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
September 15, 2008 Joint Meeting with ASME
Speaker: Chuck Reeves
Topic: Protecting/Enforcing Your Mechanical and
Metallurgical Inventions in a Changing Patent Landscape
October 20, 2008 Technical Presentation
Speaker: Dr. Henry J. White - Haynes International
Topic: Status of the New Metallurgical and Materials Professional
Engineering Examination: Importance of Engineering Licensure
to the Engineering College/University Accreditation Process
November 17, 2008 Technical Presentation
Speaker: Lawrence E. (Larry) Brown, Edison Welding Institute
Topic: Composite to Steel Adhesive Joints Development for Next Generation
Surface Combatant
December 15, 2008 Sustaining Members' Night
Lee M. Pike - Haynes International
Topic: Haynes 282, NS-163, C-22HS, etc.
January 19, 2009 Heat Treaters' Night
Speaker: Scott Oyen, North Vernon Industries Corporation
Topic: A Balance for all Industries through Vacuum Molding Process
February 17, 2008 Social Event: Dinner and the Musical "Cats"
Location: Beef and Boards Dinner Theater
March 9, 2009 Student Night
Tour of New Metallurgy Building at Purdue University
Purdue Material's Students as Tour Guides with Pizza in Atrium
Bus transportation from Indy provided.
April 20, 2009 Business/Awards/Past Chair Night/Scholarship Night
Speaker: Kyle Cline - Lugar Center for Renewable Energy - IUPUI
Topic: Renewable Energy Initiatives
May 18, 2009 Spring is here meeting
Speaker: Professor Kevin Trumble - Director of Casting Center - Purdue University
Topic: Purdue Center for Metal Casting (PCMC)
June 30, 2009 Annual Golf Outing
Location: Maple Creek Golf Couse, 10501 E. 21st St., Indianapolis
September 14, 2009 Meeting at the Heat Treat Conference NOTE: 2nd Monday Speaker: Arvid Casler - Carbide Derivative Technologies, Inc. Topic: The Materials World, a focus on Rare Earth Elements October 19, 2009 Technical Presentation Speaker: Ed Richardson - Thomas & Skinner Topic: Dependence on Foreign Sources of Rare Earth Metals: A Case Study November 9, 2009 Plant Tour - Cummins Fuel Systems NOTE: 2nd MondayStarting Point: TBA Starting Time: 6:00 PM December 14, 2009 Sustaining Members' Night Dr. Galen Hodge - Materials Technology Institute Topic: Activities of the Materials Technology Institute January 19, 2010 Plant Tour - Rolls-Royce Afternoon tour - limited openings - E-mail Dave dfleck2@sbcglobal.net for details. January 25, 2010 Trustee Visit Speaker: Dr. Mark Smith - Sandia National Laboratory Topic: Enabling Materials Technologies for National Security from Sandia Ntnl. Labs. February 15, 2010Social Event: Wine Tasting Location: (Chateau Thomas) March 22, 2010 Student Night/Scholarship Night/Evening at Purdue NOTE: 4th MondaySpeaker: Charles “Chuck” Hayes, Executive Director ASM Foundation Topic: Teachers Materials camps & a general overview of the ASM Foundation Note: this meeting is at Amelia's Cafe, Armstrong Hall (Purdue Campus, West Lafayette, IN) April 19, 2010 Business/Awards/Past Chair Night Speaker: Dr. Larry Paul - ThyssenKrupp VDM" Topic: Nickel High Performance Alloys and the Automotive Industry May 19, 2010 Joint Meeting with Muncie Chapter (WEDNESDAY)Social, Barn Tour, and racing. Location: Hoosier Park June 15, 2010Annual Golf Outing Location: Fox Prairie Golf Course