Sensors Midwest 2018

Sessions (36)

IIoT1: An Overview of TLS 1.3 (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Chris Conlon - Engineering Manager, wolfSSL Inc. — One of the predominant protocols for connected sensors and industrial device security is SSL/TLS... More...

ST1: Enhancing Reliability Sensors and Electronics Components in Various Environments (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Dr. Rakesh Kumar - Vice President of Technology, Specialty Coating Systems — This session presents the development of a relatively new high tempera... More...

SW1: IIoT Sensors Applied to Electrical System Availability and Worker Safety (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

John Lauletta - CEO, Exacter, Inc. — This session discusses how non-contact IIoT technology can be applied to electrical assets and as wearable ale... More...

IIoT2: IPC-CFX Standards Update for Industry 4.0 (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

David Bergman - Vice President Standards & Training, IPC — This session describes how new standards are simplifying M2M communications & solutions ... More...

ST2: Powering Miniature Sensors (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Anthony Huynh - Principal Member of Technical Staff, Applications, Maxim Integrated — With ability not only to detect but also synthesize and proce... More...

SW2: Creating a New Cocktail for the Supply Chain: RFID, LPWAN, and Blockchain (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Dan Clement - Principal Engineer, On Semiconductor | Jim Kokal - President & CEO, Wavetrix — Goods, such as food and perishables, involve multiple ... More...

IIoT3: IoT Enabling Flexible Circuits with Integrated Sensors, Secure Wireless Communication/Power, Advanced Chip Packaging, and Shape Memory Actuation (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Peter Ladwig - Senior Director, Technology Development, TDK - Hutchinson Technology — Enabling IoT development by utilizing roll to roll semi-addit... More...

ST3: The Future of Automation: Taking LiDAR Sensors from R&D to Mass-Adoption (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Patrick Brunett - Director of Business Development, Quanergy Systems Inc. — LiDAR sensors have gained recognition for their use in self-driving car... More...

SW3: Sensors Design Solution Considerations: Overcoming Environmental Challenges from Harsh Environments (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Tom Nguyen - CEO, DunAn Sensing — This session addresses the critical issues to be considered in the design and application of sensors. Design opti... More...

IIoT4: Using Advances in Ultra-Wideband Radio to Solve Tough Industrial Problems (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Dave Higgins - Vice President, IoT Design Center, Benchmark Electronics, Inc. — This session discusses how recent advances in ultra-wide band (UWB)... More...

ST4: Powered to Passive IoT Sensors (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Vytas Kezys - CTO, Teslonix Inc — As the IoT industry continues to expand, the growth of low cost passive IoT sensors is being hampered by the tech... More...

SW4: Using Sensors to Make Bicycles Smarter, Safer, and Stronger (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Tim Clavette - Electronics Engineer, Trek Bicycle Corporation — Over the last decade, Trek Bicycle has been using sensors to enhance the rider’s ex... More...

IIoT5: Riding the Wave of IIoT-Connected Sensor Data (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Jeremy Drury - Vice President, IoT Diagnostics — We know it’s coming; and it's terrifying. It's called Big Data, and it will change the function of... More...

ST5: Commercialization Opportunities for Printed, Flexible, Stretchable, and Functional Fabric Sensors: Opportunities for IoT and Wearables (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Roger Grace - President, Roger Grace Associates — This session provides an introduction and overview of printed, flexible, stretchable and function... More...

SW5: How to Choose the Right Inertial Measurement Unit for Your Guidance/Control System Application (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Louis Taddeo - Business Development Director, Thales — A product designer is constantly challenged in having to select an IMU design that best meet... More...

IIoT6: Mesh Networking: The Next Frontier for Sensors and the IoT (Room Theater 2)

16 Oct 18
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Jim Katsandres - Director, Developer Programs, Bluetooth Special Interest Group — As connected sensor solutions and sensor networks grow and become... More...

ST6: Using TMR Magnetic Sensors to Enable Measurement & Detection in Next-Gen Applications with Magnetic Proximity, Rotation, and Level Sensing Functions (Room Theater 1)

16 Oct 18
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Tanios BouRamia - Product Line Manager - Sensors & Switches, Coto Technology — Explore the characteristics of Tunneling Magnetoresistance sensing t... More...

SW6: Session Coming Soon (Room Theater3)

16 Oct 18
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

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DA1: Sensors in Biotech: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with High Quality Data (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Eyal Aklimi - Lead Electrical Engineer, Vium, Inc. — State-of-the-art sensing platforms are leveraged to improve drug discovery workflow, which cur... More...

MA1: Android Things: Getting Started with Adding Intelligence to the Network Edge (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Timothy Salo - President, Salo IT Solutions, Inc. — Android Things, an Internet of Things (IoT) variant of Google’s Android operating system, facil... More...

ST7: Designing Appropriate Sensor Signal Conditioning Circuitry for Optimal Performance (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Keith Curtis - Technical Staff Engineer, Microchip Technology — For many engineers, signal conditioning is a dark and mysterious path. Choosing amp... More...

DA2: The Good, Bad and Ugly: Using Remote Monitoring, Sensor Data from IoT Devices, and Predictive Analytics to Dramatically Reduce Costs (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Ed Crowley - CEO, Virtulytix, Inc. — This case study describes the journey in developing and implementing a solution to accurately predict replacem... More...

MA2: How Modern Technology Makes Human Workers as Efficient as Robots (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Marc Gyongyosi - Founder & CEO, Intelligent Flying Machines — This session discusses recent advances in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Edge... More...

ST8: Remote Sensors Systems Data Integrity (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Eliza Schaub - Hardware Engineer, Technologic Systems — Deploying sensors and gateways to remote locations where they will be unattended in harsh e... More...

DA3: IoT Analytics Lifecycle: From Generating Data to Predicting the Future (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Brandon Cannaday - Chief Product Officer, Losant — This session provides a thorough overview of the Industrial IoT analytics lifecycle. By particip... More...

MA3: Machine Learning in the Fog for Industrial IoT (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Ed Kuzemchak - CTO & Director of IoT & Embedded Engineering, Software Design Solutions — Industrial IoT systems often have legacy sensors, harsh en... More...

ST9: Need to Track Absolute Positioning Safely? Think SIL3 / PL e (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Gerry Paci - Advanced Positioning Product Manager, Pepperl+Fuchs, Inc. — For the past 20 years, absolute positioning has been an application solved... More...

LiDAR1: Driving Forward: Enabling Smart Machines of Tomorrow (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Mitch Hourtienne - Director of Business Development, Cepton Technologies — The challenges with designing sensors for the burgeoning autonomous driv... More...

PC1: Factory Floor Predictive Maintenance (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Robert Rozario - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Western Digital Corporation — Designing for the Industrial & Embedded IoT: What’s at the heart o... More...

ST10: Design Considerations for a Multiple Element MEMS Gas Sensor (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Collin Twanow - Vice President of Technology, Micralyne Inc. — MEMS technology has enabled size, cost, and power reduction for metal oxide gas sens... More...

LiDAR2: LiDAR System for Assisted and Autonomous Driving Vehicles (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Juergen Kernhof - System Architect, IDT Europe GmbH — This session introduces the basics of LiDAR 'time-of-flight' measurement as well as detail th... More...

PC2: Autonomous, Low-power Condition Monitoring with a Nanopower Sensor Monitor (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Cynthia Sosa - Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments — To better ensure the reliability of industrial equipment, sensors are used to monitor env... More...

ST11: Design Considerations and Manufacturing Process Tradeoff for the Creation of Printed Sensors (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Jaye Tyler - President & CEO, Nissha Si-Cal Technologies, Inc. — This session addresses the multi-element and complex design cycle associated with ... More...

LiDAR3: Using LiDAR in Embedded Linux Devices (Room Theater 2)

17 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Merlin Friesen - Founder, Golden Gate Research Inc. — LiDAR, Light Detection and Ranging, is a key emerging object detection technology finding use... More...

PC3: The Enabling Semiconductor Industry: Condition Monitoring Goes Digital (Room Theater 3)

17 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Ed Spence - Founder & Managing Director, The Machine Instrumentation Group — Emerging IIoT technologies have the potential to expand the reach of C... More...

ST13: Self-Powered Profitability: A Project Development Approach to Energy Harvesting Solutions (Room Theater 1)

17 Oct 18
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Christian Pennisi - COO, Jennova — This session educates the audience on both the objective of energy-harvesting technologies and the primary avail... More...