California Department of Transportation
Richmond San Rafael
Coronado Bridge Carquinez
San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge

Materials Engineering and Testing Services

Office of Testing and Technology Services -
Instrumentation Branch

The Instrumentation Services branch provides instrumentation and consulting services to customers within Caltrans.

Edmund Ung - Senior Electronics Engineer, Branch Chief
Fred McWhorter - Transportation Engineer (Electrical) 

Edmund Ung, P.E.

Senior Electronics Engineer, Branch Chief

Fred McWhorter, P.E.

Transportation Engineer (Electrical) 

Karim Mirza - Electrical Engineering Technician III
Eric Jacobson - Electrical Engineering Technician III

Karim Mirza

Electrical Engineering Technician III

Eric Jacobson

Electrical Engineering Technician III

SERVICES PROVIDED:

Instrumentation

Structural instrumentation services

  • Install electronic sensors to measure engineering parameters on structures.
  • Setup instrumentation and record data using computerized data acquisition equipment.
  • Reduce and report data for engineering analysis.

Equipment Repair

Repair and calibrate electronic and electro-mechanical equipment

  • Pavement deflectometers
  • Skid testers
  • Traffic congestion monitors
  • Strain indicators
  • Laboratory test equipment

   Electronic Design and Consulting Services

Perform electronic design in support of instrumentation related activities

  • Bridge scour monitoring systems
  • Snow avalanche control systems
  • Vehicle crash test electronics

 

 
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