September 15, 1997
Dr. Nicholas F. Fiore
Carpenter Technology Corporation
October 20, 1997
Dr. Karthik Ramani
School of Mechanical Engineering, CPPL Lab
Purdue University
Topic: Polymer Bonded Systems: Materials
Processing and Mechanics
December 15, 1997
George F. Vander Voort
Buehler Ltd.
Topic: Three Mile Island Nuclear Failure
January 26, 1998
Niel Merrell
Contour Hardening Inc.
Topic: ADVANCEMENTS IN INDUCTION GEAR
HEAT TREATMENT
March 16, 1998
Speaker - Students of Metallurgy (Purdue)
Topics: Texture and Anisotropy in Piezoelectric Ceramics
White Iron Flaking of Rolls Utilized in the Soybean Processing Industry
April 20, 1998
Dr. B. Keith Moore
School of Dentistry - Indiana University
Topic: MATERIALS BEHIND YOUR SMILE
May 19, 1998
Dr. M. R. Louthan, Jr.
Savannah River Technical Center
Topic: WHY STUFF FALLS APART
September 21, 1998 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Mitchell Spencer from Magnequench Corp. of Anderson, IN
Topic: High density magnet technology and applications
October 19, 1998 Chapter visit by Dr. Alton Romig, Jr. (President ASM)
Dr. Alton Romig, Jr.
Sandia National Laboratories
Topic: Micromachines: An Enabling Technology for the Future
November 16, 1998 Heat Treater's Night
Sandy Cioletti
Heat Treaters Network
Topic: Options for Training Employees for Better Heat Treatment
December 14, 1998 Fred McMann
Carpenter Specialty Alloys
Topic: Precipitation Hardened Stainless Steels -- New Alloys and Applications
January 18, 1999 Sustaining Members Night
Patrick Foster
LECO Corporation
Topic: What's New in Metallography?
March 15, 1999 Joint Meeting with Lafayette/Kokomo(Purdue) Chapter
Scholarship Night
Speakers - Aaron M Scroggin & Marc Yap (Purdue)
Topics: Development of Pressure Sensitive Paint
Topics: Powder Metallurgy for Spinal Implants
April 19, 1999 Awards Night / Past Chairmens' Night
Annual Business Meeting
Denesh Seksaria
ALCOA Automotive Structures
Topic: Present and Future Roles of Aluminum Products in Transportation
September 20, 1999 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Rodger Seeley, Haynes International
Topic: High Temperature Alloys
November 15, 1999 Heat Treater's Night
Allen Golden
Surface Combustion Inc.
Topic: Endothermic Atmosphere Chemistry and Control
December 13, 1999 Sustaining Member's Night
Paul Crook
Haynes International
Topic: Ni-base Corrosion Resistant Alloys
January 24, 2000 Financial Seminar
David Gilreath
Morgan, Stanley Dean Witter
February 16, 2000 Social Night - Show Boat @ Beef & Boards
Buffet Dinner and Jerome Kern Musical
March 20, 2000 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Michael R. Brickey
Topic:Structural and Chemical Analyses of a Thermally Grown Oxide Scale in Thermal Barrier Coatings Containing a Platinum-Nickel-Aluminide Bondcoat
Thomas R. Kanaby
Topic:Evaluation of Milling Cutter Weld Processing Failures and Other Selected Projects from TAP
April 17, 2000 Annual Business Meeting / Past Chairmens' Night
Alexander H. King - ASM Fellow - Purdue University
Topic: Little Things and Big Pictures: ongoing research and new materials research projects at Purdue
May 15, 2000 Speaker: Dr. Glenn Whichard
Topic: Thermal Spray
September 18, 2000 Joint Meeting with ASME Speaker: Mr. Donald J. Frasier - Rolls-Royce Corp. Topic: Virtual Pattern Casting - A Novel Manufacturing Technique October 16, 2000 Technical Meeting Speaker: Dr. Roch Shipley, Engineering Systems Inc. Topic: Failure Analysis - Lessons Learned November 13, 2000 Plant Tour Praxair Surface Technologies Start Times 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, 6:00 pm December 18, 2000 Heat Treaters' Night Speaker: Thomas Philips, Air Products and Chemicals Topic: Nitrogen Based Atmospheres for Heat Treatment of Metals. Theory, Practice and Trouble Shooting January 22, 2001 Sustaining Members NightPaul Bhe - Fidelity Investments Retirement Planning February 13, 2001
Social Night - "West Side Story"
at Beef & Boards Dinner Theater March 19, 2001 Student Night/Scholarship Night Speakers: Ed Ciecko, A Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue U. Prof. Matt Krane, Purdue U. Topics:Analysis of failure of a Stainless steel Membrane Industry sponsored design projects for Materials engineering undergraduates April 16, 2001 Annual Business Meeting / Past Chairmens' Night Speaker: Stacie Porter Bilger, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Topic: Building Progressive Models for Business Involvement in Schools that Directly Impact Academic Performance May 21, 2001 Technical Meeting Speaker:Dennis Hunley, Quality Assurance Corp. Topic: Accident Investigations at the 500June 19, 2001 Annual Golf Outing
September 17, 2001 Joint Meeting with ASME
John Bonar - Engelhard Surface Technologies
Topic: "Recent Applications Of HVOF Coating Technology In the Aerospace Industry"
October 15, 2001 Technical Meeting
Speaker: Chris Nunezk - Centor Software Corporation
Topic: Improving Profits with Materials Optimization in Manufacturing
November 7, 2001 Regional Joint Meeting at Materials Event 2001
New ASM Initiatives in Education
Dr. Michael Kenney - Dir. of Education, ASM Intl.
December 17, 2001 Heat Treaters' Night
Speakers: Thom Coughlin & Dean Hoffman - GM Enterprizes
Topic: Vacuum Heat Treating in the Aerospace Industry
January 14, 2002 Sustaining Members Night
Speaker: Gary Ward - USF Surface Preparation Group
Topic: The Four Factors of Mass Finishing
February 13, 2002 Social Night - Wine Tasting at Chateau Thomas Winery
September 16, 2002 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Lynn R. Coles - R. W. Beck
Topic: An Overview of Distributed Generation (DG)
October 21, 2002 Sustaining Member Night
Speaker: Charles Wickersham, Ph.D. - Cabot Performance Materials
Topic: High Purity PVD Sputtering Targets
November 18, 2002 Plant Tour
Diamond Chain, Inc. - Indianapolis
December 16, 2002 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Bob McCulley - DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Inc.
Topic: Improvements in Automotive Heat Treating
January 13, 2003 ASM/AFS Joint Meeting
Speaker: Cody Kaufman - Praxair Metals Technologies
Topic: CoJet Gas Injection System
February 17, 2003 Social Event
East Meet West - Turkish Dining at Bosphorus Restaurant
March 10, 2003 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speaker: Judith M. Mackenzie, Ph.D. Candidate - Purdue University
Topic: The Role of Capillarity in Shell Mold Dewaxing
Speaker: Todd Reynolds, Masters Candidate - Purdue University
Topic: Processing and Characterizing RuAl Eutectics
April 21, 2003 Annual Business Meeting / Past Chairmens' Night
Rodger Seeley - Hendrickson International
High Temperature Corrosion and Failure - Case Studies
May 19, 2003 Technical Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Robert Tucker, FASM
Topic: Surface Engineering Using Thermal Spray Technology
September 29, 2003 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Rich Seymour
Topic: High-temperature Brazing of Stainless Steel in a Continuous Inert Atmosphere Furnace
October 20, 2003 Sustaining Member Night
Speaker: David Breuer - Metal Improvement Company
Topic: Shot Peening - Theory, Applications and Controls
November 17, 2002 Plant Tour
McKenzie Career Center Welding Lab
December 15, 2003 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Steve Carr - Alfe Heat Treating
Topic: Aluminum Heat Treating Basics
January 19, 2003 ASM/AFS Joint Meeting
Speaker: Mitch Spencer - Polaris Rare Earth Materials
Topic: Lessons Learned From Doing Business in China
February 9, 2003 Social Event - Wine Tasting - Easley Winery
6pm - 9pm Wine Tasting and Light Buffet
March 8, 2004 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speakers: Heydy Ramirez & Lindsay Martin - Purdue Graduate Students
Topic 1: "Growth of Nickel Ferrite Spinel Crystals by Skull Melting"
Topic 2: "Infiltration of Graphite Foams with Cu-1%Cr Alloy for Thermal Management Composites"
April 19, 2004 Annual Business Meeting / Past Chairmens' Night
Speaker: Ashok Ghose Dastidar
Topic: "Hazards of Powder Metal Dusts & Hybrid Compositions"
May 17, 2004 Technical Meeting
Speaker: Bill Jarosinski - Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.
Thermal Spray Materials For Gas Turbine Engines & Beyond
June 29, 2004 Annual Golf Outing - Pebble Brook Golf Club
September 20, 2004 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker David Breuer - Metal Improvement Company
Topic: Controlled Shot Peening – What is it and what does it accomplish?
October 18, 2004 Aerospace Night
Speaker: Jeff Ding, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Topic: Welding Processes from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
November 15, 2004 Plant Tour
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
5:30 PM
December 20, 2004 Sustaining Members' Night
Speaker: David Hershberger, Indianapolis, IN
Topic: Failure Analysis - Case Studies
January 17, 2005 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Speaker: Patrick T. Weymer, Ispen International
Atmosphere Furnace Technology Integrates Expert Systems
February 12, 2005 Social Event - Musical Theater "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at Civic Theater 7:30 pm
March 21, 2005 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speakers: Purdue Graduate Students
Electrospinning of Ceramic Nanofibers
from Polymer Precursors - Benjamin M. Eick
Numerical Simulation of Grain Growth
During Solidification - Stephanie M. Janicek
April 18, 2005 Business/Award/Past Chairs' Night
Speakers: Ed Wyatt, McKenzie Career Center;
Patricia Shutt, IN DOE;
Tad Foster, IN State University;
Marie Theobald, Prof Stds. Board
Topic: Without Technical Education - A Message to Legislators
May 16, 2005 Surface Engineering Night
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Taylor - Praxair Surface Technologies
Testing of Abradable Coatings
June 23, 2005 Annual Golf Outing - The Links (at New Palestine)
September 19, 2005 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Nick Cherolis, Rolls-Royce Corp.
Topic: Engineering Evaluation of Fatigue Striations in the Aircraft Engine
Speaker: Jeff Stillinger, Rolls-Royce Corp.
Topic: Component Life Management for Critical Parts in Gas Turbine Engines
October 17, 2005 Aerospace Night
Speaker: Mr. Mike Finn - TechSolve Inc.
Topic: Machining Engineered Materials
November 21, 2005 Plant Tour
Location: C.F. Roark Welding and Engineering Company, Brownsburg
Time: 5:30 pm
December 19, 2005 Sustaining Members' Night
Speaker: Dr. Uwe Hansen - Indiana State University
Topic: The Caribbean Steel Pan: Marriage of Science and Art
January 16, 2006 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Mr. Jack Kalucki - Nitrex Metal Inc.
Topic: Gas Nitriding: applications, possibilities and limits
February 20, 2006 Social Event - Dinner at Santorini's Greek Kitchen in Fountain Square
March 20, 2006 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speakers: Benjamin Iverson, /
Jeff Reding - Purdue Students
Topics: Domain Orientation and Textures of Piezoelectric Materials
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and their Advancement at Purdue MSE
April 17, 2006 Business/Award/Past Chairs' Night
Speakers: Our Past Chairmen
Topic: ASM Indianapolis Chapter - Recollections
May 15, 2006
Speaker: Barb Stratton - Rolls-Royce Corp.
The Rolls- Royce AE 3007 Turbofan Engine
June 20, 2006 Annual Golf Outing - Harbor Trees Golf Club
12:30 Shotgun Start Dinner - 5:30
September 18, 2006 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Fisher - Purdue University
Topic: Nanotechnology
October 16, 2006 Welding Night
Speaker: David Koutz, The Lincoln Electric Company
Topic: Nextweld: The Future of Welding
November 20, 2006 Plant Tour
Location: Goulding & Wood Pipe Organs
Time: 5:15 pm (limited to first 30)
December 18, 2006 Sustaining Members' Night
Speaker: William J. Brindley, Rolls-Royce Corporation, FASM
Topic: Surface Engineering for Gas Turbine Engines
January 22, 2007 Heat Treaters' Night
(NOTE 4th MONDAY) Speaker: Mike Boggs, Alfe Systems, Inc. and Steve Carr, ALFE Heat Treat Inc.
Topic: Batch Tracking in Aluminum Heat Treating
February 19, 2007 Social Event - Wine Tasting and Duckpin Bowling at Fountain Square
March 19, 2007 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speakers: Tiffany Sanders /
Kent J. VanEvery
Topics: Intermetallic Growth in Hot Dip Aluminized Steel
A Parametric Study of Suspension Plasma Spraying
April 16, 2007 Business/Award/Past Chairs' Night --------
Speaker: Tony Brozan
Topic: Erosion Resistant Coatings in Turbine Engines
May 21, 2007 May Meeting
Speaker: Matthew Fonte & Paul Gearing - Dynamic Flowform Corp
Topic: Flowforming
June 12, 2007 Annual Golf Outing
Plum Creek Golf Club
September 17, 2007 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Dan Ertl
Topic: Liquid oxygen feed natural gas burners
October 15, 2007
Speaker: David Furer
Topic: Process Modeling
November 19, 2007 Plant Tour
Location: Coutour Hardening
December 17, 2007 Sustaining Members' Night
Speaker: David Fleckenstein and Jennifer Sniderman - CMW Inc.
Topic: Tungsten Based Heavy Metals
January 21, 2008 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Kevin J. McCurdy, PE - Bodycote
Topic: Braze Repair of Industrial Gas Turbines
February 23, 2008 Social Event - Murder Mystery Dinner
(NOTE 4th SATURDAY) The Milano Inn, Indianapolis
March 17, 2008 Student Night/Scholarship Night
Speaker: Dr Albert Feuernstein - Praxair
Topic: EB PDV Technology
April 21, 2008 Business/Awards/Past Chair Night
Speaker: Bernice Aboud - Dupuy
Topic: New Materials for Musculoskeletal Repair
May 19, 2008 Spring is here meeting
Speaker: Steve Maus
Topic: Fabrication of Custom bicycles
June 24, 2008 Annual Golf Outing
Location: Fox Prairie Golf Course