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“A Review of the Findings and Recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board”
Please join us for our 11th Annual Joint West Michigan Engineering Society
Meeting with SAE, AWS, and SME and the ASM West Michigan trustee visit with
Dr. Daniel P. Dennies
Date: Wednesday, March
18, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm Social Hour
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Presentations
Place: Lincoln Country Club, 3485 Lake Michigan Dr. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49534
Cost: Members and Non-members $20.00
Students, retirees and unemployed $10.00
Menu: Buffet consisting of Tossed Salad, Rolls & Butter, Cole Slaw, Vegetable, Mashed Potatoes, Roast Beef & Gravy, Chicken with Walnut Sauce, Coffee & Tea.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE TUESDAY March 10 at noon to DaAliya@itothen.com Or (616) 475-0059
THE
PRESENTATION: The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CIAB) determined
that the physical root cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident was a
breach in the Thermal Protection System on the leading edge of the left wing.
The findings and recommendations of the CIAB covered areas that included the
root cause as well as human causes such as training and scheduling, and latent
causes such as organization. This presentation will cover these areas and
make a comparison of this accident to another accident that was equally shocking
to the world, the sinking of the Titanic. Speaker Biography:
Dr. Daniel P. Dennies is a Technical Fellow for the Boeing Company and has
29 years experience as a metallurgist and performing failure investigations.
He authored the book “How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation,”
(see local course announcement next page) released in September 2005.
The majority of his career has been in the aerospace industry working
on projects such as the Space Shuttle Main Engine, the National Launch System,
the National Aerospace Plane, expendable launch systems like Delta and Titan,
B1, C-17, the International Space Station, and, most recently, proprietary
projects.
POPULAR AND USEFUL “HOW TO ORGANIZE AND RUN A FAILURE INVESTIGATION”
2 Day Seminar
TO BE HELD IN GRAND RAPIDS
In conjunction with the SAE / SME / AWS JOINT MEETING
The West Michigan Chapter of ASM International is hosting a two day course by Dr. Daniel Dennies of the Boeing Corp. Dr. Dennies is serving his third year as an ASMI Trustee, and has been involved in some well known aerospace failure investigations. The course dates are March 17 and 18 (TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY). This course is for anyone who NEEDS to PROCURE or SPECIFY or PARTICIPATE in any failure investigation. It is not a technical metallurgy course. It is on problem definition and solving methods and is a good introduction for any type of failure investigation, including MANUFACTURING PROCESS PROBLEMS.
More information here ...
ASM
Leadership Days 2008
ASM Leadership Days is an annual, weekend conference sponsored by ASM to support the leadership of the individual chapters. There are workshops, speakers, idea exchanges, social activities, etc. to encourage information exchange among the attending chapters.
This year's Leadership Days conference was held in Cleveland and Metals Park, Ohio in early August. The West Michigan chapter was represented by Brian Hall, Supplier Quality Manager of Bronson Precision Products, Bronson, MI, this year.
On behalf of the West Michigan chapter, Brian accepted the 5 Star Chapter award from ASM President Dianne Chong. ( See attached photo).
If you are interested
in participating in the leadership of the West Michigan Chapter, we are always
looking for new people to get involved. Activities can take on any range of
involvement from brainstorming, to planning meetings or events, to participating
in conferences, like ASM Leadership Days. Feel free to contact any board member
for more information.
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Thomas Tom, WMASM Mini-Grant Program coordinator presents
award certificate and check to teacher, Patrick Rabbitt, Mona Shores
Schools.
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The 2008 West Michigan ASM International Mini-Grant awards have been selected. This year two recipients are receiving money from WMASM to support their school system's curriculum to encourage students in the field of material sciences.
Patrick Rabbitt, a previous award recipient, was awarded $1200, which will cover one third the cost of a Smithy Granite mill/lathe for the Advanced Metals Course at Mona Shores School District, in Muskegon. WMASM member, Debbie Aliya will make a classroom presentation to the students, in the fall, on how mechanical properties and microstructure affect machinability. The award was presented at the May meeting of the Mona Shores School Board. The Board expressed their appreciation to WMASM for their support of the student materials science program.
Gordon DeKoekkoek, of Grand Rapids Christian Schools, a first time award recipient, was awarded $426 to cover supplies needed for the Welding Module. In the fall, WMASM member, Debbie Aliya will make a classroom presentation to the students, to address maintaining excellence in welding.
WMASM appreciates the opportunity to encourage students to pursue careers in materials sciences. We look forward to more opportunities for that in 2009.