In 1977 at the American Society of Photogrammetry annual meeting, Dr. Robert Madding was commiserating over beers (DuPont Circle Holiday Inn bar) with Drs. Alan Stevens and Tom Lillesand, all at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at that time, about the use and abuse of infrared technology in energy conservation.
Mission Statement
The Infrared Applications, ThermoSense conference promotes the worldwide exchange of information about the uses and applications of Infrared (IR) imaging technology. This includes Infrared Thermography, thermal infrared sensing, as well as IR imaging and measuring in instruments ThermoSense encompasses technical papers, workshops, and short-courses. Over the past thirty-three years, these activities have included topics from the fundamentals of infrared imaging and infrared system calibration to virtually all civilian infrared applications. Special emphasis has been placed on problem-solving and turning new developments into standard practices.
History
The spark....
The idea....
We decided complaining amongst ourselves served no useful purpose, so we decided to create a conference to shed light on the capabilities and limitations of IR technology for energy conservation.
Thermosense was born. Dr. Lillesand came up with the name.
The begining....
The first two Thermosense Conferences focused heavily on buildings and energy conservation as we were in the middle of the energy “crisis” at the time.Herb Kaplan was active in the Thermosense Conference since day one as well, as an author and also as the exhibits coordinator. As the second meeting concluded, the steering committee discussed the ASP’s continuing emphasis on non-quantitative airborne thermal imaging, and agreed that Thermosense needed a broader venue.
At the time Herb Kaplan was also exhibitor liaison with SPIE, and spoke with Sue Davis and then with Joe Yaver, SPIE’s Executive Director. Joe made us an offer we couldn’t refuse (the deal we still enjoy today) and ThermoSense III was held under the aegis of SPIE. As the energy crisis was almost “solved”, Thermosense evolved into broader applications of IR sensing. SPIE has been able to support our relatively small conference through synergy with other larger conferences as one big Symposium called Aerosense.
ThermoSense and Spie
SPIE has been able to support our relatively small conference through synergy with other larger conferences as one big Symposium called Aerosense.
Publication
ThermoSense I (September 1978) – Proceedings published by The American Society of Photogrammetry, 105 N. Virginia Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046. Library of Congress TJ163.27.N34 1978 697′.0028 79-20987 (Thomas M. Lillesand)
ThermoSense II – Library of Congress Catalog Number 79-20987. ISSN 0198-6236 (Stanley A. Morain)
ThermoSense III – Thermal Infrared Sensing Applied to Energy Conservation in Building Envelopes, Jan 1980 Vol. 254 Out of Print (Minneapolis) (R P Madding)
ThermoSense IV – Thermal Infrared Sensing Applied to Energy Conservation in Building Envelopes Jan 1981 Vol. 313 Out of Print (Ottawa) (R A Grot/J T Wood)
ThermoSense V – (Detroit)Thermal Infrared Sensing Diagnostics (G E Courville) Jan 1982 Vol. 371 Out of Print
ThermoSense VI – Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (Oct 1983, Oak Brook, Il) (G J Burrer) Jan 1983 Vol. 446 Out of Print
ThermoSense VII – Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (A G Kantsios) Jan 1984 Vol. 520 Out of Print
ThermoSense VIII – Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (H Kaplan) Jan 1985 Vol. 581 Out of Print
ThermoSense IX – Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (R P Madding) Jan 1987 Vol. 780 Out of Print
ThermoSense X – Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (R D Lucier) Jan 1988 Vol. 934 Out of Print
ThermoSense XI – Intl Conf on Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control (G B McIntosh) Mar 1989 Vol. 1094 Out of Print
ThermoSense XII – An Intl Conf on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (S A Semanovich) Mar 1990 Vol. 1313 Out of Print
ThermoSense XIII – (G S Baird) Mar 1991 Vol. 1467 Out of Print
ThermoSense XIV – An Intl Conf on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (J K Eklund) Apr 1992 Vol. 1682
ThermoSense XV – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications Apr 1993 Vol. 1933 (L R Allen)
ThermoSense XVI – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications Mar 1994 Vol. 2245 (J R Snell).
ThermoSense XVII – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications Mar 1995 Vol. 2473 (S Semanovich)
ThermoSense XVIII – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications Mar 1996 Vol. 2766 (D D Burleigh/J W Spicer)
ThermoSense XIX – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications Apr 1997 Vol. 3056 (R N Wurzbach/D D Burleigh).
ThermoSense XX – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (J R Snell/R N Wurzbach) Mar 1998 Vol. 3361
ThermoSense XXI – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (D H LeMieux/J R Snell) Mar 1999 Vol. 3700
ThermoSense XXII – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (R B Dinwiddie/D H LeMieux) Mar 2000 Vol. 4020
ThermoSense XXIII – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (A E Rozlosnik /R B Dinwiddie) Apr 2001 Vol. 4360
ThermoSense XXIV – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications (Xavier P. Maldague / A E Rozlosnik ) Apr 2002 Vol. 4710
ThermoSense XXV – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications ( K. Elliott Cramer / Xavier P. Maldague ) April 2003 Vol. 5073.
ThermoSense XXVI – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications ( Douglas D. Burleigh /K. Elliott Cramer / G. Raymond Peacock) April 2004 Vol. 5405.
ThermoSense XXVII – An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications ( G. Raymond Peacock/Douglas D. Burleigh /Jonathan J. Miles) April 2005 Vol. 5782