Digital Imaging The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Speaker:  Mr. Brooks Corl – Sr. Manager Imaging Applications
Date: March 14, 2000

Place: Troutbrook Brewery, 45 Bartholomew Ave., Hartford (I-84 E or W, Exit 46, Left at bottom of ramp, 2^nd light (Park St.) go left, 2^nd right is Bartholomew. Ph: (860) 951-1680

Technical Chairperson: Elena Ritoli
Social Hour sponsored by: Metallurgical Processing Inc.

Reservations: Call Linda or Kevin at Dynamic Metals (860) 583-3336 by noon March 13. Please call in ASAP – thanks!

Abstract:

Digital images are “free”.  Or are they?
The advent of high quality, reasonably priced digital cameras invites scientific professionals to “go digital” for all their imaging work.  This may include laboratory records, publication files, internet and e-mail imaging, even organization-wide data basing.  What impact will digital imaging have on these functions?  Will research documentation be managed quicker, cheaper, easier?  Will there be changes in image quality?  Hidden costs?  Will digital images be accepted as original records?  Answers to these questions are pretty clear in some cases, incomplete at best, in others. This presentation will address most of the questions and some of the answers. Discussed will be: Pro and con of digital imaging versus film, system requirements for digital image capture, management, storage, 2 fundamental ways to get a digital image into your computer, costs you can expect when you “go digital”, and output options

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Materials Week In Connecticut
April 16-22, 2000

Social Hour Sponsor: Open – please call Joe Kubinski

Dear Members:

The board would like to extend a special invitation to our members who have been with the chapter to earn their membership year awards.  Congratulations and our thanks to all.  In appreciation for 50 year and life members who attend this meeting, we would like to offer a complimentary dinner.  Feel free to attend and take advantage of this offer, and to share some of your experiences from over the years.  The list of eligible members is on the reverse side of this newsletter.

 For those that braved the snowstorm, the late January meeting proved to be well worth the effort, as Dr. DeHaemer provided an engaging presentation of life aboard a nuclear powered FBM submarine.  The afternoon program of materials flow was lightly attended, but the caliber of presentations was excellent. Dr. Martin Blackburn of PWA provided an overview of the evolution versus revolution of materials developments, and gave insights into new areas of materials developments.   Dr. Harris Marcus of UCONN provided an overview of the materials clusters being formed with industry, and how the focus is on enabling companies without sufficient resources a better chance to compete.  Dr. DeHaemer provided an ASM perspective on how it can best serve the needs of the chapter and industry.

Because the program was well received, we will hopefully try to stage another such program in a better weather month.

As always, we hope to see as many of you as possible at the next meeting.

With best regards,

Joe Kubinski

Executive Committee