Patrick Nugent
Vice President, Metrology Systems
Mahr Federal Inc.

Pat Nugent is the Vice President of Metrology Systems for Mahr Federal Inc.  He has been with the Mahr group since 1998, holding the current position since 2002.  Prior to that Pat worked at the headquarters location of the Mahr group in Goettingen, Germany in several different positions.  In his current position he is responsible for the North American Metrology Systems business unit of Mahr Federal which includes form, surface, contour, length, shaft, and gear measurement systems.

In addition to his work at Mahr, Pat is a member of a number of ASME B89 committees working on standards for Form measurement (roundness, cylindricity, straightness, and flatness) as well as committees on the measurement of Internal and External standards (ring gages and plug gages). 

Prior to joining Mahr, Pat worked at Cummins Engine Co. in the Corporate Metrology and later the Fuel System Metrology and Quality groups.  He holds a BS in mechanical engineering and an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering.  Both are from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

PRESENTATION: The Metrology of Golf
On January 1, 2010 a new rule went into effect from the USGA about the configuration of the grooves on golf club faces.  In 2005 they announced that they intended to make this change because the technology advancements that manufacturers had made were impacting the style of play in professional tournaments.  Mahr Federal has created tools to allow the manufacturers to measure the golf club faces and determine conformance to the new standard.  This presentation will focus on this new rule and include some background on why the change was made by the USGA, what the change really entails, and how it can be measured.