The schedule for 08/09 is presently being finalized.
Hence, the 08/09 information is tentative.
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: TBD (to be determined)
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 11/18/2008
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: TBD (to be determined)
Topic: TBD (to be determined)
Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting)
Date: Tuesday TBD (to be determined)
February 2009 Past Chairs Night
Location: Maine Maid Inn
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: TBD (to be determined)
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 TBD (to be determined)
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 (directions and map)
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) (directions)
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.
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