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Oil Debris Monitoring:

Toms, A. M., "Detecting Bearing and Gear Failures through At-Line Wear Debris Analysis" , MFPT 2010, Huntsville, AL
Cassidy, K. "Qualifying an On-Line Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensor for Fixed and Rotary Wing Bearings and Gears", presented at IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2008
Toms, A. M. “Closing the Design Loop using Focused Testing and Condition Monitoring”, presented Integrated Wind Plant Predictive Maintenance Management Workshop, NREL, Boulder, CO, April 2006.
Dempsey, P.J. & A. A. Afjeh, “Integrating Oil Debris and Vibration Gear Damage Detection Technologies Using Fuzzy Logic”, NASA/TM– 2002-211126.
Leske, S. (Momac) and D. Kitaljevich (GasTOPS Ltd.), "Managing Gearbox
Failures, Condition Monitoring and Measurement" Presented at the DEWEK Wind Energy Conference in Bremen, Germany, Nov. 2006
Miller, J.L. and D. Kitaljevich, “In-line Oil Debris Monitor for Aircraft Engine Condition Assessment”, IEEE, “0-7803-5846-5, 2000
Muir, D. and B. Howe, "In-line oil debris monitor," Aerospace Engineering Mag., Oct 1996.

Day, L. “The Secret’s in the Filter”, Tribology and Lubrication Technology Magazine, Feb 2008, pp. 33-37.
Humphrey, G. R., “Filter Debris Analysis by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Applied to J52P408 Engines”, Denver X-Ray Conference, August 2007, Denver, CO.
Cassidy, K. & A. M. Toms, “Filter Debris Analysis for Aircraft Engine and Gearbox Health Management ”, presented at MFPT 61, Virginia Beach, VA, April 2007.
Lastinger, W. R. Overman, and L. Yates, “Finding bearing failures through filter debris analysis”, Reliability and Information and Analysis Center (RIAC) Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1st qtr, p. 8-12, 2006.
Toms, A.M., E. Jordan, and G. R. Humphrey, “The Success of Filter Debris Analysis for J52 Engine Condition Based Maintenance”, Proc. 41st AIAA, AIAA-2005-4338, Tucson, AZ, July 2005.
Humphrey, G. R.,“FilterCHECK 300/ EDXRF automated filter debris analysis”, JOAP-TSC-TR-05-01 Technical report, May 2005.

ASTM Practice E2412-04 "Condition Monitoring of Used Lubricants by Trend Analysis Using Fourier Transform Infrared [FTIR] Spectrometry."
Toms, A. M., “Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy – Applying the Correct Method for Your Application’, STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2007.
Kreyn, A., J. Turner, and A. Toms, “Fuel and Water Diagnostic Enhancements at BNSF Railway”, STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2007.
Toms, A., “FT-IR for Effective, Low-cost Oil Condition Monitoring”, J. Lubrication & Fluid Power, Nov 2000, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 26-31.
Toms, A. M., J.R. Powell, & J. Dixon, “The Utilization of FT-IR for Army Oil Condition Monitoring”, presented at and published in Proc. JOAP International Condition Monitoring Conference, Humphrey, G. & R. Martin, ed., JOAP-TSC, Pensacola, FL (1998), pp. 170-176.
A. M. Toms and J.R. Powell, “Molecular Analysis of Lubricants by FT-IR Spectrometry”, P/PM Technology, pp. 58-64, Aug 1997, Vol. 10, Issue 4.
Toms, A. M., "A Preliminary Report on the Evaluation of FTIR for Lubricant Condition and Contamination Determination in Support of Machinery Condition Monitoring. I. Synthetic Lubricants”, Condition Monitoring, '94, Jones, M., ed., Pineridge Press, Swansea, UK (1994), pp. 520-531.

Kreyn, A., J. Turner, A. Toms, “Fuel and Water Diagnostic Enhancements at BNSF Railway”, STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2007.
Toms, A. M., and L. A. Toms, “Lubricant Properties and Test Methods,” Chapter 30, Handbook of Lubrication and Tribology, Vol I: Application and Maintenance, 2nd edition, ed. G. Totten, CRC Press, 2006, ISBN: ISBN: 9780849339028.
Toms, A.M., A. Donahue, “Condition Based Maintenance for Legacy Aircraft”, presented ISHM Conference, Cincinnati, OH, August 2005.
Toms, A. M., “Initial Screening Tests: Portable Particle Counters”, J. Lubrication & Fluid Power, Nov 2002, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 9-12.
Lentz, H., G, Harmon, & A, M. Toms, “An SEM Approach to Wear Debris Analysis”, presented at and published in Proc. 2002 JOAP International Condition Monitoring Conference, Humphrey, G., ed., JOAP-TSC, Pensacola, FL, 2002
Toms, L. A., Expert Systems: A Decade of Use for Used-Oil Data Interpretation”, Proc. Technology Showcase: Integrated Monitoring, Diagnostics and Failure Prevention, p 65-72, Mobile, AL, 1996.