Technical Committee (TC)

STRUCTURE OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (TC)
Chair: Alan Steele, NRC/Canada (alan.steele@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Deputy Chair: Claudia Santo, LATU/Uruguay (csanto@latu.org.uy)

As a permanent body of SIM Council, the main attributions of SIM Technical Committee are to promote closer cooperation among SIM Members in metrology-related projects and measurement services in accordance with international definitions and trends and to advise the Council in regard to technical matters in metrology. The Technical Committee (TC) operates through Technical Working Groups (TWG), which are organized in parallel with the “ Convention du Mètre” Consultative Committees.

· Joint Committee of the Regional Metrology Organizations and the BIPM
Alan Steele, NRC/Canada(alan.steele@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)

Subregional Representatives to the SIM Technical Committee

Noramet
Jim Pekelsky
NRC/Canada
jim.pekelsky@nrc.ca

Carimet
Robert Medford
GDBS
gdbs@caribsurf.com

Camet
Ileana Hidalgo
LACOMET/Costa Rica
ihidalgo@lacomet.go.cr

Andimet
Juan Carlos Castillo
Ibmetro/Bolivia
jc.castillo@ibmetro.org.bo

Suramet
Héctor Laiz
INTI/Argentina
laiz@inti.gov.ar

Technical Working Groups (TWGs)
Fundamental Metrology Working Groups

MWG 1: Electricity and Magnetism Chair: Gregory A. Kyriazis Inmetro/Brasil gakyriazis@inmetro.gov.br Phone: + 55 21 2679-9093	MWG 2: Photometry and Radiometry Chair: María Nadal Laracuente NIST/USA maria.nadal@nist.gov Phone:
MWG 3: Thermometry Chair: Gregory Strouse NIST / USA gregory.strouse@nist.gov Phone: +1 301 975-4803 Fax: +1 301 549-0206 Cochair: Ofelia Robatto LATU/URUGUAY orobatto@latu.org.uy Phone: + 598 26013730- 1298 Fax: + 598 26018554	MWG 4: Length Chair: José Carlos Valente de Oliveira Inmetro/Brasil jcoliveira@inmetro.gov.br Phone: 55-21-26799048 Fax: 55-21-2679-1505
MWG 5: Time and Frequency Chair: Jose Mauricio Lopez CENAM / Mexico jlopez@cenam.mx Phone: +52 442 2110543 Fax: +52 442 215 3904	MWG 6: Ionizing Radiation and Radioactivity Chair: Lisa R. Karam NIST / USA lisa.karam@nist.gov Phone: +1 301 975 5561 Fax: +1 301 869 7682
MWG 7: Mass & Related Quantities Chair: Francisco García CESMEC/Chile fgarcia@cesmec.cl Phone: 598 2 6013730/24 Fax: 592 2 6018554	MWG 8: Chemistry (Amount of Substance) Chair: Gabriela Massif Fundación Chile/Chile gmassif@fundacionchile.cl Phone: (56-2) 2428180
MWG 9: Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration Chair: Gustavo P. Ripper Inmetro / Brazil gpripper@inmetro.gov.br Phone: +55 21 2679-9113	MWG 10: Flow and Volume Chair: Roberto Arias CENAM / Mexico rarias@cenam.mx Phone: +52 442 211 05 76 Fax: +52 442 211 05 00 to 04, ext. 3776
MWG 11: Legal Metrology Working Groups Chair: Marcos Senna Inmetro/Brazil mjsenna@inmetro.gov.br Phone: +55 51 3375-1202 Fax: +55 51 3375-1071
Laws and Regulations Chair: Marcos Senna Inmetro/Brazil mjsenna@inmetro.gov.br Phone: +55 51 3375-1202 Fax: +55 51 3375-1071	Metrological Control of Measuring Instruments Chair: Charles Ehrlich NIST/ USA charles.ehrlich@nist.gov Phone: +1 301 975-4834 Fax: +1 301 975-5414
Documentation Working Group DWG 1: Documents Chair: Jose A. Dajes Castro, Indecopi/Peru jdajes@indecopi.gob.pe Phone: + 51 1 224-7800 Fax: + 51 1 224-0348	DWG 2: Quality System Chair: Gabriela de la Guardia CENAMEP/Panamá gdelaguardia@cenamep.org.pa Phone:
DWG 3: Database Chair: Robert Watters NIST/USA robert.watters@nist.gov Phone: +1 301 975-4122 Fax: +1 301 975-2183