CHANNEL ISLANDS SECTION
SEPTEMBER 1998 NEWSLETTER
From the Chairman,Teradyne Tour, 1998 IMECE, Proxies, Puzzles, Member-Get-A-Member, ASME on the Net, Channel Islands Section Home,
Hello everyone!
My name is Kevin Manning, and I have volunteered to be your section’s chairman for the ‘98-’99 ASME year.
Last year, as newsletter editor, I witnessed the revitalization of the Channel Islands Section. We held regular meetings with good attendance and experienced a remarkable increase in membership. I hope that, with your participation, the rejuvenation that began last year will continue into the next.
To keep the energy of this section alive we need interesting activities. At our first executive committee meeting this year, our brainstorming yielded a variety of possibilities. However, we are small in number on the committee, and cannot possibly imagine all the interests of our members. Do you have a particular activity you would like to see us coordinate? Maybe a tour of a local facility that interests you? Or a particular speaker or topic that would bring you out to an event? Please take a moment to think about it, and contact me with your requests. Remember, we are here to serve your interests.
Beyond maintaining the current vitality of the section, we must also look toward further improvement. One aspect I would like to emphasize is our section’s level of community involvement. Currently, our activities tend to offer primarily short-term benefits, and then only to the attendees. For example, a tour might satisfy an attendee’s immediate curiosity.
To actually realize long-term benefits for all ASME members, our activities need to reach beyond our immediate circle. We need to be active at a community level. Only through exposure to the community can engineers earn the community’s esteem. That esteem offers true long-term promise for engineers.
But again, we need your ideas. Can you think of a particular community activity that would be well suited to ASME participation? Perhaps you are involved in a community activity, and would like to see some support from ASME members. Contact me with your ideas.
In closing, I present our Section’s mission statement, and ask that you consider contributing your efforts toward its aims:
9/30/98 7:30 P.M.
AGOURA HILLS
| PROGRAM: | Tour of local automated printed circuit board production facility. |
| DATE: | Wednesday, September 30, 1998 |
| TIME: | Assemble starting at 7:15 P.M. Tour begins at 7:30 P.M. and lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. |
| WHERE:
COST: |
Teradyne, Inc., 30601 Agoura Road, Agoura
Hills, CA 91301
Free!! |
Teradyne began in 1960 in rented space above a hot dog stand in downtown Boston. The company’s first product was an automatic diode tester sold to Raytheon in 1961. The product introduced electronics manufacturers to the financial advantages offered by automatic testing.
As electronics grew in function and complexity, Teradyne expanded its product line to keep pace. Today, the company is the world’s largest supplier of automatic test equipment to the electronics and telecommunications industries.
Teradyne’s testers are themselves sophisticated electronic machines. A typical Teradyne product relies on dozens of complex printed circuit boards (PCBs) for its function. The demand for PCBs is so great that Teradyne maintains two automated PCB production facilities (or "foundries"): one in Boston, and one here locally in Agoura Hills.
The Agoura Hills foundry is located on the bottom floor of one of three buildings at that site (see directions below). Among the most impressive machines are the high-speed surface mount robots. These rapidly populate bare boards with a wide variety of components.
Teradyne has generously agreed to host a tour of their foundry for the Channel Islands Section. Do not miss this opportunity to catch a glimpse of the production techniques used in assembling today’s cutting-edge printed circuit boards.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is only about a week away!
If you plan to attend, please notify Kevin Manning as soon as possible. Contact him by phone at 310.457.3881 or 818.874.7119, or send e-mail to kevinmanning@asme.org. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you would like to learn more about Teradyne’s history, products, and opportunities, check their web site at: http://www.teradyne.com/
NORTH- OR SOUTHBOUND 101
Exit Reyes Adobe.
Turn right (S-bound) or left (N-bound) onto Reyes Adobe.
Turn right onto Agoura Rd. Look for Teradyne on right.
Park at Teradyne building nearest Reyes Adobe.
Gather inside front lobby at that building.
The 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition is scheduled for November 15-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center and the Anaheim Hilton and Towers. This weeklong annual ASME meeting offers a wide variety of activities. On the agenda this year:
More information on the IMECE was included in the September edition of ASME NEWS (the newspaper included with Mechanical Engineering magazine). Information is also available online at: http://www.asme.org/conf/congress98/
THE ASME PROXY FORM
You probably recognize the form pictured above as this year’s ASME Proxy for Election of Society Officers. Each year, ASME meets to elect new officers and to vote on other business matters. All members are invited to vote in person at the meeting, scheduled this year for 5:00 P.M., November 16, at the Anaheim Hilton & Towers in Anaheim, California.
If you are unable to vote in person, please submit this proxy form instead. The form, along with an addressed envelope, was included with the September edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine. The central four pages of the September ASME NEWS (the newspaper included with the magazine) contain complete proxy instructions and biographical information for all the nominees listed on the form.
Only proxies received by 10:00 A.M. on November 5, 1998 will be counted. Please show your enthusiastic support for our ASME President, Board of Governors, and Vice President nominees.
THE ASME-PROVIDED ENVELOPE
Would you like to go the movies on ASME? Are you skilled at interpreting orthographics? Below are 3 sets of orthographic views. The part geometries are such that NO HIDDEN LINES exist in any of the views shown.
But what parts correspond to these views? Submit sketches of 3 corresponding parts – one for each set of orthographics. Isometric-ish hand sketches will suffice. The Channel Islands Section will award 4 movie passes to the contestant who submits the most complete solution. If multiple submissions correctly identify all three parts, one winner will be randomly chosen from those complete solutions. Mail your entries to: ASME CHANNEL ISLANDS SECTION, c/o R.P. MORRIS, PO BOX 73, FILLMORE, CA 93016-0073.
The deadline for submission is OCTOBER 31 1998.
MYSTERY PART 1 MYSTERY PART 2
MYSTERY PART 3
HINT: In this puzzle tangent "edges", for example where a fillet begins and ends, are not considered visible (and hence would not appear in any of the views shown). Some of the corners on the square and triangular views of MYSTERY PART 3 are slightly rounded to take advantage of this aspect. GOOD LUCK!
Thanks to Keith Breinlinger for contributing these puzzles
To encourage current members to recruit new members, ASME offers incentives through its "Member-Get-A-Member" (MGAM) program. Upon joining, every new member identifies a sponsor (if any). Sponsors are rewarded through MGAM in a number of ways:
Sections are also rewarded in the MGAM program. Each recruit sponsored by a section member earns that section $5. The section in each region with the highest number of sponsored recruits at year’s end receives an additional $100 bonus.
Of course, beyond these personal and section rewards, recruiting benefits sponsors in more intangible ways. Your effective recruiting strengthens ASME by broadening its influence and increasing its resources. New members bring different ideas and fresh perspectives. Ultimately, ASME cannot survive without new members.
So ask your fellow engineers to consider joining ASME. They will be rewarded with all the benefits of membership, and you will be rewarded by MGAM and a stronger society.
For the latest news and events in ASME, check out the ASME International web site at: http://www.asme.org/
The site is an excellent avenue for exploring the resources that ASME offers. It is also the gateway to the Channel Islands Section site: choose "Regions, Sections, Chapters", then "Sections", and then "Channel Islands Section".
And please continue to keep us informed of your e-mail address. Send e-mail to Richard Ramsey at: dynamicsol@earthlink.net
Use "ASME member e-mail address" as the subject heading.