The Macrogram February ‘02
ASM Hartford 2001-2002 Theme
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ASM is teaming with Project Lead the Way (www.pltw.org) and other professional societies in planning a "Females in Engineering" day for Connecticut students. As we introduce pre-engineering programs into our state comprehensive high school technology education programs we want to ensure females at the middle school and ninth grade levels realize that these programs are designed for both females and males. By combining the expertise of our societies we believe we could provide an early Spring 2002 program that could help our students better understand the possibilities of engineering while at the same time help our educators learn more about what they can do to attract and retain females in their technology programs. Rebecca Gatzen and Amanda Sousa will be coordinating the efforts of the Hartford Chapter in support of this symposium. Due to the importance of this project, the position of High School Liaison has been added to our Executive Board with Rebecca assuming this role. Materials Week in Connecticut will be April 15-19, 2002. The joint Hartford/Southern CT committee is concentrating on two days of events. Tuesday, April 16 features a presentation about Historical Events and Places of importance to Materials in Connecticut, with seminars and experiments on materials on the agenda at the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven. Thursday, April 18, will feature a tour of Travelers Insurance's Forensic Lab in Windsor, seminars and exhibits and a dinner followed by a technical presentation. High school and college students will be invited to both events. UConn's Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering will coordinate its Advances in Materials symposium during this week. Those attending our February meeting will receive a brochure describing Materials Week. ASM International has requested information about these events for the April issue of Advanced Materials & Processes. The Southern Connecticut and Hartford Chapter have submitted an application for ASM Historical Landmark designation for the Eli Whitney Museum. The ASM International Board may approve this application as early as its March meeting. The application can be viewed online at (http://www.asm-hartford.org/hlm_nom_form.htm). How many organizations and companies are making engineering and design decisions without the correct materials information? Through membership in ASM International any individual or organization can tap expert knowledge databases. Do you know companies that can benefit by joining ASM? If so, direct them to
http://www.asminternational.org for more information on benefits and how to join.
Networking to help you succeed through ASM Hartford, Based on the ASM vision "To be the first stop resource for technical knowledge, education, networking and professional development for members and customers in the metals and materials community," the Hartford Chapter's theme this year is Build on our Strengths - Leverage our Diversity - Network to Succeed. This is what we do best.
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