ATA Engineering’s 2026 IMAT Training

ATA Engineering’s 2026 IMAT Training

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Unlock the full capabilities of IMAT with ATA Engineering’s upcoming hands-on software training. Designed for engineers with a strong working knowledge of MATLAB®, this comprehensive course provides practical instruction from the ATA engineers directly responsible for developing and maintaining this software tool.

Held at ATA’s Denver office and via Zoom, from November 2–6, 2026, this training covers IMAT’s core capabilities, IMAT+FEA, IMAT+Modal, IMAT+Signal, and Attune. Through a combination of instructor-led sessions and interactive workshops, participants will gain hands-on experience organizing and manipulating engineering data, working with FEA results, planning and processing test data, estimating modal parameters, and performing advanced signal processing.

Attendees can choose the training option that best fits their needs, beginning with IMAT’s core capabilities and expanding into additional product features throughout the week.

Review the pricing details and training agenda below.

Register to secure your spot by October 2, 2026.

ATA Engineering Contact:

Jack Schieferdecker

[email protected]

(858) 480-2075

Course Pricing Details

The price per section includes course materials and lunch. In the registration form, attendees can select which courses they would like to attend.

Section 1 | November 2 – 3

  • Core IMAT / IMAT + FEA Training

    • This course is recommended for all IMAT users and will cover basic IMAT usage as well as interfacing with Nastran and Abaqus.

    • Cost: $1,500 per student

Section 2 | November 4 – 5

  • IMAT + Modal / IMAT + Signal Training

    • This course is recommended for IMAT users involved in modal testing from pretest analysis through signal processing and modal paramter extraction.

    • Cost: $1,500 per student

Section 3 | November 6

  • Attune Training

    • This course is recommended for IMAT users who are correlating FEMs to modal test results.

    • Cost: $375 per student

Venue

ATA Engineering, Inc.
1597 Cole Blvd.
Suite 375
Lakewood, CO 80401

Arrival Instructions

Please park in any unreserved parking space and proceed to the 3rd floor of Denver West Building 15. Upon arrive at Suite 375, please ring the doorbell to be let inside.


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IMAT Training Agenda

Section 1: November 2-3, 2026

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MST

Session One (4 hours)

Introduction to IMAT

  • Introduction to object-oriented programming

  • What is IMAT?

  • Overview of IMAT organization and toolboxes

  • Getting help in IMAT

Introduction to imat_ctrace

  • Creating coordinate traces and modifying attributes

  • Additional helper functions

Workshop: Using imat_ctrace

Session Two (2 hours)

Introduction to imat_filt and imat_fn

  • Creating and manipulating function filters

  • Creating and manipulating functions

  • Modifying function attributes

  • Function plotting, math operations, and coordinate transformations

  • Setting function plot attributes using imat_fnplot

  • Using imat_ctrace and imat_filt with functions

Workshop: Using imat_filt and imat_fn

Session Three (4 hours)

Introduction to imat_shp

  • Shape attributes

  • Convenience functions

  • Plotting shapes

Workshop: Using imat_shp

Introduction to imat_fem

  • Coordinate systems, nodes, elements, tracelines

  • Subscripting

  • FEM methods

  • Plotting FEMs and results using VTKPLOT

Workshop: Using imat_fem

Introduction to imat_result

  • Result attiributes

  • Data Manipulation

Workshop: Using imat_result

Session Four (2 hours)

Other IMAT Convenience Functions

  • Example functions provided with IMAT

  • Other helper functions

Workshop: Creating a Function

Session Five (4 hours)

Using IMAT+FEA for Importing and Exporting

  • Import and export Nastran

  • Nastran matrix formats

  • Import and export Abaqus ODB

  • Import and export Femap

Workshop: Import Nastran and Abaqus

Nastran Format Details

  • Output2 (OP2) format

  • Punch (PCH) format

Workshop: Manipulating Nastran results

Section 2: November 4-5, 2026

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. MST

Session Six (6 hours)

Pretest Analysis with IMAT+Modal

  • TAMKIT: Accelerometer set selection and matrix reduction alters

  • MTK: Modal Tool Kit pretest functions

  • selectASET: Algorithm for accelerometer set selection

Workshop: TAMKIT, MTK, selectASET

  • GA: Genetic Algorithm for accelerometer set selection

  • TAM generation process

  • TAM quality checks

Workshop: Using GA

Session Seven (2 hours)

Test Data Quality Assessments with IMAT+Modal

  • MTK: Modal Tool Kit

  • Verify pre-test analysis

  • Data Quality Assessments

  • Assessing Modal Test results

  • IMAT+Modal functions

Workshop: Using MTK

Session Eight (4 hours)

Introduction to spFRF

  • spFRF: Signal Processing Frequency Response Functions

  • Using the spFRF GUI

  • Signal Processing Fundamentals brief overview

Workshop: Using spFRF

Session Nine (4 hours)

Introduction to AFPoly

  • Modal curve-fitting with AFPoly

  • AFPoly GUI interface

  • Stability diagram and MIF interpretation

  • Shape verification

Workshop: Using AFPoly

Section 3: November 6, 2026

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST

Session Ten (4 hours)

Attune

Workshop: Using Attune

 

Date And Time

2026-11-02 to
2026-11-06
 

Price

$Cost: Core IMAT / IMAT + FEA Training ($1,500 per student) // IMAT + Modal / IMAT + Signal Training ($1,500 per student) // Attune Training ($375 per student)

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