Below is a summary of your chapter's activities for 2002/03. 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 10, 2002 - Type of Meeting
Sponsors: Joe Arvizu, Conam Equipment
Location: Cafe Rustica, Oakland
Speaker: Albert Roodselar
Affiliation: ChevronTexaco
Title: Risk-based Inspection Methods for Pipeline Corrosion Control
Download/view September's Newsletter (pdf document)October 9, 2002 - Type of Meeting
Sponsors: None
Location: Francesco's Restaurant, Oakland
Speaker: n/a (Our scheduled speaker did not show up)
Affiliation: n/a
Title: Open forum for discussion of a wide range of materials issues
Download/view October's Newsletter (pdf document)November 13, 2002 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: None
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Pete Miller
Affiliation: LECO
Title: Digital Image Analysis
Download/view November's Newsletter (pdf document)January 8, 2003 - Joint Meeting with AWS and ASNT
Sponsors: Process Equipment Company
Location: Cafe Rustica, Oakland
Speaker: Milt Heft
Affiliation: Petrogen International, Ltd.
Title: A Comparison of Oxy-Fuel Cutting Consummables: Traditional Fuels Versus Gasoline
Download/view January's Newsletter (pdf document)February 12, 2003 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: None
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Jeff Graumlich
Affiliation: Process Equipment Company
Title: Corrosion-resistant Components for Chemical Process Applications
Download/view February's Newsletter (pdf document)March 12, 2003 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: Process Equipment Company
Location: Pyramid Brewery and Ale House, Berkeley
Speaker: Chris Baxter
Affiliation: Avestapolarit
Title: Welding Fabrication of Duplex Stainless Steel
Download/view March's Newsletter (pdf document)April 9, 2003 - Regular Chapter Meeting
Sponsors: None
Location: Golden Willow Chinese Restaurant, Concord
Speaker: Sharon Torres
Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Title: Phase Stability in Alloy 22 Welds
Download/view April's Newsletter (pdf document)May 7, 2003 - University Student Awards Night
Sponsor: Jamie Sandoz, Buehler Ltd.
Location: Silo Pub, U. C. Davis
Speaker: Richard Bradt
Affiliation: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Title: Materials Engineering or Materials Science, and Then What Will Be Next?
Download/view May's Newsletter (pdf document)May 30, 2003 - Spouse's Night and Membership Awards Meeting
Sponsor: None
Location: Scott's, Walnut Creek
Speaker: Gary Schmidt
Affiliation: ChevronTexaco
Title: How to Put Out an Oil Well Fire
Download/view June's Newsletter (pdf document)
The executive committee for 2002/03 was:
Chair: Mike Meier, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair: open
Secretary: Gary Schmidt
Treasurer: Gary Schmidt
Publicity: Mike Meier, Ph.D.
Membership: Richard Stellina
Program: Krista Heidersbach, Ph.D.
Sponsors: Andrew Olander, P.E.
Arrangements: Chuck Morones
Education: Jay Dorst and Lawrence Cheung
Internet: Paul Tibbals, P.E.
U. C. Davis Student Representative: Nathan Mara
Our chapter sponsors help us pay our bills for each meeting and the costs of
printing and mailing out our newsletter and meeting announcements. Our
sponsors for the 2002/03 year were:
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Metallurgy of Welding and Joining Course
This course was organized by Lawrence Cheung and taught by Lawrence, Gary
Schmidt, Richard Seals, and Ron Schokley. It met each Monday from June 16
through September 2, 2003 at the ChevronTexaco Richmond Technology Center.
The course began with an introduction, a brief history, and a review of the
terminology, then went on to cover basic metallurgy and manufacturing methods,
welding fundamentals, welding carbon and low-alloy steels, welding stainless
steels, welding nickel-based and other non-ferrous alloys, joining of dissimilar
metals, hard-facing, inspection techniques, and repair methods. The course
was well-received and highly regarded by all who attended.
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 Nathan Mara - 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: Nick Degnan and Dat Quach - 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: Brian Robinson and Andrew Yates (Instructor: Dave Johnson) |
| Los Medanos College: Danielle Quintero, Darren Hamel (Instructor: Andy Ochoa) |
| Yuba College: Tambir Saini and Paul Jensen (Instructor: Steve Klein) |
| Sierra College: Matt Wescott (Instructor: Don Harris) |
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: |
Sustaining Members - Sustaining members pay slightly higher membership fees, most of which is returned to the Chapter and are used to fund local projects and events. Our sustaining members for the 2002/03 year were:
| ChevronTexaco Energy and Research |
| Coulter Steel and Forge Co., Emeryville, member since 1957 |
| Thermo-Fusion, Inc., Hayward, member since 1984 |
| University of California, Davis, Shields Library, member since 1981 |
| Testing Engineers, Inc. |
| Consolidated Engineering Labs |
| Wyman Gordon Investment Castings, San Leandro Division, San Leandro, member since 1979 |
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