metrology advanced as a recognized critical infrastructure to nearly all areas of business. Danae joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the Energy & Environment Nuclear Sciences Division working as a Metrologist for Radiation Measurements and Irradiations (RMI) at the Hanford site in Richland, WA in 2022. She is also currently serving as the National Conference of Standards Laboratories International Vice President, Industrial Metrology Programs and is active in multiple working groups.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
S2 E8: On the Road In Denver: Mike Schwartz
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
This episode was recorded on 10/5/2022 while Ryan was on the road in Denver, Colorado. Ryan sits down with Mike Schwartz of Cal Lab Solutions and Cal Lab Magazine to talk about many different calibration subjects.
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