TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation
TC2 - Photonics
TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque
TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities
TC5 - Hardness Measurement
TC6 - Vocabulary Committee
TC7 - Measurement Science
TC8 - Traceability in Metrology
TC9 - Flow Measurement
TC10 - Technical Diagnostics
TC11 - Metrological Infrastructures
TC12 - Temperature and Thermal Measurements
TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine
TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities
TC15 - Experimental Mechanics
TC16 - Pressure and Vacuum Measurement
TC17 - Measurement in Robotics
TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions
TC19 - Environmental Measurements
TC20 - Measurement Techniques for the Construction Industry
TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements
TC22 - Vibration Measurement
TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition
TC24 - Chemical Measurements
Objectives of the Technical Committees
TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation
To be concerned with all matters of education and training of professional scientists and
engineers for measurement and instrumentation including curricula, syllabuses and methods of
teaching as well as the nature and scope of measurement and instrumentation as an academic
discipline.
TC2 - Photonics
Application of photon detectors for
- conversion of optical signals to electrical signals
- conversion of optical images to electrical signals
- conversion of optical images to optical images via the spectral transposition
in measurement technology for photometry, radiometry, optoelectronics, optical communication,
astronomy, etc.
TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque
The aim of TC3 is to bring to the forefront the latest developments and achievements in the
measurement of force, mass and torque. The scope of TC3 covers all areas from industrial
applications and new transducers to improvements of the scales for the different quantities, the
realization of new standards and fundamental research. The TC3 organises regularly
international scientific events in measurement of force, mass and torque and provides a forum for
an international exchange of opinions among experts in the relevant field.
Main fields of interests are:
Fundamental Aspects
- Dynamic Force and Torque Measurements
- Multi-component Techniques for Force and Torque Measurements
- New Concepts in Mass Metrology and Weighing Technology
- Force and Torque Metrology in the Micro and Nano Range
Traceability and Dissemination
- Calibration Procedures and Facilities
- Transfer Standards and Uncertainty Evaluations
- Inter-laboratory Comparisons
- Accreditation of Laboratories
Instrumentation and Methods
- Force and Torque Standard Machines and Facilities
- Mass Standards and Balances
- Sensor and Actuator Development
Applications
- Materials Testing Machines
- Force and Torque Transducers in Robotics and Automation
- Weighing Instruments and Load Cells
TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities
Electrical measurements in the broad sense, i.e. including both power and HF measurement
which are of vital importance in various fields of science and technology.
Progress in the domain of electrical measurement science and instrumentation is very fast: it
offers continually new possibilities in accuracy and speed of measurement. As they should be
included explicitly in the IMEKO activities, a Technical Committee on Measurement of
Electrical Quantities has been established to deal with important problems in electrical
measurements, excluding the microwave field.
TC5 - Hardness Measurement
Organizing international symposia on new theoretical knowledge in the field of hardness testing
with the presentation of papers including also recently developed equipment.
Exchange of experience among members of the Committee to solve outstanding problems,
transmitting the results to the interested organizations or experts in different countries. If
necessary, initiating or guiding metrological activities in international cooperation (e.g. hardness
comparison), which can help elaborate and revise international standard specifications.
TC6 - Vocabulary Committee
- activity suspended
An IMEKO service offered by Olli Aumala from Finland is the Dictionary of basic and general
terms in metrology
TC7 - Measurement Science
To promote measurement theory on international scale. The aim is to help increasing efficiency
- in research, by allowing easier solution of problems as a result of a deeper understanding
- in education, by rationalization of teaching as a result of a objective generalization
- in production, by easier quality control as a result of greater repeatability.
TC8 - Traceability in Metrology
Fundamental criteria and technical aspects of traceability in metrology; rules of calibration chain
systems; reliability and limits of traceability schemes.
Organizing symposia, colloquia, training courses on timely topics of metrological traceability for
physical quantities.
TC9 - Flow Measurement
International exchange of information and organization of Conferences on Fluid Flow
Measurement through closed pipes, covering gases, liquids, and mixtures of these, with emphasis
on industrially relevant research activities.
TC10 - Technical Diagnostics
To facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information on diagnostic methods,
instrumentation and systems by organizing symposia, discussion meetings and encouraging the
publication of technical papers.
To support co-operation between scientists and engineers in different subject areas in solving
various diagnostic problems.
To bring attention to the basic principles and development trends in diagnostic work and the co-
ordination of the solution of fundamental problems.
To seek unified diagnostic methods and components of diagnostic systems.
TC11 - Metrological Infrastructures
To collect, discuss and disseminate know-how about development, establishment and operation
of institutions and services concerned with measurement standards, measuring instruments,
calibration, metrological assurance, certification and accreditation, taking into account the
specific economic, social and educational needs of individual countries with special emphasis on
developing countries.
TC12 - Temperature and Thermal Measurements
The TC provides forum for an international exchange of opinions among experts in the field of
temperature and thermal measurements, discussing the main trends of research, development and
application. Attention is not only paid to sensors and to new measurement methods, but also the
use of electronics and microcomputers in temperature and thermal measurement and control
systems. Emphasis is given to the improvement of efficiency in industrial applications.
TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine
Measurement: Measurement of whole body, organ and cellular function: invasive and non-
invasive measurements; sensing and measurement of physical variables; electrical measurement;
chemical and nuclear sensing and measurement; measurement at the bedside in the critical care
unit; measurement in the clinical laboratory.
Medical Imaging: Measurements and Image Processing and Interpretation. Measurements in
diagnostic imaging (including x-ray, radioisotopes, MRI). Measurements on imaging systems.
Measurements in x-ray and related therapies.
Medical Information Systems: Information processing (signals and images) within the
doctor/patient control loop for diagnostics; decision making and patient management; diagnosis
and medical decision making; knowledge-based systems; information handling in the clinical
laboratory. Intelligent instrumentation in medicine and healthcare.
TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities
The aim of TC 14 is to promote in theory, fundamental research and application the development
of measurement technologies for Product-Inspection, Process-Control and Quality Management:
1. Dimensional Metrology in Production
- Sensor and Components for Geometrical Quantities
- Calibration and Testing Methods for Measurement and Manufacturing Devices (CMM's,
Machine Tools, Robotics)
- Micro- and Nano Metrology
- Pre-, In- and Post-Process Measurement
- Optical Measurement Techniques
2. Laser Metrology for Precision Measurement
- Laser-Interferometry e.g.: Absolute-Interferometry, Holographic-Interferometry, Speckle-
Interferometry
- Innovative Components and Techniques e.g.: Diode Lasers, Multi-wavelength Lasers, Micro-
optics, Fiber-optics
- Laser-Triangulation-Techniques
- Laser Radar
- Laser-Applications e.g.: length-, position-, angle-, flatness-measurement; - 3D-Geometry
Measurement, Nondestructive Testing; Force-, Strain-, Torque-measurement; Measurement of
Velocity and Vibration.
3. Quality-Management
- Quality-Methods and Strategies e.g.: Quality-Function-Deployment (QFD), Failure-Mode and
Effect Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC) etc.
- Quality-Circles, Continuous-Quality-Improvement
- Quality-Database, Quality-Data-Exchange
- Knowledge based Quality-Methods
- Total-Quality-Management (TQM)
TC 14 has close links to some adjoining fields of:
- TC 8 "Metrology"
- TC 15 "Experimental Mechanics" and
- TC 17 "Measurement in Robotics"
TC15 - Experimental Mechanics
Beyond the classical fields of static, dynamic and stability problems in experimental mechanics a
wider field of application must be opened to analyze the problems of geometric and physical
non-linearity, to consider time-depending response of materials and structures, to study the
effects of elastic-plastic, video-elastic and video-plastic as well as of inhomogeneous and non-
isotropic response of materials, to study the phenomena of fracture and fatigue. Moreover,
analyzing the effects of impact loading, wave propagation, experimentally, as well as
measurements in modal analysis and systems identification and their evaluation are within the
scope of experimental mechanics. According to recent trends it may also be of increasing
importance to deal with measurements in biomedicine, as far as these have to do with strains in
human skeletons, in joints of the skeleton and in the artificial substitutes. The activities should
also contribute to the unification of methods and terminology as well as to principles in teaching
and education.
TC16 - Pressure and Vacuum Measurement
Pressure transducers, also differential pressure transducers are widely used in the processing
industry, not only to measure the pressure, but to control the process. Special problems occur at
high pressure level (e.g. 100-800 bar with differential pressures of 10-1000 mbar). The
Committee's objectives are to organize symposia, workshops, round table sessions, etc. on
pressure measuring techniques, application, sensor design and possibly, calibration. Practice
shows that there is an increasing necessity to carry out international intercomparisons of
calibration devices for differential pressure sensors at high pressure levels.
TC17 - Measurement in Robotics
The TC's main objective is to deal with all aspects relevant to robot sensors, both internal and
external ones, such as force sensor, tactile sensor, distance sensor, visual sensor and others,
employed in robot motion and navigation control-principle, methodology and applications.
Communication sensors interfacing between man and robot are also included.
TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions
The TC-18 provides opportunity and forum for discussing all aspects relevant to Measurement,
Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions, Movement, Perception and Cognition:
Human movements and actions, such as hand manipulation, arm movements, posture control,
gait locomotion, sports exercises, et al.
Human perception and cognition: vision, auditory and somato-sensory systems, space and
motion perception, attention and performance, et al.
Interaction and integration of human perception and cognition with movements and behaviors
Related Fields: Human Interface, Brain Sciences, Rehabilitation and Welfare, Sports Science,
Human Factors
TC19 - Environmental Measurements
TC 19 provides an international platform for collaborating in the field of environmental
measurements. The main fields of activity are: analytical measurement of the three main
environmental media, air, water, soil; instrumental methods for the measurement of
environmental noise and vibration pollution; development and improvement of analytical
methods for measuring environmental pollutants; development of new analytical methods,
sensors and instruments for monitoring of air, water and soil quality in residential, industrial, as
well as, agricultural areas; development and improvement of remote sensing methods for
measuring environmental pollution; development of new platforms and image processing
techniques for detection of potential sources of contamination and monitoring of air, water and
earth quality; evaluation and assessment of environmental data; quality assurance and quality
control of environmental measurements.
TC20 - Measurement Techniques for the Construction Industry
Measurement techniques needed in the field of civil engineering: surveying tasks and
supervision during construction, research and development of new materials, systems and
methods, analysis, maintenance and monitoring of structures.
Structure health monitoring is of major and growing importance for the construction industry:
today poor assessment, only nearly visual and highly subjective, for the future automatic
inspection by means of innovative measurement techniques.
Scopes of monitoring: deformation and force measurement, concentration of chemical species as
moisture, chloride, pH, etc., corrosion, sensor development is essential (data acquisition,
evaluation have to be improved, strategies and decision making are required).
Highlights of TC work in the future: improve sensor development and monitoring strategies,
build an interface between metrology (measurement engineering) and civil engineering.
TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements
To promote the harmonisation, the co-ordinated use and the development of new mathematical
and statistical tools for measurements, and their implementation in guides, procedures and codes,
acting as a portal on an international environment.
TC22 - Vibration Measurement
The objective of TC22 is to provide metrologists in the field of shock and vibration with an
international forum for scientific information exchange. Thereby it promotes the latest
developments and achievements in the field and enables researchers to do their work more
effectively.
The title of TC22 “Vibration Measurement” is meant to enclose the the measurement of the
dynamic quantities displacement, velocity and acceleration not only if encountered in a periodic
form, but also as static or transient measurands (e.g. shock). The motion sensed may be
translational as well as rotational (angular vibration). The areas of scientific interest are best
explained by the collection of keywords below.
TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition
Food and Nutrition (F&N) metrology is an emerging discipline that is helpful in strengthening
the reliability of analytical data, and integration of metrological concepts into the measurement
process is the need of the hour. This step is necessary also to ensure sustainability of the
analytical QA process. These tasks are looked upon as a twin assignment under TC-23:
(i) enhancing the reliability of F&N measurements by introducing metrological concepts, and
(ii) strengthening the metrological capability of the professional pool (capacity building for
young investigators), since the academic system in the F&N areas generally do not provide for
adequate training that includes teaching metrology.
The TC-23 focuses on addressing a variety of metrological issues connected with food and
nutritional measurements, e.g. food safety assays and relevant inorganic chemical metrology
aspects.
TC24 - Chemical Measurements
TC 24 was founded with the objective of providing an international forum of effective
collaboration in analytical chemistry, aiming to improve the reliability, comparability and
traceability of chemical measurements in a large numbers of sectors, addressing industrial and
monitoring laboratories needs and on site measurements.
Collaborative efforts mainly involve the metrology community, field and sectoral laboratories
(testing, analytical and industrial), proficiency testing providers, producers of reference
materials.
The scope of TC 24 covers all fields and areas concerned with analytical measurements,
particularly focusing on Environment, Food and Health sectors, thus giving high priority on
societal issues. TC 24 will provide a platform for exchange between analytical chemists,
metrologists and field relevant experts.
Field of current and future activities:
- use of results of interlaboratory comparison data and proficiency testing schemes, “traceability”
of the assigned value
- traceability of environmental measurements in different matrices (water, soils, sediments, etc)
at regulation limits levels
- improvement of metal speciation analyses
- traceability of chemical measurements in health sector
- traceability of on-site measurements
- survey of metrological needs and requirements (reference materials, reference methods,
calibration, etc.) in selected industrial fields
Chairmen and contact details of the Technical Committees
TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation (established in: 1967)
Chairman: Prof. dr. ir. P. P. L. Regtien
University of Twente
Faculty of Electric Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Laboratory for Measurement and Instrumentation
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31 53 489 2782
Fax: +31 53 489 2223
E-mail: p.p.l.regtien@el.utwente.nl
TC2 - Photonics (established in: 1962)
Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Pfeifer
RWTH Aachen
Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsmesstechnik und Qualitätsmanagement
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor
Steinbachstrasse 53 B
52074 Aachen
GERMANY
Phone: +49 241 802 7412
Fax: +49 241 802 2193
E-mail: t.pfeifer@wzl.rwth-aachen.de
TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque (established in: 1967)
Chairman: Dr. Dae-Im Kang
Vice President
KRISS - Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
PO Box 102, Taedok Science Town
Yusong-Gu, Taejon 305-600
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Phone: +82 42 868 5003
Fax: +82 42 868 5033
E-mail: dikang@kriss.re.kr
TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities (established in: 1984)
Chairman: Prof. P. Daponte
University of Sanino
Faculty of Engineering
P.zzo Bosco-Lucarelli
Piazza Roma
82100 Benevento
ITALY
Phone: +39 0824 305 817
Fax: +39 0824 305 840
E-mail: daponte@unina.it
TC5 - Hardness Measurement (established in: 1973)
Chairman: Dr. K. Herrmann
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
5.102 Härtemessung
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
GERMANY
Phone: +49 531 592 5140
Fax: +49 531 592 695140
E-mail: konrad.herrmann@ptb.de
TC6 - Vocabulary Committee (established in: 1974)
activity suspended
TC7 - Measurement Science (established in: 1975)
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Luca Mari
CETIC
Università Cattaneo - LIUC
C.so Matteotti, 22
21053 Castellanza (VA)
ITALY
Phone: +39 0331 572 228
Fax: +39 0331 483 447
E-mail: lmari@liuc.it
TC8 - Traceability in Metrology (established in: 1972)
Chairman: Dr. Ing. Carlo Ferrero
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
Strada delle Cacce, 73-91
10135 Torino
ITALY
Phone: +39 011 3919 752
Fax: +39 011 3919 383
E-mail: c.ferrero@inrim.it
TC9 - Flow Measurement (established in: 1976)
Chairman: Dr. M. J. Reader-Harris
National Engineering Laboratory
East Kilbride
Glasgow G75 OQU
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 1355 272 302
Fax: +44 1355 272 536
E-mail: mreader@tuvnel.com
TC10 - Technical Diagnostics (established in: 1976)
Chairman: Prof. Laszlo Monostori
Computer and Automation Research Institute (MTA SzTAKI)
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Kende u. 13-17
H-1111 Budapest
HUNGARY
Phone: +36 1 279 6159
Fax: +36 1 466 7503
E-mail: laszlo.monostori@sztaki.hu
TC11 - Metrological Infrastructures (established in: 1976)
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mladen Boršić
Croatian Metrology Society
Berislaviceva 8
HR-10000 Zagreb
CROATIA
Phone: +385 91 523 10 47
Fax: +385 1 464 8262
E-mail: mladen.borsic@hmd.hr
TC12 - Temperature and Thermal Measurements (established in: 1979)
Chairman: Prof. F. Righini
INRIM Istituto Nazionale Ricerca Metrologica
Strada delle Cacce 73-91
10135 Torino
ITALY
Phone: +39 011 3919 742
Fax: +39 011 3919 747
E-mail: f.righini@inrim.it
TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine (established in: 1980)
Chairman: Prof. P. Kneppo
Czech Technical University
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Technology
Nám. Sitná 3105
27201 Kladno 2
CZECH REPUBLIC
Phone: +420 312 608 223
Fax: +420 312 608 204
E-mail: kneppo@fbmi.cvut.cz
TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities (established in: 1980)
Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Weckenmann
Qualitätsmanagement und Fertigungsmesstechnik
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Nägelsbachstr. 25
91052 Erlangen
GERMANY
Phone: +49 913 1852 6520
Fax: +49 913 1852 6524
E-mail: weckenmann@qfm.uni-erlangen.de
TC15 - Experimental Mechanics (established in: 1984)
Chairman: Dr. L. Borbás
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Department of Vehicle Parts and Drives
Bertalan Lajos u. 2
1111 Budapest
HUNGARY
Phone: +36 1 463 1111 ext. 5821
Fax: +36 1 463 1653
E-mail: borbas@kge.bme.hu
TC16 - Pressure and Vacuum Measurement (established in: 1986)
Chairman: Dr. Jorge C. Torres Guzmán
Head, Force and Pressure Metrology Division
Centro Nacional de Metrologia - CENAM
km 4.5 Carretera a los Cués
Municipio El Marqués
76241 Querétaro
MEXICO
Phone: +52 442-211 0572
Fax: +52 442-211 0578
E-mail: jorge.torres@cenam.mx
TC17 - Measurement in Robotics (established in: 1987)
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Susumu Tachi
Department of Information Physics & Computing
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1- Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113 - 8656
JAPAN
Phone: +81 3 5841 6915
Fax: +81 3 5841 8595
E-mail: tachi@tachilab.org
TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions (established in: 1998)
Chairman: Prof. K. Ito
Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
4259, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku
Yokohama 226-8502
JAPAN
Phone: +81 45 924 5655
Fax: +81 45 924 5684
E-mail: ito@dis.titech.ac.jp
TC19 - Environmental Measurements (established in: 1999)
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Eng. Pedro M. B. Silva Girão
Laboratório de Medidas Eléctricas
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores
Instituto Superior Técnico
Av. Rovisco Pais
1049-001 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Phone: +351 218 - 418 473; - 417 289
Fax: +351 218 417 672
E-mail: psgirao@ist.utl.pt
TC20 - Measurement Techniques for the Construction Industry (established in: 1999)
Chairman: Dr. K. Hariri
Technical University Braunschweig
Institut für Baustoffe, Massivbau und Brandschutz
Beethovenstr. 52
38106 Braunschweig
GERMANY
Phone: +49 531 391 5487
Fax: +49 531 391 8179
E-mail: k.hariri@tu-bs.de
TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements (established in: 2004)
Chairman: Dr. Franco Pavese
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM)
Strada delle Cacce, 73-91
10135 Torino
ITALY
Phone: +39 011 3919 741
Fax: +39 011 3919 747
E-mail: f.pavese@inrim.it
TC22 - Vibration Measurement (established in: 2005)
Chairman: Dr. Thomas Bruns
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Arbeitsgruppen 1.31 & 1.34
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
GERMANY
Phone: +49 531 592 1220
Fax: +49 531 592 691220
E-mail: thomas.bruns@ptb.de
TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition (established in: 2006)
Chairman: Prof. G.V. Iyengar
Biomineral Sciences International Inc.
6202 Maiden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817
USA
Phone: +1 240 238 5428
Fax: +1 301 320 0728
E-mail: venkatesh.iyengar@tufts.edu
TC24 - Chemical Measurements (established in: 2008)
Chairman: Dr. Philippe Charlet
Deputy Director R&D
Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais
29, avenue Roger Hennequin
78197 Trappes
FRANCE
Phone: +33 1 30 69 21 95
Fax: +33 1 30 69 12 34
E-mail: philippe.charlet@lne.fr