Wednesday September 18, 2024 Implant Biomaterials
Craig Rosenblum, Himed
Pollo Rico
Wednesday October 16, 2024 Ship-Hull Slamming
Jack Lombardi, US Merchant Marine Academy
Pollo Rico
Monday November 18, 2024 Student Nite
Stony Brook University, Old Eng rm301
Wednesday December 13, 2024 The Gifts of the Magi
Frank Szalajda, P.E., Margolin &Assoc
Pollo Rico
April 2024 Student Nite
Old Field Club, by West Meadow Beach
March 2024 Failure Analysis
Greg Smith, Rimkus
Pollo Rico
February 2024 Wastewater Treatment
Elyssa Tores, Roux
Pollo Rico
January 2024 Nuclear Archeology
Biays Bowerman, BNL
Pollo Rico
December 2023 Height: mm to um
Jim Quinn, Stony Brook University
Pollo Rico
November 2023 Student Nite
Stony Brook University, Old Eng rm301
November 2023 Radiation Damage in Microstructures
Cormac Killeen, Stony Brook University
Pollo Rico
September 2023 FEA for Quality and Tests
Pavan Vaddadi, Dayton T. Brown Inc.
Pollo Rico
April 2023
Student Nite
Old Field Club, by West Meadow Beach
March 2023
Marine Materials
Bob Aller, Stony Brook University
Pollo Rico
February 2023
Thermal Spray at Hitemco
Noel Gibilaro, Hitemco
Pollo Rico
January 2023
Salt Reactors
James Wishart, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Pollo Rico
Recycled Construction Materials
Lauren Asfour, Posillico
Pollo Rico
Student Nite
Structural Testing
Pollo Rico
Dark Energy Telescope
Pollo Rico
Student Nite
Diesel Engines and Thermal Spray
Pollo Rico
Vibration Testing
Pollo Rico
Dark Energy Telescope (postponed)
Pollo Rico
Life of Henry Moseley
Jim Quinn, Stony Brook University, NY
Pollo Rico
November 2021
Student Night: Senior Projects
Kevin Nastos, D&B Engineers and Architects
Pollo Rico
October 2021 Water Treatment
Kevin Nastos, D&B Engineers and Architects
Pollo Rico
September 2021 Electronic Materials
Michael Dudley, Stony Brook University
Pollo Rico
September 2020 Opening Nite
Speaker: Ed Gildersleeve (SBU, CTRS)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Thermally Sprayed Coatings and Their Application
in the Modern-Day Gas Turbine Engine Components
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 23rd, 2020
October 2020 Emerging Professionals Nite
Speaker: Prof. Nav Nidhi Rajput (SBU, Materials)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Materials for Next Generation Batteries
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 21st, 2020
November 2020 - Student Night: Senior Projects I
Location: Zoom
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm-8pm oral presentations
Date: Monday November 16th, 2020
December 2019 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: Jim Quinn (SBU, Materials)
Topic: Life of Henry Moseley
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 9th, 2020
January 2021 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Date: TBA
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2021 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, President of ANS
Topic: Why isn't Nuclear THE clean energy
Time: 7pm (Zoom meeting)
Date: Tuesday February 16th, 6pm, 2021
March 2021 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Prof. Don Weidner, SBU Geosciences
Topic: Ultra-High Pressure Processing and Characterization of Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March TBA, 2021
April 2021- Student Night: Senior Projects II
Location: TBA
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April TBA, 2021
September 2019 Opening Nite
Speaker: Dr. Bin Cheng (SBU, Materials)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Creep Resistant Copper Alloy
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 18th, 2019
October 2019 Emerging Professionals Nite
Speaker: Dan Migliorino (ReliaCoat)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Infrared Thermography of Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 16th, 2019
November 2019 - Student Night: Senior Projects I
Location: Old Field Club (near West Meadow Beach)
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 20th, 2019
December 2019 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: Collin Olsen (D'Addario)
Topic: Guitar Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 11th, 2019
January 2020 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Lance Snead, Stony Brook Materials
Topic: Nuclear Materials
Date: Wednesday Janary 22nd, 2020
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2020 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Prof. Anthony Lee (SUNY Farmingdale)
Topic: Nano Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 19th, 2020
March 2020 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Prof. Don Weidner, SBU Geosciences
Topic: Ultra-High Pressure Processing and Characterization of Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 25th , 2020
April 2020 - Student Night: Senior Projects II
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April 22nd, 2020
September 2018 Opening Nite
Speaker: Daniel Denis (Pratt and Whitney, UTC, Hartford, CT)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Materials Selection for Millenials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 19th, 2018
October 2018
Speaker: Brian Brady (National Grid)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: TBA
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 17th, 2018
November 2018 - Student Night
Location: Curry Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 14th, 2018
December 2018 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: Jeff Wasson
Topic: Medieval Metal Armor
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 12th, 2018
January 2019 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Les Fishbone, LGF Consulting
Topic: Albert Einstein
Date: Tuesday January 8th, 2019
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2019 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Coray McBean
Topic: Nano Metals and Metal Oxides
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 20th, 2019
March 2019 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Matt Wittlinger, BAE Systems
Topic: 3d Printing in Aerospace Industry
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 13th , 2019
April 2019 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April ????, 2019
September 2017 Opening Nite
Speaker: Gregg Smith (Center for Thermal Spray Research)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Metallurgy in Thermal Spray
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 20th, 2017
October 2017
Speaker: Mike Hemphill (Dayton T Brown)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Contemporary Failure-Analysis Study
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 18th, 2017
November 2017 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 15th, 2017
December 2017 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: Jeff Brogan (Mesoscribe)
Topic: To be determined
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 13th, 2017
January 2018 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: TBA
Speaker: Michael DePhillips, BNL
Topic: Cyber Security
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2018 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Dr. Lenny Marotta
Topic: Titanium Implants
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 21st, 2018
March 2018 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Sal Marino (Reliacoat)
Topic: GE Experience, from Design to Practicality
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 28st, 2018 <-----------------------change of date
April 2018 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April 18th, 2018
September 2016 Opening Nite
Speaker: Dr. Harold Michels (Copper Development Association)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Copper Kills Bacteria
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 21th 2016
October 2016
Speaker: Paul Gilman (Praxair)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Sputter Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 19th 2016
November 2016 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 16th 2016
December 2016 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: Dr. Paul Lawrence
Topic: Plum Island
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 14th 2016
January 2017 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Christina Swinson, BNL
Topic: Riding the Plasma Wave into the Future of Particle Acceleration
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2017 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Karen Chen-Wiegart, BNL
Topic: Spectroscopy of Metals
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 15, 2017
March 2017 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Vijay Alreja, VJ Tech.
Topic: Radiography of Metals
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 22, 2017
April 2017 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April xxth, 2017
September 2015 Opening Nite
Speaker: Dr. Elena Polyakova (Graphene Labs)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Graphene 3d-Printing
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 16th 2015
October 2015
Speaker: Dr. Julio Carrion (SBU/Dental)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Dental Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 21st 2015
November 2015 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 18th 2015
December 2015 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: John Twilley
Topic: Art Materials and Conservation
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 9th 2015
January 2016 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Bederson
Topic: From Army Private to Atomic Physicist for the Manhattan Project
Date: Wednesday January 20, 2016
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2016 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Clement Marmorat
Topic: Welding Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 17, 2016
March 2016 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Chris Jensen (ReliaCoat)
Topic: TBA
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 9, 2016
April 2016 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April 20th, 2016
September 17th 2014 Opening Nite
Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Sampath (Stony Brook University)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Innovation in Thermal Spray
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday September 17th 2014
October 2014 15th, 2014
Speaker: Chris Hausel (Stony Brook University, Muncipal Testing)
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Topic: Testing and Inspection of Materials in Construction
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday October 15th 2014
November 2014 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 19th 2014
December 2014 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speakers: TBA
Topic: PSEG Infrastructure
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 10th 2014
January 2015 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Lynne Ecker, BNL
Topic: Radioactive XRD at NSLS
Date: Wednesday January 21st, 2015
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
February 2015 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Prof. Jason Trelewicz, Stony Brook University
Topic: Tuning Properties of Metals using Nanomaterials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 18, 2015
March 2015 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Rupert Hopkins, XSB
Topic: The Convergence of the Industrial Semantic Web and the Internet of Things
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 11, 2015
April 2015 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April 15th, 2015
April 2014 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday April 16th, 2014
March 2014 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Cotillion, Jericho
Speaker: Phil Waldvogel
Topic: Inspection and Corrosion of Bridges
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday March 19th 2014
February 2014 Past Chairs Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Amy Marschilok, SBU, Energy Center
Topic: Battery Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday February 19th 2014
January 2014 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Steven Musolino, BNL
Topic: Dirty Bombs
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday January 22th 2014
December 2013 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Frank Szaladja
Topic: Testing and Inspection
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 11th 2013
November 2013 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 20th 2013
September 2012
Location: Clovis Point (Vineyard), Jamesport
Topic: Wine Tasting
Time: 2pm
Date: Sunday 9/16/2012
October 2012
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Dean/VP Yacov Shamash, Stony Brook University
Topic: The Key Role of Engineers in Long Island's Economic Future
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 10/10/2012
November 2012 - Student Night
Location: Old Field Club, East Setauket
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Initial Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm poster, 6-9pm yummy food, 7:30 2 oral presentations
Date: Wednesday November 14th 2012
December 2012 - Companion's Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: John Laurence Busch, Historian
Topic: Steam Coffin
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday December 12th 2012
January 2013 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: TBA
Speaker: Suzanne Smith
Topic: Accelerator Production of Radio-isotopes
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wed January 16th, 2013
February 2013 Past Chairs Night
Location: Copper Wok, Hicksville
Speaker: Ben Emley, Watt Fuel Cell
Topic: Fuel-Cell Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/20/2013
March 2013 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Mauricio's, St. James
Speaker: TBA
Topic: Solar-Cell Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/20/2013
April 2013 - Student Night
Location: Stony Brook Univ
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Final Senior-Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday TBA
May 2013
Location: TBA
Speakers: TBA
Topic: TBA
Time: TBA
Date: TBA
April 2012 - Student Night
Location: Stony Brook Univ, Simons Center, Lobby
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wed April 18th
September 2011
Topic: 16 Years of Failure Analysis at BNL
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Dr. Carl Czajkowski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Date: Wednesday 9/21/2011
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
October 2011
Topic: Materials from a Mechanical Perspective
Speaker: Dr. Jon Longtin (SBU)
Location: Copper Wok in Hicksville
Date: Wednesday 10/19/2011
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
November 2011
Location: SUNY Stony Brook, Wang Center, Chapel
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner/buffet), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/16/2011
December 2011 Companions Night
Location: Pollo Rico, Centereach
Speaker: Joe Brady (BNL)
Topic: Explosive Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/14/2011
January 2012 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: TBA
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: TBA
February 2012 Past Chairs Night
Location: Sonoma Grill
Speaker: Prof. Charles Fortmann
Topic: Solar Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/21/2012
March 2012 Sustaining Members Night
and Emerging Professionals Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/21/2012
April 2012 - Student Night
Location: Stony Brook Univ, Wang Center, Chapel
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: TBA
May 2012
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: TBA
Date: Sunday TBA
May 2011
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday 05/01/2011
April 2011 - Student Night
Location: Stony Brook Univ, Wang Center, Chapel
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/27/2011
March 2011 Sustaining Members Night
and Emerging Professionals Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Jason Trelewicz (Mesoscribe)
Topic: Thermal Spray Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday 03/16/2011
February 2011 Past Chairs Night
Location: Copper Wok in Hicksville
Speaker: Rick Schwartzman (Aeroflex)
Topic: Electronic Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/16/2011
January 2011 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: Brickhouse Brewery, Patchogue
Speaker: Joseph Indusi, BNL
Topic: Nat'l Security at BNL
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 01/19/2011
December 2010 Companions Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Silvia Centeno (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Topic: Art and Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/08/2010
November 2010
Location: SUNY Stony Brook, Wang Center, Chapel
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner/buffet), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/17/2010
October 2010
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Dr. Yizhi Meng (Stony Brook Univ)
Topic: Biomaterials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 10/20/2010
September 2010 Opening Night
Location: Sonoma Grill in Holbrook
Speaker: Dr. Giuseppe Camarda (Brookhaven Natl Lab)
Topic: Crystallographic Research at BNL
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 09/15/2010
February 2010 Past Chairs Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Prof. Chris Weyant (SUNY Stony Brook)
Topic: Materials Research at Stony Brook University
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/17/2010
March 2010 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: James Waldvogel (WMI)
Topic: Failure Analysis Investigations
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday 03/16/2010
April 2010 - Student Night
Location: Sonoma Grill
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Thursday 04/22/2010 (note change of date)
May 2010
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday, April 25th (yes! April)
September 2009 Opening Night
Location: South Shore Restaurant, Patchogue
Speaker: Dr. Adam Hutter, Director, EML
Topic: History of Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML)
and its changing role as a DHS facility
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 9/16/2009
October 2009
Location: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Keith Kowalsky, Flame Spray Industries
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 10/21/2009
Topic: Thermal Spray Applications in Auto Engines
November 2009
Location: SUNY Stony Brook
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner/buffet), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/18/2009
December 2009 Companions Night
Location: Copper Wok in Hicksville
Speaker: Jamie Swan, Webb Institute, LIMWS
Topic: Custom Bicycle Fabrication
Time: 6:30pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/09/2009
January 2010 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: South Shore Restaurant, Patchogue
Date: Cancelled (sorry!)
September 2008 Opening Night
Location: Sitar Restaurant, Huntington
Speaker: Prof. Devinder Mahajan (BNL/SBU)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 09/17/2008
Topic: Energy, Metals, and Hydrides
During the social hour (6-7pm), there will
be a product demonstration by Connie Depner
from Zeiss.
October 2008
Location: Union Station, Smithtown
Speaker: Chris Jensen, CVD Corporation
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 10/15/2008
Topic: Nano-Materials
November 2008
Location: SUNY Stony Brook
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner/buffet), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/19/2008
December 2008 Companions Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speaker: George Hart
Topic: Art and Materials
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/10/2008
January 2009 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: South Shore Restaurant, Patchogue
Speaker: Dr. Adam Hutter, Director, EML
Topic: History of Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML)
and its changing role as a DHS facility
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009
February 2009 Past Chairs Night
Location: Union Station, Smithtown
Speaker: Prof. Ahmed Ibrahim (SUNY Farmingdale)
Topic: Extending Fatigue Life via Coatings
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/18/2009
March 2009 Sustaining Members Night
and Joint Meeting with American Welding Society
Location: Union Station, Smithtown
Speaker: Gary Elgort (ConEd)
Topic: Steam Disasters
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/18/2009 (noted change of date)
April 2009 - Student Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/15/2009
May 2009
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday April 26th, approx. 2-6pm
September 2007 Opening Night
Location: Sitar Restaurant, in Huntington
Speaker: Gary Elgort, Consolidated Edison
Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 09/12/2007
Topic: Metallurgy of Steam Pipes
October 2007
Location: Sitar Restaurant, in Huntington
Speaker: John Papazian, Northrup Grumman
Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 10/10/2007
Topic: Failure Analysis and Finite Elemental Analysis
November 2007
Location: SAC Center (Ballroom A), SUNY Stony Brook
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/14/2007
December 2007 Companions Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speaker: Jack Lombardi
Topic: The Materials of Makeup
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/12/2007
January 2008 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
and the John Weeks Lecture
Location: South Shore Restaurant, Patchogue
Speaker: Joanna Ingraham, BNL
Topic: Nuclear Test Personnel Review
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday 01/15/2008
February 2008 Past Chairs Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speaker: Alex Chi, Demeton
Topic: Detonation Spraying
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/13/2008
March 2008 Sustaining Members Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Dr. Carl Czajkowski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: Failure Analysis of Prudhoe Bay Pipeline
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/26/2008 (noted change of date)
April 2008 - Student Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/09/2008
May 2008
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday 04/27/2008 2pm ( Yes.........April ! )
September 2006 Opening Night
Location: SUNY Farmingdale, Lupton Hall
Speaker: Prof. Hazem Tawfik
Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 09/13/2006
Topic: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, followed by tour of Institute for Research & Technology
October 2006
Location: Cradle of Aviation, Tour
Time: 5:15 arrival (sharp!), 5:30-6:30 private tour, 6:45 dinner at Tin Alley
Date: Wednesday 10/25/2006
November 2006
Location: Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/15/2006
December 2006 Companions Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Fan Tao, D'Addario & Company
Topic: The Violins of the Future
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 12/13/2006
January 2007 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
Location: South Shore Restaurant (Note: changed location)
Speaker: Dr. Samuel Aronson, BNL Lab Director
Topic: TBD
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday 01/09/2007
February 2007 Past Chairs Night
Location: Sitar
Speaker: Andrew Gouldstone, Stony Brook
Topic: Direct Write Thermal Spray Processing
of Sensors and Multifunctional Structures
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Thursday 02/15/2007
March 2007
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Brogan, Mesoscribe Corporation
Topic: Thermally Sprayed Sensors
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/14/2007
April 2007 - Student Night
Location: Union Station in Smithtown
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/11/2007
May 2007
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday 05/06/2007 3pm
May 2006
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday 05/07/2006
April 2006 - Student Night
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Speakers: Students to be determined
Topic: Review Senior Design Results and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/19/2006
March 2006
Location: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Speaker: NSLS Facility Tour
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/15/2006
February 2006 Past Chairs Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: Jim Quinn
Topic: Rapid Prototyping
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/15/2006
January 2006 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
Location: Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Speaker: Dr. Laura Lewis, BNL
Topic: Nanotechnology: Its All About Size
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 01/18/2006
December 2005 : Companions Night
Location: Mauricio's (Orlando's) in St. James
Speaker: John Twilley, Art Conservation Scientist
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Thursday 12/08/2005 (was Wed 7th......not anymore)
November 2005
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Speaker: Students (specifics to follow)
Topic: Design Projects and Feedback
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/16/2005
October 2005
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Speaker: John Friel
Topic: ASTM Standards
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 10/19/2005
September 2005 - Opening Night
Location: Black Forest Brew Haus: Farmingdale
Speaker: Prof. Hazem Tawfik
Time: Start: 6pm, Wine,Beer, social: 6-7pm, Dinner: 6:30pm,
Speaker: 7pm, Travel to SUNY: 7:45, Tour of Lab: 8-9pm
Date: Thursday 09/22/2005
Topic: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, followed by tour of Institute for Research & Technology
May 2005
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Location: Martha Clara Vineyards (directions)
Date: Sunday 05/01/2005
April 2005 - Student Night
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Speaker: Wesley Francillon and Mouzhgun Anjom
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 04/06/2005
March 2005
Speaker: Peter Hanneforth (SpaCom)
Topic: Doing Business in China
Location: Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/16/2005
February 2005 - Past Chairs Night
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Speaker: William Bradshaw (Dayton T. Brown, Inc)
Topic: Cryogenic Proof Load Test Development
for the F-15 Arresting Gear Stinger
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/16/2005
January 2005 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
Location: Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Speaker: Charles Finfrock (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: Technological Challenges in the Interdiction of
Radiological Materials in Homeland Security Applications
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 01/19/2005
December 2004 - Companions Night
Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Speaker: Dr. Carl Czajkowski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: Materials and Shark Diving
Date: Wednesday 12/08/2005
November 2004
Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Speaker: Dr. Atul Gokhale (Dayton T. Brown, Inc)
Topic: Navy Oxygen Breathing Apparatus's
Digital Imaging for Defects
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/17/2005
April 2004 - Plant Visit and Annual General Meeting
Location: Sulzer Metco (Westbury)
Time: 6pm (doors open), 6:20 (dinner), 7:30 (tour), 8:15 (meeting and presentation)
Date: Wednesday 04/21/2004
March 2004 - Sustaining Members Night
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Gouldstone (Stony Brook University)
Topic: Elastoplastic Characterization of Thermal Spray Coating
using Instrumented Indentation
Location: Burke and Shapiro (Smithtown)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 03/17/2004
February 2004 - Past Chairs Night
Speaker: Dr. Atul Gokhale (Dayton T. Brown, Inc)
Topic: Corrosion Fatigue in Life Extension Strategies
for Aging Aircraft Components
Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 02/18/2004
January 2004 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
Speaker: Dr. Carl Czajkowski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: "To Lift Or Not To Lift? That is The Question...."
Location: Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 01/07/2004
December 2003 - Companions Night
Speaker: Dr. Angelika Drees (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: A Farrier - Horse Cobbler and Dentist
Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: December 12/10/2003
November 2003
Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Sampath (Stony Brook University)
Topic: What the Next Twenty Years Will Mean
to the Thermal Spray Industry
Location: Stony Brook University Manhattan
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 11/12/2003
September 2003
Topic: Wine Tasting and Buffet Dinner
Date: Saturday 09/27/2003
Location: Jamesport Vineyards and Bedell Cellars
April 2003 - Student Night
Location: Stony Brook University (Long Island Campus)
Speaker: TBA
Time: TBA
March 2003 - Plant Tour
Location: Dayton T. Brown
Time: 6pm (doors open)
February 2003 - Past Chairs Night
Speaker: Dr. Harold Michels- Copper Development Association
Topic: Stormwater Runoff from a Copper Roof
and it Effect on the Environment
Location: Weeping Willow
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday 02/04/2003
January 2003 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI)
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Favale- Advanced Energy Systems
Topic: Free Electron Lasers: Commercial and Military Applications
Location: Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Wednesday 01/15/2004
December 2002 - Companion's Night
Location: Weeping Willow
Speaker: William Medeiros (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Topic: Peconic River Sediment Cleanup Status
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Location: Weeping Willow
Date: Tuesday 12/10/2002
November 20, 2002 - Joint Meeting with Metro NY/ NJ Chapter
Location: Stony Brook University Manhattan
Speaker: Richard Hoffmann (Hoffmann and Feige)
Time: TBA
October 20, 2002 - Kick-off Meeting/ Plant Tour/ Wine Tasting
Location: Bedell Cellar
Time: TBA
2001-2002 Technical Program
April 17, 2002- STUDENTS NIGHT/ Member Recognition Awards
(JOINT MEETING WITH THE THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY)
Locaton: University Club Stony Brook University
MEETING SPONSOR: SULZER METCO
Topic: Research Facilities and Studies at Stony Brook University
SPEAKERS:
FACULTY: Perena Gouma & Gary Halada
STUDENTS: Swarnima Deshpande & Christienne Mancini
Professor Pelagia-Irene (Perena) Gouma received her Ph. D. from
The University of Birmingham (UK) in Materials Science and Engineering
in 1996. After a brief stint at Ohio State University as a Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, she joined the Materials Science and Engineering
Department at SUNY-Stony Brook in 2000 as an Assistant Professor.
She was a Faculty Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in
2000 and a Guest Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2001.
Perena is a member of the American Ceramic Society; The Metals,
Minerals and Materials Society; The Materials Research Society;
The Microscopy Society of America; and the ASM International.
This evening she will give a brief discussion on the Electron
Microscopy Facilities at Stony Brook University.
Professor Gary Halada received his high school degree from St. John
the Baptist High School in West Islip and his Ph. D. from SUNY-Stony
Brook's Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 1993.
He is currently Associate Director of the Laboratory for Surface
Analysis and Corrosion Science, a technical collaborator at Brookhaven
National Laboratory, and is involved in numerous industry/university
collaborations through the Strategic Partnership for Industrial
Resurgence. Gary is a member of the American Society for Engineering
Education; the American Chemical Society (Nuclear Division); The
Electrochemical Society; and the American Vacuum Society. He will
give a brief discussion on the Spectroscopy Facilities at Stony Brook
University.
Swarnima Deshpande is a graduate student in the Thermal Spray
Group at Stony Brook University. She will discuss some her XTEM
studies of thermally sprayed coatings.
Christienne Mancini is a graduate from Connetquot High School.
She is currently a Senior in the Engineering Science Program. She
will discuss some of her research on improving the mechanical integrity
of biomaterial implants using thermal spray technology.
March 27, 2002- Plant Tour
Lawrence Ripak Company, Inc.
165 Field Street, West Babylon, NY
The tour of the Lawrence Ripak facility will be conducted while
there is a night shift functioning. The flow of parts in the plant
will be described from incoming, through various processes, part
inspections and finally shipping. The aspects of the various
nondestructive testings will be broadly explained with samples of
defects shown and described. The tour will be conducted in small
groups to allow adequate time for questions and answers. We will
visit the following departments:
- Nondestructive Testing (various types)
- Metal Plating (various metals)
- Aluminum finishing (anodizing, conversion coating)
- Water Treatment (closed shop loop)
- Painting and Masking
The Ripak Company will graciously provide a light buffet fare
and beverage for the attendees.
February 20, 2002 Past Chairs' Night
Subject: OCEAN TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS AND MECHANICS AT SEA
Meeting Location: Weeping Willow Café, Farmingdale, NY
OCEAN TECHNOLOGY: MATERIALS AND MECHANICS AT SEA
Speaker: Herb Herman
Department of Materials Science, SUNY-Stony Brook
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SUNY-Stony Brook,
has been involved for over twenty years in studying various aspects
of ocean technology. The principal thrust has been in the area of
engineering education, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The work, which has been supported by a New York State Sea Grant, the
Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Energy, private foundations,
and industry, has included the following selected programs:
Long-Term Protection of Biomass Farms in the Long Island Sound
DOE, Sea Grant and NAVSEA
Mineral Deposition Growth of Sea-Based Structural Components
Sea Grant
The Construction of a Two-Man Submarine and an Undersea Habitat
SUNYLAB - The Dreyfus Foundation
These systems have been vehicles for engineering education for a
large number of Stony Brook students. A review will be presented of
work involving materials and mechanical systems analysis as applied
to the ocean engineering sector. Current undergraduate Senior Design
students Steve Baader, Luis Bonilla, and Sean Reith will aid in the
presentation.
January 16, 2002- Joint Meeting with the American Nuclear Society
Meeting Location: Brickhouse Brewery, Patchogue, NY
TITLE: RHIC RUN 2001: PERFORMANCE AND CHALLENGES
Subject: The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Speaker: Fulvia Pilat, Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is designed to collide
intersecting beams of heavy ions in the search for a state of matter
called quark-gluon plasma. Dr Pilat will give a brief introduction
to the RHIC project then discuss the particular goals and
accomplishments of Run 2001 (involving polarized protons),
scheduled for completion by January 24, 2002. The talk will focus
on selected "engineering" topics such as the superconducting magnets,
the power supplies, radiation levels and damage to materials and
components. The presentation will conclude with a review of the
overall system reliability and the plans for a bright future.
December 5, 2001- Companions' Night
Meeting Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Topic: SILVERSMITHING
Speaker: Brenda Brummett Kirk
Human Resources Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Most metal is as malleable as clay, it just takes a little longer to
work. Using the metalsmithing techniques of forging, annealing,
soldering, repousse, chasing and reticulation, Brenda Brummett Kirk
creates chalices, tea strainers, whistles, coffee and tea services,
and jewelry using sterling silver and gold. She will bring with her
to the meeting a few tools and work at various stages, and discuss the
techniques using in creating these and other art works. Her work has
been shown in art museums throughout the United States, and has been
in traveling shows in Canada, Mexico and Europe.
November 14, 2001- Sustaining Members Night
Location: Weeping Willow Cafe, Farmingdale, NY
Speaker: Laura Henderson Lewis
Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Subject: From Anarchy to Oligarchy: Structure-Magnetism Connections
in Magnetic NanoSystems
Magnetic materials are indispensable to modern industrial society.
Surprisingly, in our era of advanced technology, the magnetic
materials that support society are still largely produced using
traditional metallurgical concepts. However, recent advances in
the synthesis and characterization of magnetic materials point
toward a major improvement in the performance of these materials.
Investigating magnetic materials at the atomic level, researchers
are discovering that by manipulating the formation of materials at
the nanometer level they can produce permanent magnets that are 3
to 4 times stronger than the best existing permanent magnets. This
opens the way for scientists to design functional devices
comprised of diverse magnetic materials with nanometer dimensions
that act in concert to exhibit new, exciting and totally unexplored
properties. These developments will be accompanied by reductions in the size, weight
and energy consumption of machines and devices incorporating these
new magnetic materials, resulting in savings of energy and,
by extension, greenhouse gas production.
October 17, 2001- Advertisers' Night
Meeting Location: Weeping Willow Café, Farmingdale, NY
Networking Event: Our first technical meeting for the Chapter Year
2001-2002 and a first time ever event for the Chapter.
This is our way of thanking the advertisers for the support
they provide, which helps to offset the costs of putting together
and distributing the Metallagram. Please come along to the Weeping
Willow to meet them in person. The general economy is not at its
strongest at this point in time and they would welcome the chance to
discuss present and future needs. The event will be of an informal
nature (this is not a mini trade show, let alone a full-blown
exposition!) so you can take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere to
establish some focused information and useful future contacts. At the
time of writing, confirmations of attendance have been received from
Buehler, Long Island Testing Labs., Struers, and Unitron. So come out
and join us, renew old acquaintances and meet new ones.
September 30, 2001
Location: Bidwell Vineyards, Cutchogue, NY
Event: Wine Tasting/ Buffet Dinner/ Facility Tour
The first event of the 2001-2002 Chapter year will be held on S
unday, September 30, 2001, on the North Fork of Long Island. In a
change from the past, this year we will meet at the Bidwell
Vineyards, situated on Rt. 48 in Cutchogue, at 1:30 pm. After
the tour and sampling their wares, there will be a break to let
you check up on other attractions in the area (fruit and vegetable
stands, antique stores, etc.). We will reconvene at 4.30 pm at the
Corey Creek Vineyards (about 18 miles east of Riverhead on Rt. 25,
on the right (south) side, in Southold) for a private wine tasting
hosted by Bedell Cellars of Cutchogue (their own facility is under
renovation). In addition to the tasting, we have arranged for a
buffet dinner, after which we will raffle off a few bottles of the
local products. Come out and join us, renew old acquaintances and
meet new ones. We hope to enjoy our usual good fortune with the
weather but, just in case, there are arrangements to move the dinner
indoors if necessary.
