Mike Mains

Biography

30+ years with focus on Calibration System Development, plus expertise in Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis.  The Modal Shop, Inc, An Amphenol Company, Ohio 

• Product Specialist, Software and Mechanical Engineer at The Modal Shop, working with TMS’s Structural Test Product’s, Calibration Systems, and Resonant Inspection NonDestructive Testing Systems. 
• Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati and Faculty Advisor for Bearcat Motorsports, the organization for the University of Cincinnati’s Formula FSAE and SAE Baja teams 
• Member of IMEKO TC22 and participates in TC3 and TC16 
• Presented on various subjects from dynamic sensor metrology to digital sensors and their implementation with ChatGPT, to ballistics testing using conformalpressure sensors and Modal Analysis with a focus on Modal Parameter Estimation. 
• 14 years as a Senior Software Developer at Bruel & Kjaie 
• Written and/or co-authored numerous technical papers including: 
• “The Impact Calibration Technique for Piezoelectric Force Sensors” 
• “Comparison of Calibration Techniques for Piezoelectric Force Sensors 
• “Orthogonality for Modal Vector Correlation: The Effects of Removing Degrees-of-Freedom” 
• A “Local Solve” Method for Extracting Modal Parameters from Inconsistent Data” 
• Theoretical Foundations for High-Performance Order Tracking with the Vold-Kalman Tracking Filter” 
• “Multi Axle Order Tracking with the Vold-Kalman Tracking Filter” 
• “Structural Control and Monitoring Using Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Filtering” 
• “Investigation of the Effects of Transducer Cross-Sensitivity and Misalignment Error  on Modal Vector Correlation” 
• “Investigation of Methods for Pre-Testing, Correlating and Updating Analytical and Experimental Modal Models” 

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