Our Chapter has had many excellent Technical Presentations over the years.
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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  
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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        

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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   
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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 Night 
                      Paul 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 500 June 19, 2001 Annual Golf Outing
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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                               
                       Plainfield, IN     
                                                 
March 18, 2002      Student Night/Scholarship Night 
                       Speakers: Voramon Supatarawanich && Roland Bruyns   
                       Purdue Student Presentations 
                       Topics:Mo-rich Mo-Si-B Intermetallics 
                              Tape casting of ceramic armor composites 
                       
April 15, 2002      Annual Business Meeting / Past Chairmens' Night 
                       Speaker: Dr. Philip E. Bretz - Metcut Research Inc.                    
                       Topic: Evaluation of Replacements for Hard Chrome Plating on Military Aircraft             
                           
     
May 20, 2002        Technical Meeting 
                       Speaker: Daniel Hering     
                       Topic: Challenges in Heat Treating: Today and Tomorrow 
                                           
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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 

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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 

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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2004-2005 Program Schedule

 
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) 

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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2005-2006 Program Schedule

 
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    
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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2006-2007 Program Schedule

 
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 
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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2007-2008 Program Schedule

 
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 
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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2008-2009 Program Schedule

 
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 
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ASM Int'l Indianapolis 2009-2010 Program Schedule

 
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 Monday     Starting 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, 2010     Social Event: Wine Tasting                                
                      Location: (Chateau Thomas) 
                                                                
March 22, 2010      Student Night/Scholarship Night/Evening at Purdue
 NOTE: 4th Monday     Speaker:  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, 2010       Annual Golf Outing  
                       Location: Fox Prairie Golf Course 
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