Below is a summary of your chapter's activities for 2000/01. We have compiled the main features of each chapter meeting along with the winners of various awards, other activities and events which took place outside of regular meetings, the names of persons serving on the executive committee as well as other persons and organizations that played a prominent role in this year's activities.
| Meetings | Officers | Sponsors | Events | Membership |
September 13, 2000 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Location: Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley
Speaker: Douglas Godfrey
Affiliation: Wear Analysis, San Rafael
Title: Machine Lubricants
Download/view September's Newsletter (pdf document)October 11, 2000 - Joint Meeting with NACE
Location: Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley
Speaker: Mr. John Tverburg
Affiliation: Trent Tube
Title: Rouging of Stainless Steel
Download/view October's Newsletter (pdf document)November 8, 2000 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Location: Pyramid Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley
Speaker: Dr. Jim Hanafee
Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore
Title: Beryllium, Origins, Processing and Applications
Download/view November's Newsletter (pdf document)December 13, 2000 - Plant Tour
Location: USS/PSOCO, Pittsburg
Title: Modern Steel Strip Rolling and Coating
Download/view December's Newsletter (pdf document)January 10, 2001 - Joint Meeting with AWS and NACE
Location: Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley
Speaker: John Dwyer
Affiliation: Air Products and Chemicals, Co.
Title: Furnace Atmospheres
Download/view January's Newsletter (pdf document)February 14, 2001 - Golden Gate Show and Engineer's Banquet
The chapter did not meet this month.March 20, 2001 - Joint Meeting with NACE
Location: Blake's Restaurant, Walnut Creek
The speaker had to cancel at the last minute. The meeting went on and in place of a formal presentation there was a lively, informal discussion.April 11, 2001 - Community College Student Awards Night
Location: Pasta Primavera Cafe, Walnut Creek
Speaker: Ralph Carbone
Affiliation: Failure Analysis and Components Laboratory, Hewlett-Packard, Roseville
Title: Failure Analysis in Electronic Components
Download/view April's Newsletter (pdf document)May 9, 2001 - University Student Awards Night
Location: Pasta Primavera Cafe, Walnut Creek
Speaker: Dr. Wade Richards
Affiliation: U. C. Davis/McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center, Sacramento
Title: Neutrons!! - Can They Help You With Your Inspection Process?
Download/view May's Newsletter (pdf document)June ww, 2001 - Spouse's Night and Membership Awards Meeting
Location: Pyramid Brewery and Alehouse, Berkeley
Speaker: Ravi Iyer
Affiliation: U. C. Davis Office of Architects and Engineers
Title: An Engineer's View of Energy Production
The executive committee for 2000/01 was:
Chair: Paul Tibbals, P.E.,
Vice-Chair: Andrew Olander, P.E., Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg
Secretary: Gordon Lakso, P.E., Materials and Methods, Layfayette
Treasurer: Gary Schmidt, Chevron, Corporation
Publicity: Lisa Thomas, P.E., Berkeley Engineering and Research, Berkeley
Membership: Rich Stellina, P.E., retired
Program: Andrew Olander, P.E., Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg
Education: Jay Dorst
Arrangements: Lisa Thomas, P.E., Berkeley Engineering and Research, Berkeley
Sacramento Liaison: Mike Meier, Ph.D., U. C. Davis
SFBAEC Representative: Chuck Morones, P.E., California Water District
Long Range Planning/Historian: Jerry Fritzke, P.E.
Webmaster and Emailing List: Mike Meier, Ph.D., U. C. Davis
Student Representatives: Nathan Mara, Ph.D. student, U. C. Davis and Rita Finones, Ph.D. student, U. C. Berkeley
John Dorn Award: This award is given to a Ph.D. student in the last year of his or her studies. This year the award went to Matt Gasch, U. C. Davis.
Scholastic Achievement Award: This award is given to outstanding students from U. C. Berkeley and U. C. Davis. This year awards were given to: Steven Brogden, Jennifer Heelan and Rebecca Smith, all from U. C. Davis.
Outstanding Community College Student Awards
This award is given to outstanding students in academic and technical programs at
regional community colleges. Two nominations from each school are considered. This year
the awards were given to:
 | Diablo Valley College: Stephen D. Adelson and Michael Keller |
| Solano Community College: Yvonne Razo and Trevor Lango |
| Los Medanos College: Carlos Aldana and Steven Best |
Membership Awards: Each year at the end of our season we recognize the various achievements of members from our chapter. This year the following awards were presented during the June meeting:
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| 15 Years: |
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| 60 Years: |
| Life Awards: |
Sustaining Members - Sustaining members are ...
| Coulter Steel and Forge Co., Emeryville, member since 1957 |
| Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical, Pleasanton, member since 1957 |
| Praxair Surface Technologies |
| California Saw and Knife Works |
| Thermo-Fusion, Inc., Hayward, member since 1984 |
| University of California, Davis, Shields Library, member since 1981 |
| Wyman Gordon Investment Castings, San Leandro Division, San Leandro, member since 1979 |
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