David Gallop

After being involved in a number of structural measurement projects while at University it was inevitable that test and measurement would be my destination upon graduation. Following a number of years working in various test and development departments for a European automotive company I became involved in the design and development of those measurement systems. Moving to the U.S. in the nineties and continuing that involvement up to this day my knowledge is accumulated and diverse.

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Presentation

Why not being there makes all the difference

There are many variables associated with testing, most of which we need to account for and accommodate, it is likely that those very variables have led us to the need to test. However, there is a variable which we influence simply by being there. That variable is operator behaviour. When we are present we unintentionally influence the outcome because the operator, more often than not, will behave differently simply because they are aware they are being observed. How can we remove that variable?