ASM International Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter Newsletter for Thursday, September 23, 2004 Opening Night

Chairperson's Message
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Opening Night

Greetings & welcome to another year with ASM. There are so many things that have happened over the summer, so I'll get right to it.

I am pleased to announce that we will be joined at our September meeting by the members of the Lehigh Valley chapter. We are looking forward to welcoming our fellow ASM members from the north & I hope we have a good turn out of our own membership. Our speaker for this meeting is our own Hira Ahluwalia. His topic strikes to the root of our professional society, combating corrosion through materials selection.

This summer some of our members along with representatives from Drexel University visited the Materials Camp being held at Lehigh University. After some discussion, the Liberty Bell chapter along with Drexel University has decided to host a Materials Camp for the summer of 2005. This will be a one week day camp to be held at Drexel with the purpose of introducing high school students to the material sciences. There will be quite a bit of work to pull this off and we have a great core of graduate students at Drexel that have already committed to making this work. More information will be coming soon about the camp.

In continuing with the idea of outreach towards younger students and introducing them to the material sciences, our chapter is starting up the high school essay contest again. This program will be organized and run by our young members committee. I am also very pleased to announce that Materials Resources International, based in Lansdale, PA, has agreed to be the sponsor for this contest. Again, more information will be coming soon.

Along with all of this, there have been the normal summer activities for the chapter. The yearbook looks wonderful (as always). Ed & Terry Mazeika have done a great job again. I would also like to mention the tremendous job Mike Drakeley and the advertising committee did this year, getting ads and contracts right up to the last week.

If the summer is any indication, this should be a very busy and productive year.

See you at the September meeting,

Scott Nyce
Chairperson 2004-05

This Month's Meeting Features...

Soup du Jour, Fresh Garden Salad, Chicken Florentine, Potato Rosette, Peas with Mushrooms and Chocolait Parfait.

Social Hour -- 6:00-7:00 p.m., Dinner -- 7:00 p.m.

Price -- $23.00, Retirees -- $15.00, Students -- $12.00

Technical Chairperson: Ron Cox, Stork MMA Testing Labs

Meeting Sponsors: Stork MMA Testing Labs, Ramball TestLab, Materials Selection Resources

Topic: Combating Corrosion Through Materials Selection

Speaker: HIRA AHLUWALIA, Ph.D., Materials Selection Resources

Dr. Hira Ahluwalia is President of Material Selection Resources, Inc. Material Selection Resources (MSR) is a materials engineering and corrosion consulting organization based in New Jersey, serving the chemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and metal industries. Active participation in Industry organizations ensures that MSR stays at the forefront of materials technology, enabling them to provide their clients with the best, new and novel methodologies to use materials successfully. MSR provides its clients with superior materials and corrosion assistance through its many strategic alliances with the premier corrosion and materials professionals and laboratories.

Dr. Ahluwalia has extensive experience in the field of corrosion and material science and has published numerous technical papers. His areas of expertise include material selection, corrosion testing, metallurgy, and failure analysis. He has a Ph.D. in Materials and Corrosion Engineering from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. A 15-year ASM, Material Technology Institute, and NACE member, Ahluwalia is currently the Vice-Chairman of the NACE Annual Conference Committee. Ahluwalia is currently the chairman for the revision of the chapter on Corrosion in the Chemical Process Industries for the ASM Handbook, Volume 13B. Tel: 609-737-8226, www.doctormetals.com

Topic: Combating Corrosion Through Materials Selection

According to a recent study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), corrosion costs the U.S. industry 3% of the gross national product (GNP) value. This means the direct costs, replacement and cost of corrosion protection is about $276 billion annually. In more comprehensible numbers, the cost is over $1000 per person each year. It is estimated that at least a third of the cost is entirely unnecessary.

Metals corrode for different reasons, each with their own mechanism. In this presentation some of the common forms of corrosion, e.g. uniform, pitting, corrosion under insulation and stress corrosion cracking will be discussed. Understanding the degradation mode is key to controlling and preventing corrosion. Careful material selection, good design and quality fabrication can avoid the most serious corrosion problems.

Highly alloyed stainless steels and nickel base alloys are increasingly used in the chemical process industries. The successful use of these alloys not only depends on understanding the corrosion properties but also having knowledge of the microstructure and fabrication characteristics. Using mainly case histories, this presentation will discuss material issues in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Spouses and guests are invited and welcome. This meeting will be held at Williamson Restaurant, Easton Road, Horsham, PA. Reservations are necessary - Call: (215) 643-3369 (OH-DE-FOX), or you may register using our online form. Please don't call if you have already reserved via this web site LINK.

*NOTE - NO MORE OH DE FOX after the September meeting -- Rob DeKalb has gotten so good at projecting our attendance that we have decided we can stop using oh-de-fox. We plan to cut it off after the September meeting. Please call Rob only if you have a significant change in attendance - if you are bringing a group for a particular meeting.

Philadelphia Chapter Awards Announced at May Meeting 2004

The following awards were announced at the May meeting:

Adolph Schaefer Special Achievement Award -- Carmen Martella

Delaware Valley Metals Person of the Year -- Ed Neu

Meritorious Service Award -- Alan Singmaster

Metallurgical Engineering Assistants Award -- Mark Burton

Outstanding Company Support Award -- Magma-Tech P/M Labs

Young Member Award -- Anna Whitehead

Philadelphia Chapter Distinguished Service Award -- Roger Jones

President's Award -- Don Jordan

The following two awards will be presented in 2005:

William Hunt Eisenman Award -- Ronald Smith

Albert Sauveur Lecture Award -- Rodney Boyer

2004 Charles F. Burns, Jr. Postgraduate Poster Contest Winners

The following three winners were announced at the May meeting:

First Place - Saif El Din Khali - Drexel University

Second Place (Tie) - Tom Juliano - Drexel University and Hoa Lam - Drexel University

2004 Scholarship Winners

AW (Doc) Grosvenor Scholarship - Mark Florentino - Drexel University

Anthony Gallacio Scholarship - Pamela Panos - Drexel University

Joseph J. Weisser Memorial Scholarship - Andrew Marx - Drexel University

MEI Course
Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing

The Liberty Bell Chapter of ASMI and the Greater Philadelphia Section of ASNT are announcing this year's MEI Course. The first class will be on Tuesday, November 9th. Complete details will be included in next month's newsletter.

Welcome New Members

Hadi Allameh, Princeton University
Robert Baron, Temple University
Douglas Bruttomesso, Lockheed Martin
Miles F. Buchman, David H. Fleisher Inc.
Yifang Cao, Princeton University
Richard K. Clark, Richard K. Clark, Attorney at Law
Andrew W. Davis, Princeton University
Vincent Giglio, Hevco Products Inc.
Gregorio L. Guerrero, Philadelphia Water Dept.
Jeanette E. Hogan, Penn Stainless Products, Inc.
Melvin T. Holden, Sunoco Inc. R & S
Saif E. Khalil, Drexel University
Brian S. Kimball, Lockheed Martin
Christopher Y. Li, Drexel University
Jun Lou, Princeton University
Irina Molodetsky, Princeton Tech. Ctr.
Michael X. Plick, Plick and Associates
Frans Pulissen, Integrated Project Services
Vincent J. Pulumbo, Bae Systems
Timothy D. Reeves, Sunoco Inc.
William T. Riddell, Rowan University
David L. Schaeffer, Superior Tube Co.
Patrick Smith, Moreys Piers Inc.
Balaji Soundararajan, Penn State University
John T. Stasik, RV Industries, Inc.
Jonathan Thomas, Drexel University
Dale J. Weires, Boeing, Philadelphia
George B. Wood Jr.
Hao Zhang, Princeton University
Zong Zong, Princeton University

Mission Statement

ASM International, Philadelphia "Liberty Bell" Chapter

The Philadelphia "Liberty Bell" Chapter of ASM International supports the development and continuance of the materials industry in the Philadelphia area. Chapter activities strive to inform the local technical community of new developments in materials, raise the visibility of the materials industry, provide educational opportunities in materials technology, recruit new people and organizations into materials-related activities, and provide networking opportunities for members of the materials community. The Chapter works with ASM International to use our joint resources to accomplish this mission.

Changes To Your Membership Information

Any Chapter Member who needs to make a change to their membership listing or to their company affiliation listing must call Membership Service, ASM International at 1-800-336-5152 or use the ASMI website at www.asminternational.org. This will permanently update your information.

We depend on ASM International to receive our updated mailing list for this newsletter. So please do not sent information to the return address on this newsletter.

Meeting Cancellation Notification

In the event of cancellation of a meeting due to inclement weather, we will broadcast the news as part of KYW News radio's (1060AM) Storm Center Service. ASM cancellations will be specifically announced when KYW airs community cancellations at :20 and :50 past each hour during the afternoon of the day of the meeting; ASM's name will be specifically mentioned, so listen for the name rather than an organization number as is used for schools.

Do you have news...

that should be shared with the other members of the "Liberty Bell" Chapter? If so, please email your info to Anna Whitehead at aj.whitehead@att.net. Be sure to add the phrase "Item to add to the ASM Chapter newsletter" in the subject line. We'll be sure to include it in the next monthly Chapter newsletter.

For more info about the ASM Liberty Bell Chapter. . .

Contact Chapter Chairperson Scott Nyce at 215-721-1502 x 219 or email: dsn@solaratm.com.

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