Subject Groups
The Instrument Science and Technology Group
The ISAT Group is now in its nineteenth year and continues to promote the exchange of ideas on all aspects of instrumentation among physicists working in industry, universities, health services and government establishments. As the variety and complexity of modern instrumentation and integrated measurement systems continues to advance there is a need to maintain a co-ordinated review of them. ISAT was formed to help meet this need by proffering a wider understanding of the underlying physics of the techniques together with the practical considerations involved.
The primary focus of the Group's activities is on sensors, particularly the physical principles underpinning new sensor technologies. The aim is to ensure that new ideas in this field are promptly brought to members' attention and are presented in such a way that their potential for use in a range of applications can be recognised and explored. An annual programme typically comprises a number of one-day and half-day meetings encompassing a broad range of topical subjects on, for example, industrial and medical instrumentation. The Group also organises the biennial 'Sensors and their Applications' Conference and Exhibition. The thirteenth conference of the series was held in Greenwich in September 2005 and the next is planned for September 2007.
The Group caters especially for the needs of industrial physicists and welcomes additional industrial membership. Several members of the Group Committee are drawn from industry and represent small as well as the better-known companies. The Group maintains close links with the journal Measurement Science and Technology, published by IOP Publishing, through membership of the Editorial Board and members of the ISAT Committee. News of Group activities is published regularly and participants in ISAT meetings are invited to submit their contributions for publication in Measurement Science and Technology.
All members receive a Newsletter together with meetings information, and suggestions are always sought from members for further ways to enhance the Group's activities.
The pages for the Group are currently being transferred to the new Institute of Physics website. Until this process is complete the original pages for the Group can be accessed here.
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