1. President’s message

   • Charles E. Harris

   News 23 December 2017 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Publisher’s note

   • Kristin L. MacDonald

   News 23 December 2017 Pages: 2 - 2

3. Calendar of events

   Events 23 December 2017 Pages: 3 - 3

4. SEM news

   News 23 December 2017 Pages: 5 - 7

5. SEM history

   • C. E. Taylor
   • Peter K. Stein

   News 23 December 2017 Pages: 9 - 11

6. Modal Space: Back to Basics

   • Pete Avitabile

   OriginalPaper 23 December 2017 Pages: 13 - 14

7. Mechanical fringe shifting in Moiré interferometry

   • B. Han
   • D. Columbus
   • J. Lu

   Techniques 23 December 2017 Pages: 16 - 19

8. Evaluation of residual deformations in ion implanted steel plates by means of TV holography

   • G. H. Kaufmann
   • F. V. Díaz
   • G. E. Galizzi

   Techniques 23 December 2017 Pages: 20 - 22

9. Superficial residual stress analysis in a photoelastic medium by phase shifting technique

   • A. Zenina
   • J.-C. Dupré
   • A. Lagarde

   Techniques 23 December 2017 Pages: 23 - 25

10. Experimental optimization of an optopneumatic interface

    • G. Belforte
    • G. Eula

    Techniques 23 December 2017 Pages: 26 - 29

11. Whole field determination of isoclinic and isochromatic parameters

    • N. Plouzennec
    • J.-C. Dupré
    • A. Lagarde

    Techniques 23 December 2017 Pages: 30 - 33

12. Whose model is it?: Bridging the gap between engineering and statistics

    • P. Lenk

    Feature 23 December 2017 Pages: 34 - 36

13. Automotive testing — Lab operations

    • M. French
    • M. Jay

    Feature 23 December 2017 Pages: 38 - 40

14. New products

    News 23 December 2017 Pages: 44 - 45