The Macrogram March ‘02

March 12, 2002 Meeting Announcement
The Battle of the UCONN Students Talk Night
Speaker:  Student Members of the IMS at UCONN

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

 Agenda:
Cocktails: 5:30 PM
Dinner & Program: 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Program Charges:
Regular Members - $25.00
Retirees - $13.00
Full Time Students - $13.00

Technical Chairperson: Nitin Padture

Social Hour Sponsor : Condor Pacific Industries

Abstract:
The names and titles of the talks are as follows:

Liangde Xie (PhD student in materials engineering):
"Coating formation during solution plasma spraying process"

Zhigang Ban (PhD student in materials engineering):
"The Design Parameters for the Optimization of Dielectric Properties in Epitaxial Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films"

Amit Limaye (PhD student in chemical engineering):
"Production of Ceramic Oxide Nanoparticles Using Flame-Based Methods"
Speaker's Bio:
The Speakers tonight will be three UCONN graduate students in the Department of Metallurgy and Material Science who will give short descriptive talks about their research work this past year competing for prize money.  They will illustrate their project talks with slides, overheads and posters to enhance our understanding of their work. 

Prizes will be given to the first, second and third place winners determined by the vote of the audience of our attending members.  Does this make them professional students?

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) awarded the UConn Student Chapter its 2001 Joint ASM/TMS Chapters of Excellence award for Technical Programming at the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting, February 17-21, in Seattle, Washington.

CHAIRMAN'S LETTER

Our February Meeting was our Trustee Visit Night. Dr. Walter M. Griffith, 2001-2002 Trustee of ASM International and Chief, Metals, Ceramics & NDE Division, Air Force Research Lab gave the technical presentation The Wright Stuff: Materials Considerations in Building the Wright Flyer. His talk was filled with thoughtful insight into historical significance of why the Wright brothers succeeded when other failed to fly.  Materials choices and engineering principles ruled their methods. Unbelievably, a skeptic US government did not believe this achievement and for several years refused to send a representative to observe the Wright early flights. Due to demand, the references for Dr. Griffith's talk have been posted on our website (http://www.asm-hartford.org/griffith_ref.htm).

Upcoming Meetings 

April 16-18 Materials Week Events
May 14 PVD Thin Film Coatings - Eleana Ritoli, MPI
June 11 Vintage Aircraft Restoration
Other ASM Chapters Meetings

Southern Connecticut Chapter: Thursday, March 21, 2002
ADVANCES IN HEAT TREATING AND BRAZING - Roger J. Fabian,
Bodycote Thermal Processing

Worcester Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Plant Tour: Hyde Manufacturing

Association of Women in the Metal Industries: Thursday, March 14, 2002
The  Titanic: A Forensic analysis on why the unsinkable ship went down.
Jennifer Hooper from  John Hopkins University

ASM Hartford 2001-2002 Theme

Build on our Strengths
Leverage our Diversity
Network to Succeed
 
The first stop information source for the materials industry in northern Connecticut.
Materials Week Event Schedules:

April 16, 2002 Agenda
at Eli Whitney Museum
1. Noon luncheon ($10)
2. Talk on significant materials historical sites in Connecticut.
3. Demonstrations of materials.
4. Special Recognitions/Announcements.
5. Visit to Yale Peabody Museum.

Seminar: April 17, 2002 at 10:30 am in IMS Plaza Complex Room 159, UConn
Modifying the Materials Properties of Steel Reinforced Concrete to Decrease Lifecycle Costs in Corrosive Environments by Neal S. Berke, Grace Construction Products.

April 18, 2002 Agenda
at Marriott Hartford Windsor Airport
1. Noon start first tour group to Travelers Forensic Lab. (Tour ~1½ - 2 hours).
2. Exhibition Room open from noon to 5 PM. Material displays by industry and societies. UConn Students Research poster displays.
3. Six Materials Forensic/Failure Problems seminars. 2-5 PM.
* Forensic Applications of the SEM
* Seminar Two
* A Day in the Life of a Forensic Engineer
* Seminar Four
* Seminar Five
* Collapse of the Hartford Civic Center Roof
4. 5 to 6 PM reception. Cash bar.
5. 6 to 7:45 PM dinner
6. 8 to 9 PM talk by Joseph Epperson, NTSB.

Visit our websites to register today
http://www.asm-hartford.org
http://www.asm-soct.org
Thanks to our sponsor for the social hour:

Condor Pacific Industries
250 Knotter Drive
Cheshire, CT  06410
http://www.condorpacific.com
Tel: 203-250-3500

The Cheshire Division manufactures six different types of gyroscopes as well as supplier Inertial Measuring Units (IMU) for the AMRAAM program to Raytheon and the BAT program to Northrop.

Navigation is our business

The contributions of two of our members to the Hartford Chapter were recognized. It was an honor to present Harley Graime with a plaque for his service as our 2000-2001 Chairman. His leadership helped build the skills of our present leaders. The second individual, Rebecca Gatzen, whom we honored, started attending executive committee meetings right after she graduated with a degree in Computer Sciences. The leadership talents that she gained as the captain of the Women Golf Team were put to great use as chairwoman of our 2001 Golf Classic in September. In recognition of this, and her current outreach efforts with middle and high school through Project Lead the Way, ASM International rewarded Rebecca with a one-year professional membership. Her father, Gary (1981-2 Hartford Chairman) and brother Grant (our Treasurer) were present.

     

The Gatzen's were not alone in making Trustee Night a family affair. Amanda Sousa, the Hartford Chapter Secretary, was joined that night by her brother Andrew and her father Norman.

Materials Week in Connecticut will be April 15-19, 2002. The joint Hartford/Southern CT committee is concentrating on three 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 at the Marriott Hartford Windsor Airport. High school and college students will be invited to both events. UConn's Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering is having a Modifying the Materials Properties of Steel Reinforced Concrete to Decrease Lifecycle Costs in Corrosive Environments seminar on April 17. Those going to Storrs will be able to tour the newly completed addition to the IMS facilities.

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,
Arnie Grot
Executive Committee

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.

Hartford CT. Chapter Officers:
Chairperson  Arnie Grot (860) 633-5849
Vice Chairperson Stu Weiss (860) 285-4232
Secretary  Amanda Sousa (860) 626-3312                   
Treasurer  Grant Gatzen (860) 667-4403
Public Relations   John Rugh (860) 741-9350
Yearbook   Joe Kubinski (860) 745-5977
Education Steve Crosby (860) 827-5014
Scholarship  Marc Froning (860) 623-9901 ext 154
Membership  Jack Piela (860) 872-9359
University Affairs John Morral (860) 486-2592
Student Affairs Nitin Padture (860) 486-4206
High School Student Affairs 
Rebecca Gatzen (860) 667-4403
Outgoing Chair Harley Graime (860) 522-3123
Sustaining Members

Consider becoming a sustaining member.
For information request information or contact your Chapter Chairperson.

Bodycote Hooven Inc.
Bodycote Lindberg Corp.
Carvel Inc.
Engelhard Corporation
Flame Treating & Engineering Co.
Gillette Duracell
Grot Enterprises
Industronics Service Co.
Jacobs Vehicle Systems
J.M. Ney Co.
Lutz Associates
Mott Corporation
M&S Inc.
NERAC
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/United Technologies
Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.
Stanadyne Automotive PEP-C
Stanley P. Rockwell Co.
The Torrington Co.
United Services Co.
University of Connecticut
Vitta Corp.

I am only one, But still I am one.
I cannot do everything, But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Edward Everett Hale

Chapters in New England

Southern CT  http://www.asm-soct.org

Rhode Island Chapter
  http://www.metallography.com/asmri.htm

Worcester Chapter http://www.asm-ma.org

Boston Chapter http://www.asmboston.org

Northern New England Chapter
http://www.asm-nne.org