Below is a summary of your chapter's activities for 2001/02. 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 |Education | Events | Membership |
September 12, 2001 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors:
Location: Rolls-Royce Engine Services, Oakland Airport
Speaker: Tim Hinrichs
Affiliation: Rolls-Royce Engine Services
Title: 1. Gas Turbine Engine Maintenance and Repair, 2. Western Aerospace Museum (Canceled due the the events of 9/11.)
Download/view September's Newsletter (pdf document)October 10, 2001 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: Ken Pytlewski from FTI/Anamet in Hayward
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Dr. John Springer
Affiliation: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Title: Materials Issues for Electrical Power Generation - What are the Options?
Download/view October's Newsletter (pdf document)November 14, 2001 - Joint Meeting with NACE
Sponsors: Ken Pytlewski from FTI/Anamet, Hayward
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Steve Rock
Affiliation: NALCO
Title: Industrial Water Treatment, Corrosion Protection for Recirculating Systems
Download/view November's Newsletter (pdf document)January 9, 2002 - Joint Meeting with AWS and ASNT
Sponsors: Gordon Lakso, P.E. from Materials and Methods in Lafayette
Location: Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley
Speaker: Frank Dodd
Affiliation: Automated Inspection Systems
Title: Modern Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT)
Download/view January's Newsletter (pdf document)February 13, 2002 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: Jamie Sandoz from Buehler, LTD
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: George Vander Voort
Affiliation: Buehler, LTD.
Title: Microstructure of Iron-based Alloys
Download/view February's Newsletter (pdf document)March 12, 2002 - Joint Meeting with NACE
Sponsors: n/a
Location: Francesco's Restaurant, Oakland
Speaker: Patrick Gallagher
Affiliation: Corrosion Consultant
Title: The Performance of Weathering Steel in Sculpture
Download/view March's Newsletter (pdf document)April 10, 2002 - Community College Student Awards Night
Sponsors:
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Lisa Thomas, P.E.
Affiliation: Berkeley Engineering and Research, Berkeley
Title: Turbine Blade Failures
Download/view April's Newsletter (pdf document)May 8, 2002 - University Student Awards Night
Sponsor: Jack Rosek from EDAX/TSL
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Adam Schwartz, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: Applications of Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Download/view May's Newsletter (pdf document)June 12, 2002 - Spouse's Night and Membership Awards Meeting
Location: Francesco's Restaurant, Oakland
Tour: The Western Aerospace Museum
Download/view June's Newsletter (pdf document)
The executive committee for 2001/02 was:
Chair: Paul Tibbals, P.E., Pacific Gas and Electric, San Ramon
Vice-Chair: Andrew Olander, P.E., Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg
Secretary: Gary Schmidt, Chevron, Corporation
Treasurer: Gary Schmidt, Chevron, Corporation
Membership: Rich Stellina, retired
Publicity: Andrew Olander, P.E., Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg
Program: Andrew Olander, P.E., Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg
Arrangements: Chuck Morones, P.E., California Water District
Internet: Mike Meier, Ph.D., U. C. Davis
Historian: Jerry Fritzke, P.E.
Student Representative: Nathan Mara, Ph.D. student, U. C. Davis
Our chapter sponsors support your chapter by providing financial support that helps defray the cost of our newsletter and helps sponsor our student achievement awards. Our sponsors this year were:
 | Lisa Thomas, P.E., Berkeley Engineering and Research, Berkeley |
| Jamie Sandoz, Buehler, LTD, Lake Bluff, Ill |
| Kenneth Pytlewski, P.E., FTI/Anamet, Hayward |
| Nancy Kalcus, Struers, Anaheim |
| Richard Seals, NDT engineer |
| Al Smith, Allied High Tech Products, Inc., Rancho Dominguez |
Chapter Sponsored Course: The chapter did not sponsor a course this year.
Other Courses: Materials courses given in our region, and promoted by the chapter were:
| An IEEE Short Course: THERMAL DESIGN AND MODELING OF IC PACKAGES, Wednesday, November 14, 2001, a U. C. Extension course given in Sunnyvale and presented by J. R. Technical Associates. |
| NDT Courses at Contra Costa College, starting on January 14, taught by Mike Foerder: 1) Ultrasonic Examination Levels I and II, 2) Certified Welding Inspector Training and Exam Preparation, 3) Welding Metallurgy for Welders and Inspectors and 4) Liquid Penetrant Examination Levels I and II. |
| In addition, the idea of an SEM course for engineers was requested by several members and at the end of the year preparations were underway to offer such a course late in the summer at U. C. Davis. |
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 Joshua Kuntz, a student at 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: Aaron Broumas, Daniel Coyle, Daniela Fredrick, Crystal Merril, and Leslie Williams.
Outstanding Community College Student Awards: These awards are 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: Douglas Wong and Robert Herrn from Los Medanos Community College.
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: |
| 25 Years: |
| 60 Years: |
| Life Awards: |
| President's Award: Mike Meier, for his numerous contributions to the chapter during the past several years. |
Sustaining Members:
| California Saw and Knife Works |
| Consolidated Engineering Company |
| Coulter Steel and Forge Co., Emeryville |
| Primex Technologies, San Leandro |
| Testing Engineers, Inc. |
| Thermo-Fusion, Inc., Hayward |
| University of California, Davis, Shields Library |
| Wyman Gordon Investment Castings, San Leandro Division, San Leandro |
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