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1999 Student Resume Book now available!
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It's National Engineers Week!
Detroit Engineers Week Council
National Engineers Week9th Advanced Aerospace Materials Conference Information
February 17, 1999
Judgement Day on Mt. Everest -- Louis Kasischke
- Attorney and CPA
- Author
- Businessman
- Mountain Climber
Lou will share the incredible events of his Mt. Everest expedition and the lessons he learned from the experience -- critical factors in business and personal success.
- People and Decisions
- Ambition and Values
- Mistakes and Judgement
- Teamwork and Individuality
Lawrence Technological University -- Southfield
Dinner will be served in the Buehl Management Building at 5:30 PM
Presentation will be in the Science Building Auditorium at 7:00 PM
Mail a check payable to MSPE or ACEC to:
Katherine Banicki
Testing Engineers & Consultants
1333 Rochester Road
Troy, MI 48083
Summer Jobs Program
ASM Detroit is in the process of setting up a summer jobs referral program. We feel this free program will be valuable to student members at our Michigan universities, and will promote closer ties between our member companies and an important source of local materials talent.
This program will take advantage of the availability of the Internet access provided to college students; our web site will be the central repository for these positions, with printed matter supplementing it as necessary.
If your organization intends to hire summer materials help, please list your opportunities through ASM Detroit. The success of this program depends upon your participation!
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Vinarcik, Young Members/Student Affairs Committee Chairman, at (313) 337-8377 or Michael_Vinarcik@msn.com.
Automotive Applications of Thermal Spray Technology -- June 3, 1998
A joint ESD-Thermal Spray Society event
Register on-line at www.esd.org
1998 Engineers Week
We are sponsoring a special program at the Detroit Science Center to celebrate National Engineers Week. Download the brochure!
Future Cities Competition
See how the schools we mentored performed this year! Winner of the ASM Special Award for Best Use of Materials will be invited to February 1998 Meeting!
ASM Medallions
Brass medallions of the ASM International logo are now available.
New Scholarships Available
Two additional scholarships will be awarded at Sustaining Members' Night. Please see the Student Affair Committee page for more information.
Technical Seminar, March 31, 1998 (Michigan State University)
"Innovative Use of Materials in High Performance Automobiles"
Representatives from leading automobile manufacturers and their suppliers will speak about new material solutions in the Chrylser Prowler, GM Corvette, and Panoz Roadster. Automobiles will be on display.
Detroit Chapter Scholarship Winners
The Detroit Chapter issues a number of scholarships each year to promote student interest in materials science.
We are pleased to announce the following winners of our 1997 Scholarships; they will receive their awards at our November 10 meeting (Student Night):
James A. Mansfield Scholarship
Marcus Sprow, University of Michigan
Sustaining Members Meritorious Scholarship
Bryan McKeough, Michigan State University
Freshman Scholarship
Elizabeth Rittenberry, Arthur Hill Center for the Arts and Sciences
Marion Semchyshen Continuing Scholarship
Dominick Pulis, University of Michigan
Future Cities Competition
Six members of the Young Member/Student Affairs Committee are supporting the 1998 ESD/SME Future Cities Competition (part of National Engineers Week) by mentoring local schools.
Teams from 50 Michigan schools are competing for a chance to represent Detroit at the national competition. Each group designs a city using SimCity 2000, develops a scale model of their metropolis, and writes an essay about their expereince. Our members are serving as mentors for five local schools, providing engineering expertise to assist the students.
Our participants include:
- Nathan Clark (Clawson Middle School)
- Ed Dryer/Lu-Ling Tu (Bryant Middle School)
- James Eagan (Birmingham Covington School)
- Michael Readwin (Smith Middle School)
- Michael Vinarcik (St. Albert the Great)
Summer Jobs Program
ASM Detroit is in the process of setting up a summer jobs referral program. We feel this free program will be valuable to student members at our Michigan universities, and will promote closer ties between our member companies and an important source of local materials talent.
This program will take advantage of the availability of the Internet access provided to college students; our web site will be the central repository for these positions, with printed matter supplementing it as necessary.
If your organization intends to hire summer materials help, please list your opportunities through ASM Detroit. The success of this program depends upon your participation!
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Vinarcik, Young Members/Student Affairs Committee Chairman, at (313) 337-8377 or Michael_Vinarcik@msn.com.
Elaine Beckwith at ASM Cleveland Young Member's Night
Elaine Beckwith, our Vice-Chairman, will be speaking at the Cleveland Chapter's Young Members Night, held on Tuesday, November. 11, at the Great Lakes Science Center. Their program is significantly larger than ours, last year they had over 300 students attend the meeting. This year they will be inviting over 200 local area high school students and teachers to attend the meeting as our guests. Elaine's talk is titled The Car Of Your Future.
Congratulations and good luck to Elaine!
ASM/SAE Fall Lecture Series
November Lecture Series focused on Alternative Propulsion Systems.
Jack Simon Wins ESD Gold Award
DR. JACK SIMON OF ERIM TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS ESD THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY’S AFFILIATE COUNCIL GOLD AWARD
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN—The Affiliate Council of ESD The Engineering Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Jack G. Simon, Executive Director of Business Development for the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), in Ann Arbor, will receive the 2001 Affiliate Council Gold Award. The Award is the Council’s most prestigious and is presented to a distinguished individual who demonstrates outstanding professional achievement and community service.
Dr. Simon will be honored at the 30th Annual Engineers’ Week Gold Award Banquet to be held Wednesday, February 21, 2001 at the Somerset Inn, 2601 Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan. The evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m., with dinner and awards program to follow. The cost is $45 per person.
Simon’s technical achievements include the development of the auto industry’s first thermoplastic body panels, and the Inmold Method for making nodular iron. Simon’s extensive leadership achievements range from official White House assignments, to teaching high school students the basic principles of Materials Engineering. Throughout his career he has been active in professional societies, especially ASM International, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International and ESD The Engineering Society. Simon has received two of the nation’s highest honors for technology transfer, the Thomas Jefferson Award and the Vannevar Bush Award.
Before joining ERIM, Dr. Simon was President of Technology Access Incorporated, and directed the activities of the North American Aluminum Metal Matrix Consortium. Prior to that, he enjoyed a long and distinguished career at General Motors Corporation, where he served most recently as Director, R&D, for GM Research.
Originally trained as a metallurgical engineer, Simon holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan Technological University, a master’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University, and doctorate in engineering administration from LaSalle University.
The ESD Affiliate Council is comprised of over 50 national and international technical societies with chapters in southeast Michigan. Each year the Council presents the Gold Award at the Annual Banquet. Many of the affiliate societies use this venue to honor an outstanding member of their group with their own awards. Other awards will be presented by: American Polish Engineering Association, American Society for Quality, American Society of Safety Engineers, Civic Affairs Committee of ESD The Engineering Society, Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and The Society of Women Engineers. For ticket information and additional details, contact Lori Birman at (248) 355-2910, ext. 118 or reserve your tickets on-line at www.esd.org.
Founded in 1895, as the Association of Graduate Engineers of the University of Michigan, ESD The Engineering Society has evolved into the nation’s largest multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific society of its kind. With more than 6,000 members throughout the Great Lakes Region, ESD unites engineers, scientists, architects and those in related technical fields. The Society’s programs and services are dedicated to the enhancement of professional development, the advancement of technology and the promotion of the engineering and scientific professions, thereby enabling positive contributions to society. For membership information, visit www.esd.org.
ASM International Materials Camp
Comments from Paul Schmidt, Saginaw Valley Chapter's student:
While at Materials Camp 2000 at ASM International Headquarters I had a great time, and met a lot of new friends. The first day there we had a couple of lectures. One was on "Fun in Metals" by Dr. Robert Pond Jr., in which we learned, or in some cases reviewed the properties of metals and the stacking patterns of atoms in there BCC, FCC, and HCP state. The second was "Why Stuff Falls Apart" by M.R. Louthan Jr, in which we learned the Six Fundamental Causes of Failure. They are very important in Failure Analysis, which is what the main focus of the camp. After the lectures and lunch we headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We took a behind the scenes tour of the structure of the building and the making of backdrops for each exhibit. After the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame we took a tour of Brown stadium. We then went to Jacobs Field and watched the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers.
The Second day we were all assigned to a team and a failure. My team was given a section of pipe from a fire protection distribution system with a 9-inch fish mouth split in it, and our job was to find out why the pipe gave way to 80 psi of stagnant water. After two days of research our team came to the conclusion that Galvanic Corrosion weakened the pipe wall. The fourth day was dedicated to putting together a presentation telling the ASM Trustees Board why the failure occurred and what recommendations as to what can be done to change the situation so the part won't fail again. At the end of the day we went to Six Flags over Ohio amusement park. The next morning all the teams finalized their presentations and then we were off to present our materials to the Trustees Board. All of the presentations went great. After that we headed back to ASM International Headquarters to graduate from camp. The reception for the graduates was great because the campers were able to interact with engineers from their chapters and other chapters around North America. It was great just to talk to them and to learn a couple of secrets along the way. Graduation was the last of Camp, and the next day we all said our good byes and headed home.
Paul Schmidt
Failure Analysis Course
Insurance Discounts
Great rates are available on auto and homeowners insurance through Citizens Insurance Company. Members of ASM receive a 10% discount on auto insurance and 20% discount on homeowners insurance.
Call Hartland Insurance Group at 248-377-9600 for a no-obligation quote. Be sure to mention that you are a member of ASM Detroit in order to have these discounts reflected in your quotes.
ASM Detroit Team at 1999 Leadership Days
ASM Detroit Named Chapter of Excellence for 2001-2002
More details to follow.
ASM/SAE Fall Technical Meeting October 3, 2002
Fall Technical Meeting
Thursday, October 3, 2002Building Cost Effective, High Performance Powertrain Components
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. / Reception: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Today’s highly competitive automotive market presents many business and technical challenges to engineers. Technical collaboration among engineering functions is essential to meet these challenges and achieve continuous improvement in materials, processes and products. Companies must address the demand for higher output powertrains, increased technological content, fuel economy, quality, reliability, and durability issues in order to bring low cost and high performance products to the market.
SAE Detroit Section and the Detroit Chapter of ASM International have combined resources to offer attendees insight into views and approaches taken by local companies to balance cost and performance in their powertrain components and systems. Design, process, materials, and manufacturing engineers should not miss this opportunity to learn why heat treating is essential to improving the performance capabilities of many powertrain components. Eight speakers will discuss a wide range of techniques, knowledge and interactions in heat treating, part design, manufacturing processing, and process optimization that will support attendee decision making on the job.
The session begins with a focus on the importance of technical collaboration and will close with an opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with many of the speakers. There will be a reception immediately after to continue informal dialogue with speakers, attendees and session organizers.
Location:
SAE International
755 W. Big Beaver Road, Ste. 1600
Troy, MI 48084Cost:
$75.00 SAE/ASM member / $25 SAE student member
$90.00 non-memberRegistration Form information:
Fall Technical Meeting – Reservation Form
Thursday, October 3, 2002
“Building Cost Effective, High Performance Powertrain Components”
SAE International Office – TroySend to: SAE Detroit Section, 28535 Orchard Lake Road, Ste. 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334 or by fax: (248) 324-4449
Register online at: www.sae-detroit.orgPlease make reservations for ____ person(s) for the October 3 Fall Technical Meeting. Price: $75.00 SAE/ASM member; $90.00 non-member; $25.00 SAE student member
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2007 Teacher's Camp (due March 31, 2007)
ASM At ESD Gold Awards Banquet
