CHANNEL ISLANDS SECTION
NOVEMBER 1999 NEWSLETTER
Inside this issue:
Dear Friends,
Time is traveling by like the speed of light these days and already it is November. I hope you all enjoyed the Oceaneering tour in October. We originally planned to have a special event for the Girl Scouts on 11/13, but it has been postponed until next year. These days, maintaining flexibility is very important for accommodating unexpected changes. For our last activity this calendar year we will tour B&B Manufacturing in Valencia (see below).
At the San Diego Regional Leadership Conference (RLC), Marna and I met student representatives from UCSB and CSUN. We plan to invite them to our events and vice versa. We invited the students to the Oceaneering tour and we plan to participate in their Budweiser tour – the date has not been confirmed yet.
In January, we will host a Distinguished Lecturer Program. The Girl Scouts event will be held in February. Then we have plenty of events from March to June of next year. As you know, our committee works to bring you an interesting year. We meet on the second Thursday of each month. You are welcome to drop by any of our meetings. Thank you,
Eric Kong
| PROGRAM | Tour of local world class manufacturing facility |
| DATE | Wednesday Evening, December 1, 1999 |
| TIME | Assemble in front lobby at 6:00 pm
Food and Beverages, 6:30 pm Tour Begins at 7:00 pm (Aprox 1.5 hours) |
| LOCATION | B & B Manufacturing, Inc.
27940 Beale Court, Valencia, CA 91355 661.257.2161 |
| COST | Free |
| RESERVATIONS | E-mail Shawn Singleterry at elesimp@aol.com
or phone Kevin Manning at 818.874.7119 DEADLINE is November 24 |
| CAR POOLING | When making reservations, be sure to indicate if you are interested in car-pooling |
B&B Manufacturing is a world class manufacturing
organization that has provided service for the engineering community for over
forty years. They specialize in complex machining for a variety of industries
including aerospace and computers.
Their commercial product lines include turbochargers, cold plates and liquid cooling systems, with applications on electric cars, microwave antennas and super-computers. Their programs involve machining, fabrication, assembly, and testing.
B&B’s facility is over 12,000 square feet large housing more than 100 CNC machines with a workforce of over 250 employees. 30 minutes north of Los Angeles, the facility is strategically located centrally to support the needs of a large number of customers and suppliers. For more information on B&B Mfg. check out the website: http://www.bbmfg.com/
MAP: B&B MANUFACTURING
| FROM 101 SOUTH | FROM NORTH VENTURA COUNTY |
| Use 101 South. | Use 101 South. |
| Take I-405 North. | Take CA 126 East/Santa Paula Fwy. |
| Merge onto I-5 North. | Take the I-5 exit towards Los Angeles. |
| Take Rye Canyon Rd. exit. | Take Rye Canyon Rd. exit. |
| Turn left on Old Rd. | Turn left on Old Rd. |
| Turn left onto Rye Canyon Rd. | Turn left onto Rye Canyon Rd. |
| Turn Right onto Beale Court. | Turn Right onto Beale Court. |
| Address is: 27940 Beale Court | Address is: 27940 Bearle Court. |
On Thursday, October 28, roughly 25 members and students of the Channel Islands section, UCSB, and CSUN toured Oceaneering, Inc. in Ventura. Sean Durkin, Marketing Manager, and Dan Smith, Deep Sea Diver, for Oceaneering conducted the tour.
The tour started in their conference room with Sean discussing the many projects Oceaneering has done and continued throughout the building with observing a variety of pictures that were taken of each of the projects. He pointed out the purpose of each job and the hazards entailed. Sean commented on interesting portions of each project throughout the tour. Particularly noted was the recovery done to collect the tattered remains of a WWII aircraft found at 17,400 feet.
Divers will perform routine maintenance and restorations of structures and pipeline for offshore oil platforms. Common depths are from 100 to 250 feet. Company limits are at 1000 feet. Occasionally, divers will work along with ROV’s to finish projects successfully. The ROV’s have an umbilical to the surface where they are controlled. They play an important part to support the activity using a controlled force in specific areas or as an observation tool for someone on the surface.
The tour ended in the workshop and backyard where we observed a few of the hard suits used in deep dives and the tools and equipment that are used on each project. Since almost all of the projects are unique, they build their own tools and equipment specific to the jobs.
Oceaneering was founded in 1964 as an air and mixed gas diving business in the Gulf of Mexico. It has grown to be largely diversified with organizations in advanced applied technology, Oilfield Marine Services, and Offshore Field Development. Their main objective is to provide services and hardware to an international ring of customers who operate in marine space and other harsh environments.
The Channel Islands Section and ASME students give thanks to Sean Durken, Dan Smith and Oceaneering for their generosity and time in hosting this tour.
ASME-CSUN is hosting Salsa Night at the Crush Bar in Hollywood on Thursday, November 11th, from 9pm to 2 am. There will be free salsa lessons for those early birds. Tickets go for $10 each. For more details and location, contact ASME-CSUN by email: mc20845@csun.edu.
Tell your salsa dancing friends that here’s their chance to show their stuff.
The Girl Scout event planned for November 13th has been rescheduled to February. Time and the location will be published in later newsletters. Marna Kagele met with the San Fernando Valley Girl Scout Council to plan for a bigger event including the Boy Scouts of the area. The current plan is for 100 members of each organization.
Thanks to Marna and her hard work for putting this together. We look forward to everyone’s participation.
Check out the online ASME catalogue for new publications in mechanical engineering. One that may prove interesting reading is our discipline in the new millennium:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: TRENDS IMPACTING THE PROFESSION.
What trends will impact the mechanical engineering profession in the early 21st century? How can engineers prepare for these changes? Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century addresses these questions and discusses the rapidly changing world of mechanical engineering. The report specifically addresses the influence of external forces -- technological, demographic, economic and social - and issues within the profession, such as the value of intellectual property and the expanding boundaries of engineering work. The report also addresses what tomorrow's engineers will need to prepare for these changes.
Observe the advertisements we’ve entered into this newsletter. Anyone interested in placing an ad, contact Shawn Singleterry. For details, email address: elesimp@aol.com.
(Picture is too spectacular to display here, please visit http://www.sensorprod.com/)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Last updated 20 November 1999