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Member appreciation barbeque, June 4

• Where: Urban Park, Los Alamos
• When: Wednesday June 4, 5:30-7:30
  We will provide food from Bob's Bodacious BBQ and drinks. Bring your spouse, kids, a guest, whatever.

Lunch Talk Monday May 19

Date/Time: Monday May 19, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A & B, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Open to the public, the Otowi Building is on the lower map.
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Title: CO2 Emissions: The issue of scale

Hans-Joachim Ziock, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Abstract : Today world energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) production are already well outside scales that people are commonly familiar with, but nonetheless quite small when compared to what is likely to come.  The issue of scale must be taken into account when examining possible future energy scenarios and when considering solutions to the carbon dioxide issue.  In modern industrialized nations, CO2 emissions are about 20 tons per person per year; greater than any other commodity, with the exceptions of water and air.  Global yearly emissions are already about 30 gigatons, and this could grow by a factor of 10 this century.  A world population of about 10 billion people enjoying the lifestyle and prosperity found in modern nations would require 10 times the energy using today’s technologies.  Given the strong correlation between energy use and wealth, in order to conquer world poverty, disease, and achieve greater global stability, one would in fact like energy use to grow as quickly as possible.  Paradoxically, it is the wealth generated through energy use that provides us with the luxury of being able to worry about the environment and the means to improve it.

For questions or directions contact Suzanne Hay at 505-665-2213 shay@lanl.gov

Lunch Talk Wednesday April 16

Date/Time: Wednesday April 16, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A & B, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Open to the public, the Otowi Building is on the lower map.
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Title: Progress with Experiments and our Understanding of Rayleigh-Taylor Driven Mixing

Malcolm J. Andrews, National Security Fellow, ASME Fellow, CCS-2, LANL

The last twenty years has seen a rapid growth of experiments to investigate the development of Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) hydrodynamic instabilities. RT and RM driven wrinkles at the interface of materials lie at the heart of an overarching science for material mixing that stretches from oil trapping salt domes, that develop over tens of millions of years, to degradation of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) capsule performance in 10 -12 s. Everyday phenomena include mixing of milk into coffee, and emptying of water from a glass. Technological and enviromental applications include: drop disintegration in engine fuel sprays, enhanced heat transfer in tubes, plasma instabilities, material component mixing in the pharmaceutical industry, and buoyancy driven flows in the oceans and atmosphere. RT and RM are insidious instabilities that start with exponential growth of small scale perturbations, and end in a fully turbulent mixing process. It is this scale range and chaotic nature that challenges our experimental capabilities and physical understanding. But, the timely need to understand, predict, control, and utilize is because RT/RM mixing lies at the heart of national security priorities such as energy, threat reduction, and NNSA interests.

SSAA funding of novel RT and RM experiments, and the recent development high performance diagnostics has heralded a new era of exploration of buoyancy driven turbulence. Indeed, coupling of SSAA funded innovative experiments and new diagnostics underlies the rapid progress that has provided deep physical insights. Furthermore, data collected from the experiments has served to validate high performance ASC-based science prediction, and supported the development of advanced turbulence models. This presentation will introduce the RT and RM instabilities. Afterwards, emphasis will be placed on progress with experimental studies of RT driven mixing, and their relationship with advanced mathematical models of the RT/RM mixing processes for use in application design. A focus will be on the SSAA supported work at the Texas A&M University facility of Andrews, but other facilities supported by the SSAA and elsewhere around the world will be reviewed. The fundamental nature of these studies makes the results highly cross-disciplinary, with broad impact for the DOE Office of Science and the NNSA. Current needs with future opportunities, collaborations, and grand challenges will be discussed.

March 24-27, 2008:

Level I, GD&T Fundamentals, from Mon thru Thurs, 8AM to noon, Room 203B Research Park. Details (pdf)

Dinner Meeting Tuesday March 18, 2008:

noted expert on network and computer security Prof. Hal Berghel
Associate Dean, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"Identity Theft and Financial Fraud for the New Millennium"

Dr. Berghel will discuss the latest computing and law enforcement perspectives on identity theft and financial fraud (ITFF).  Topics will include credit/debit card scams and related technologies like keystroke logging, skimming, and double-scanning; fungible credentials, counterfeiting, digital forgery and credential amplification; advantages and disadvantages of anti-counterfeiting technologies; tactics for hiding data; what disk wiping doesn’t do (well), etc. Actual illustrations of ITFF taken from law enforcement case files will be presented. Dr. Berghel is currently Associate Dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Director of both the Center for Cybermedia Research and Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and Operations Center. His current research focuses on computing and network security and forensics, digital white collar crime, and technologies to anticipate network security events-of-interest.

He is a Fellow of both the IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery and has received the ACM Outstanding Lecturer of the Year Award four times and was recognized for Lifetime Achievement in 2004.  He is also the founder and owner of Berghel.net, a full-service information, computing and IT security consultancy.

Location:	UNM- Los Alamos Student Center, Los Alamos, NM.
Date:	Tuesday, March 18 th, Social time: 5:30pm, Italian Dinner Buffet: 6-7pm, Speaker 7-8pm
Cost:	$10 for IEEE and ASME members and guests, $15 for non-members

Sponsored by the Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Co-sponsored by the Los Alamos / Northern New Mexico Section of IEEE

Lunch Talk Tuesday March 11

Date/Time: Tuesday March 11, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A & B, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Open to the public, the Otowi Building is on the lower map.
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE

Farhad Banisadr, ES-SE, LANL

Volunteers Needed for Engineers Week Demos for Los Alamos Public Schools

The Materials Science & Engineering 2008 demonstrations evening is going to be held Wednesday, February 20 from 4:00-7:30 PM at the Los Alamos High School DECA Cafeteria (same place as last year). Set-up will start at 3:30 PM and we should be all cleaned up by 8 PM.Food and beverages will be available for demonstrators at the event

I am looking for volunteers to provide and staff hands-on demonstrations.
Please let me know ASAP [ Zana Konecni ( konecni@lanl.gov, 665-5546) ]:

______I plan to provide a demonstration about_________________________________

______I will need supplies for my demonstration (add supply list and quantities)

______I am willing to work any available demonstration (materials supplied) or oversee food

______I am willing to work the following type of demonstration_________________


Demonstrations can include any topic related to science and engineering. Ideas can be found on the National Engineers Week web site http://www.eweek.org/
The following is the list and demos from last year.  If you want to do the same let me know and if you want to change it is OK as well.:

Last year, we had 300 students K-12 and 100 adults. This year we estimate about 250-350 people. In order to handle this many visitors, we will need
help with the demonstrations.

Thanks for volunteering!
Snezana Konecni

List of Demos from 07:

                 3D CAD with Motion Simulation
                 Automotive Engineers
                 Balloon Rockets 
                 Bridges
                 Ceramics 
                 Roto copter
                 General Help
                 Hoop Glider
                 Puff Mobile
                 Seismic Slinky
                 States of Matter
                 Static Electricity
                 Pinwheel
                 Balloon Blowing
                  Magnetic flyer
                 Airplanes
                 Magnets
                 Electrical Circuits
                 Optical Interferometry
                 Reverse Engineering
                 Polymers

Los Alamos Science Fair ASME Awards:

NNMASME Judges: Suzanne and Tom Hay, Andy and Sarah Thien, Miles Buechler, Anthony Puckett, Rod Linn, Partha Rangaswamy

Awards: ($300) – chamber of commerce checks - $10 denominations & ASME pencils

Elementary Class Projects [Grades 1 – 3] (Partha Rangaswamy)

1) ‘Sun Glasses Test’, 2 nd Grade, Mrs. Altherr’s Gate, Mountain Elementary School, $ 20
2) ‘Does the shape of the boat make a difference in how much weight it can hold’, 1 st Grade, Mrs. McClean, Mountain Elementary School, $ 10

Elementary Category [Grades 4 - 5]

Engineering – Materials & Bio-Engineering
1) ‘Which wood burns best’, Matthew Ticknor, $30
2) ‘Acid and Base’, Jacob Holesinger, $20
3) ‘Which CAN gets crushed easier?, Kaelan Prime $10

Engineering – Mechanical and Electrical
1) ‘Bye Bye Bridges’, Trisha Barkss, $30
2) ‘What’s Hot? What’s Not?, Isabelle Lakis, $20
3) ‘Colors in the SUN’, Brad Marley, $10

Junior Category [Grades 6 – 8]

Engineering – Materials & Bio-Engineering
1) ‘What would you want to wear in war’, Thomas Barks, $30
2) ‘Thermal expansion of metal’, Mellisa Pollat, $20
3) ‘Shaking Houses’, Justin Dunn, $10

Engineering – Mechanical and Electrical
1) ‘How to win a pine wood derby if you have to cheat’. Amanda Mercer, $30
2) ‘Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow’, Kyle Partin, $20
3) ‘Ipod Chargers’, Colin Hemez, $10

Senior Category [Grades 9-12]

Engineering – Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
1) ‘The Underground Radio’, Alexander Kendrick, $30

Dinner Meeting Thursday December 6:

Advocate for Alternative Energy Ben Luce
co-founder of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy and founder of Break the Grip

“ The Alternative Energy Scene in New Mexico ”

Ben Luce will give a talk on federal and state alternative energy incentives in New Mexico. He will also discuss the current status of alternative energy here in New Mexico, and how this relates to other states around the Nation. Ben will then give his opinion of where the state is going on this subject, and where he and other advocates think it should be going. Ben is a former Chair and Policy Director of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, and the founder of “Break the Grip”, a citizen based campaign to promote a truly sustainable future determined by the people, for the people.

Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, Thursday, December 6th

SOCIAL TIME: 5:30
DINNER: 6:00-7:00
SPEAKER: 7:00-8:00 

COST: $10 for ASME and IEEE members and guests, $15 non-members

MENU : De Colores Mexican buffet (chips and salsa, green chicken and red beef enchiladas, green chile rice, pinto beans, tortillas and water.

Cash bar available ( beer and wine ).

RSVP by December 1 to Mike Steinzig, 667-5772, or steinzig@lanl.gov.

 

Sponsored by the Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Co-sponsored by the Los Alamos / Northern New Mexico Section of IEEE

 

 

Northern New Mexico Section of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) presents

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING
Extended Principles/Applications (Level II)

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION:

Level II: October 29 through October 31. Monday, 1PM to 5PM, Tuesday all day (8 AM to 5 PM), Wednesday 8 AM to 12 noon

The class will be held in the Research Park Bldg., TA-3-4200 (formerly known as the Motorola Building), Room 202A. This is Vital Alert Communications’ Conference Room on the same floor as Hot Rocks Java Cafe.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Level II (GD&T, Level II) is a two-day course that addresses the extended principles of GD&T, including design and inspection considerations. Students will focus on design intent, basic calculations for inner and outer boundaries, applications and max/min between features.

INSTRUCTOR

Your instructor will be Tony Cimabue, who has over 34 years of experience in industry and at Los Alamos National Lab. He is a GD&T Professional certified by ASME at the Senior Level in accordance with the qualifications of ASME Y14.5.2.

OBJECTIVES

To understand and apply the Fundamentals and Extended Principles of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, specifically:

• The concepts, rules and language of GD&T
• GD&T symbology
• Steps for proper Datum selection and specification
• Definitions and effects of Material Condition Modifiers.
• Datum Modifiers and Datum Virtual Condition Rule.
• More complex controls such as composite profile and position, zero position tolerancing, and coaxial holes and runout controls will be studied in-depth.
• Inner and Outer boundary calculations and their applications.
• Calculations for: fasteners, wall thickness, detail and assembly stacks
• Functional gage design and Paper gaging inspection techniques

There will be practical applications and numerous exercises for all of the above topics.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

If you have been attempting to work with GD&T but lack confidence in describing part specifications or are having trouble interpreting these specifications, this course is for you. This program is for designers, engineers, machinists/inspectors or anyone in Quality Control.

CREDIT

This class qualifies for 3.75 CEUs (1.5 for Fundamentals and 2.25 for Extended) or 37.5 PDHs.

PREREQUISITES

Students should have a good understanding of engineering drawings (blueprint reading).

COURSE FEES

		Level II with Answer Guide	Opt: ASME Y14.5M Standard – 1994 Dimensioning and Tolerancing
ASME Member		$725	$135
Non-member		$875	$135

Lunch Talk Tuesday September 25

Louis Rosocha, P-24 on Plasma Assisted Combustion for More Efficient Engines

Date/Time: Tuesday September 25, 2007, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A & B, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Open to the public, the Otowi Building is on the lower map.
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Title: APPLICATIONS OF PLASMA TO COMBUSTION ENHANCEMENT

Louis Rosocha, P-24 LANL

The application of electric fields to flames has been studied at least as far back as 1814, was applied to flame combustion in the 1920’s and was further developed into several applications in the last half of the 20th Century. When the electric field strength is sufficient to cause electrical breakdown of a fuel or fuel/air mixture, plasma effects will dominate. Plasma effects can increase electron and ion temperatures and promote combustion through the formation of ‘active’ species (such as free radicals) or the dissociation of fuel molecules into smaller, more-easily combusted fragments.
Plasma-assisted combustion (PAC) is now a timely topic worldwide, possibly having applications that can allow more efficient fossil-fuel usage, the conversion of low-grade fuels into higher-grade fuels, and the reduction of pollution through ultra-lean burn combustion. This chapter focuses on non-equilibrium (“cold” or “non-thermal”) plasma applications to combustion, particularly for enhancing combustion stability, efficiency, and reducing undesirable emissions. This is in contrast to equilibrium (“hot” or “thermal”) plasmas (e.g., spark plugs, plasma jets/torches).
This talk will present a brief historical background on electric field and plasma effects on combustion and will then discuss non-equilibrium plasmas, as mainly applied to combustion stability, efficiency, and pollution reduction in more detail. Plasma-based ignition will be covered to a lesser extent because it is considered a specialized, although important, topic within the PAC field. Selected examples from the literature will be presented, but the talk will primarily focus on work carried out at the author’s institution that will provide examples of non-equilibrium plasma applications to combustion enhancement.

 

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE
LEVEL I
Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications

To register now, click on the link below or paste the address into your web browser.
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=139444

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION: August 7, 8 and 9

Tuesday, 8:00 AM to noon
Wednesday, 8:00 to 5:00 PM
Thursday, 8:00 AM to noon

The class will be held in the Research Park Bldg., TA-3-4200, Room 202A.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: “Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing” (GD&T) provides the basis for defining and communicating engineering design specifications. This course focuses on methods to improve communication among engineers, designers, manufacturing and inspection. The 16-hour course is a complete and thorough introduction to the ASME Y14.5M Standard and includes practical application exercises. This course is geared to those individuals with little to moderate experience with GD&T.

OBJECTIVES:

• Introduce the concepts, rules and language of the ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard
• Enable participants to understand and apply the GD&T symbology
• Provide participants with knowledge for proper Datum selection and specification
• Understand the definitions and effects of Material Condition Modifiers
• Calculate functional tolerances for fasteners
• Introduction to inspection techniques and functional gage design

WHY ATTEND? Your drawings have GD&T on them (or maybe they are supposed to)! If you have been attempting to work with GD&T but lack the confidence to set up specifications or have trouble interpreting a specification, this course is for you. Using GD&T improperly can be worse than not using it at all! This course is designed for drafters, designers, engineers, machinists, inspectors and quality assurance (QA) personnel.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualification ASME Y14.5.2. Tony has over 30 years of professional experience applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to complex design problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry.

PREREQUISITES: Working understanding of engineering drawings or blueprint reading
COURSE CREDIT: 1.5 CEUs (15 PDHs)
COURSE FEES:

		Course with Workbook only	Course with Workbook and ASME Y14.5M Standard
ASME Member		$850	$986
Non-member		$1000	$1136

 

WORKBOOK : Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing by Al Neumann with references to the ASME Y14.5 Standard will be provided.

 

Lunch Talk Tuesday July 24

Date/Time: Tuesday July 24, 2007, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A & B
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Title: LANL Space Instrumentation and Related Mechanical Engineering Challenges

John Bernardin, LANL ISR-1

A general overview of several recently developed LANL space exploration and monitoring instruments will be given.  General Mechanical Engineering challenges associated with these instrument designs, as well as some specific engineering problems and corresponding solutions will be presented.  There will be plenty of time for questions and open discussions.

Membership Party June 12

Lunch Talk Thursday May 31

Lunch Meeting Tuesday April 10 (this was a great talk last December, but it came on a snow delay day, so we are repeating it)

Pandemic Influenza and the Engineering Challenges They Present

This talk (see abstract) was very well received. Here are the links for more information:
- Ron's slides: http://www.infragardnm.org/Dolin_Pandemic_Overview.pdf
- Some sites on stockpiling food: www.providentliving.org  (Mormon), www.alpinesurvival.com

Ron Dolin
Chief of Staff, The Center for Homeland Security (CHS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Date/Time: Tuesday April 10, 2007, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

The US President's Homeland Security Council recently released their National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. This national strategy outlines the roles and responsibilities for the federal government during a pandemic. Since a flu pandemic will be everywhere all at once, the federal government is advising state and local agencies that they will be responsible for performing the many disaster relief tasks that have historically been performed by the federal government. As communities plan for a pandemic many engineering challenges have to be overcome.
 
This presentation gives an overview of the N5H1 virus; explains why this flu strain is so deadly, how it could become a pandemic, and what communities and individuals should prepare for. Many of the lessons learned by the Los Alamos Local Emergency Planning Committee when they went through their planning process will be discussed.  The presentation will outline how aspects of our society, such as food production and vaccine distribution will be strained during a pandemic

Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Int'l presents its

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE
LEVEL I

Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications

Register through Acteva. More information below.

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION: April 10 and 11, 2007, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:00 to 5:00 PM

Class Location and Directions:
The course will be held in Room 203B of the Research Park Building (Technical Area 3, Building 4200) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: “Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing” (GD&T) provides the basis for defining and communicating engineering design specifications. This course focuses on methods to improve communication among engineers, designers, manufacturing and inspection. The 16-hour course is a complete and thorough introduction to the ASME Y14.5M Standard and includes practical application exercises. This course is geared to those individuals with little to moderate experience with GD&T.

OBJECTIVES:

• Introduce the concepts, rules and language of the ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard
• Enable participants to understand and apply the GD&T symbology
• Provide participants with knowledge for proper Datum selection and specification
• Understand the definitions and effects of Material Condition Modifiers
• Calculate functional tolerances for fasteners
• Introduction to inspection techniques and functional gage design

WHY ATTEND? Your drawings have GD&T on them (or maybe they are supposed to)! If you have been attempting to work with GD&T but lack the confidence to set up specifications or have trouble interpreting a specification, this course is for you. Using GD&T improperly can be worse than not using it at all! This course is designed for drafters, designers, engineers, machinists, inspectors and quality assurance (QA) personnel.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualification ASME Y14.5.2. Tony has over 30 years of professional experience applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to complex design problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry.

PREREQUISITES: Working understanding of engineering drawings or blueprint reading

COURSE CREDIT: 1.5 CEUs (15 PDHs)

COURSE FEES:

WORKBOOK : Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing by Al Neumann with references to the ASME Y14.5 Standard will be provided.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOK:ASME Y14.5M Standard – 1994 Dimensioning and Tolerancing may be purchased when enrolling in class.

REGISTRATION: Click on link to Acteva with a purchase card/major credit card in hand. For questions, contact Anne Browning, preferably by email: nnm-asme at cybermesa.com, or by phone at 505-470-7379 between 9 AM and 5 PM.

REGISTRATION and MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

NOTE: You should register only online through Acteva. See 4 below for other option.

REGISTRANTS:

• Register soon to ensure that the class will have enough students. The purchase card holder can register multiple people at once but should be sure to give Email, Address (Group number and Mail Stop if LANL employee/contractor) and Phone Number for each person registering. If the class is full, register under the wait list option, which doesn’t require immediate payment. If slots become available, we will notify you. If that doesn’t happen, we will email you in advance of the next offering. If less than six register, we will cancel the class and give those registered a full refund.
• You will receive a confirmation from Acteva that you have a slot reserved and paid for once credit card and registration information is received and processed. Make sure your name is on this. Keep a copy of the Acteva confirmation for your records.
• LANL personnel: Please use a group purchase card.
• Non-LANL personnel may pay by check but should register promptly to reserve a space. E mail Anne Browning for information on how to register when paying with check.
• If you have any special needs or questions, please contact Anne Browning, giving a minimum of name and phone number repeated slowly .

Snacks: We provide handheld breakfast burritos from Hot Rocks each morning at 7:45AM and daily snacks of trail mix and such in the classroom. Coffee/tea/hot water and ice water are available throughout the day. If they run low, students should feel free to take empty carafes or pitchers directly to the cash register at Hot Rocks for a refill. Anne will send an email reminder about the class on the Friday or/and Monday before class. This will be the chance to specify choice of breakfast burrito or other breakfast items for the first class: Bacon/Chorizo/Ham/Sausage/Veggie, Red/Green and any other special requests, like chili on the side. Lunch is on your own.

Parking Permits: Parking Permits are no longer required but please don’t park in spaces designated Visitor. You do not qualify for this short term parking and you could be towed.

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SECTION – ASME address: NNM Section – ASME
PO Box 119
Los Alamos, NM 87544

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SECTION – ASME Contact:
Anne Browning
Phone: 505-470-7379, okay to leave a message
E-mail: nnm-asme at cybermesa.com Replace at and spaces with @

To register now, click on the link below or paste the address into your web browser.
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=127416

Dinner Meeting Wednesday February 14

A Novel Steam Engine for Vehicles

Bob Bourque

Date/Time: Wednesday January 31, 2007, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Lunch Meeting Tuesday December 19

Pandemic Influenza and the Engineering Challenges They Present

Ron Dolin
Chief of Staff, The Center for Homeland Security (CHS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Date/Time: Tuesday December 19, 2006, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

The US President's Homeland Security Council recently released their National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. This national strategy outlines the roles and responsibilities for the federal government during a pandemic. Since a flu pandemic will be everywhere all at once, the federal government is advising state and local agencies that they will be responsible for performing the many disaster relief tasks that have historically been performed by the federal government. As communities plan for a pandemic many engineering challenges have to be overcome.
 
This presentation gives an overview of the N5H1 virus; explains why this flu strain is so deadly, how it could become a pandemic, and what communities and individuals should prepare for. Many of the lessons learned by the Los Alamos Local Emergency Planning Committee when they went through their planning process will be discussed.  The presentation will outline how aspects of our society, such as food production and vaccine distribution will be strained during a pandemic

(It may sometimes appear that we are out of seats for either
ASME members or non-members. Please use the waitlist option
so we can make room for more attendees)

Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Int'l presents its

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE
LEVEL II

Extended Principles

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION:

September 26, Tuesday 8:00AM to 5:00 PM
September 27, Wednesday 8:00AM to 5:00 PM

 The class will be held in the Research Park Bldg., TA-3-4200, Room 202A.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Level II (GD&T, Level II) is a two-day course that addresses the extended principles of GD&T, including design and inspection considerations. Students will focus on design intent, basic calculations for inner and outer boundaries, applications and max/min between features.

PREREQUISITES:A course in GD&T Fundamentals

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:Designers, drafters, engineers, machinists, inspectors, and quality assurance (QA) personnel

INSTRUCTOR:The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualification ASME Y14.5.2. Tony has over 30 years of professional experience applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to complex design problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry.

WORKBOOK : Geometric Dimensioning and TolerancingFundamentalsWorkbook 1994 Std by Al Neumann with references to the ASME Y14.5 Standard (same books as used in Fundamentals class) Note that Workbook is required for this class, but those who took the GD&T Fundamentals class previously with Tony may reuse their workbook.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOK:ASME Y14.5M Standard – 1994 Dimensioning and Tolerancing

COURSE CREDIT: 1.5 CEU (15 PDH)

COURSE FEES:

REGISTRATION: Click on link to Acteva with a purchase card/major credit card in hand.(Our memo from CFO authorizing the use of Purchase Cards for local GD&T classes is at the top of the page.) For questions, contact Anne Browning, preferably by email: nnm-asme at cybermesa.com, or by phone at 505-470-7379 between 9 and 5 after September 1.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

 The class will be held in the Research Park Bldg., TA-3-4200, Avanza’s Room 202A. No parking permits except for handicapped spaces are currently required.

(directions to the Research Park.)

NOTE: We prefer you to register only online through Acteva. See below for other option.

REGISTRANTS:

• Register early because we have only 19 slots available. The purchase card holder can register multiple people at once but should be sure to give Email, Address (Group number and Mail Stop if LANL employee/contractor) and Phone Number for each person registering. If the class is full, register under the wait list option, which doesn’t require immediate payment. If slots become available, we will notify you. If that doesn’t happen, we will email you in advance of the next offering. If less than 9 register, we will cancel the class and give those registered a full refund.
• You will receive a confirmation from Acteva that you have a slot reserved and paid for once credit card and registration information is received and processed. Make sure your name is on this. Keep a copy of the Acteva confirmation for your records.
• LANL personnel: Please use a group purchase card. Copy of memo permitting this is available on our website.
• Non-LANL personnel may pay by check but should register promptly to reserve a space. Email Anne Browning for information on how to register when paying with check.
• If you have any special needs or questions, please contact Anne Browning, giving a minimum of name and phone number repeated slowly .

Snacks: We provide handheld breakfast burritos and/or other breakfast items from Hot Rocks each morning at 7:45AM and daily snacks of trail mix and such in the classroom. Coffee/tea/hot water and ice water are available throughout the day. Anne will send an email reminder about the class on the Friday or Monday before class. Your response will confirm that you are coming and be your choice from the several breakfast items. Lunch is on your own.

Parking Permits: Parking Permits are no longer required but please don’t park in spaces designated Visitor. You do not qualify for this short term parking and you could be towed.

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SECTION – ASME address:

NNM Section – ASME
PO Box 119
Los Alamos, NM 87544

NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SECTION – ASME Contact:

Anne Browning
Phone: 505-470-7379, okay to leave a message
E-mail: nnm-asme at cybermesa.com Replace at and spaces with @

Where: Urban Park , Los Alamos
When: June 28, 2006 5:30 pm

We have done well this past year (July 2005- June 2006) and we wanted to share the joy with you all.

Bring your spouse, friends, kids...... There will be plenty of BBQ and drinks provided by Northern New Mexico Section.

Dear Members and guests: You are invited to join us in celebration of Engineering on February 22 at the High School Cafeteria in Los Alamos.

See DiscoverE2006.pdf for more information

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
4:30 to 7:30 PM
Los Alamos High School Cafeteria (DECA)
 
Students (K-12), teachers and parents
are invited to attend this free event.
 
Food and beverages will be served along with many interesting, interactive and fun science and engineering demonstrations.

Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Int’l presents its
GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING COURSE
Geometric Tolerancing Stacks, Applications and Analysis

See also Stacks&AnalysisWebAd.doc

DATES, TIMES and LOCATION:
Wednesday, 15 February
Thursday, 16 February
Wednesday, 22 February
Thursday, 23 February 2006 

$1100 for ASME members, $1200 for non-members
 
All classes meet from 8AM to 5PM each of the four days.
Classroom location: Research Park (TA-3-4200) Room 203A (same floor as Hot Rocks Java Café)
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This 32-hour course educates students in the fundamentals of tolerance stacks.  These basic techniques can be used for calculating the effects of coordinate and geometric tolerance accumulations on both individual parts and assemblies. Tolerance stacks are important tools for designers, engineers, and manufacturing and inspection personnel.  Students will learn to apply geometric tolerancing to drawings of mating parts and assemblies and then perform tolerance stacks analysis to ensure the specifications are met.
 
PREREQUISITES:   Students should be well-versed in the Fundamentals of GD&T (Basic and Advanced classes).
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  Designers, drafters, engineers, inspectors and quality assurance personnel
 
INSTRUCTOR:  The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Senior Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualifications of ASME Y14.5.2.  Tony has over 30 years of professional experience using GD&T on complex design problems both in industry and at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 
WORKBOOKS:  Geometric Tolerancing – Stacks and Analysis Workbook
and Applications with Stacks Workbook by Al Neumann
Note:  These two workbooks are required for this course. Course fee includes both, which will be provided at the first class.
                                                                                                                
RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOKS:  Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Fundamentals Workbook by Al Neumann and the ASME Y14.5M 1994 Standard. (These books are not required to attend or participate in the class)
 
COURSE CREDIT:  3.0 CEU (30PDH) thru ASME International
 
PERKS: Breakfast burritos, coffee, tea, water and snacks will be provided.

Congratulations to the winners of ASME prizes at the Los Alamos Science Fair:

General Membership Meeting and Raffle Drawing

We will have a general meeting on Wednesday January 25th, 12:00-1:00 at the Research Park, Room T-222.  All members and prospective members are encouraged to attend.

Pizza Hut pizza will be provided for everyone that responds before Wednesday morning at 9:00.  Please send an email to Richard Browning, rvb127@cybermesa.com, with your choice of pizza type.  We will try to accommodate individual preferences on types, so please be detailed if you like something specific.  Defaults are sausage and veggie. 

The meeting will also feature a drawing for the Alibre software package.We will still sell tickets at the meeting, for those unable to get a check in the mail this week.

Lunch Meeting Monday December 19

LANL Senior Design Projects with Bradley University

See flyer_ME.pdf

Dr. Martin Morris
Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bradley University

Date/Time: Monday December 19, 2005, 12:00-1:00
Location: Cochiti Room of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center

Dr. Morris will talk about the unique senior project design experience
at Bradley University and give an overview of the three LANL projects
for this year. Two of the teams and their faculty advisors will be
visiting LANL and will attend the talk.

The objective of the senior design course is to provide a realistic
experience in the practice of engineering design for senior mechanical
engineering students. Students work in teams of three (or four) as
project consultants. They work for clients in industry or other external
agencies. The team develops a solution to a problem with guidance from
representatives of the client and a faculty advisor. Past projects have
ranged from paper studies, open ended research topics, to prototype
delivery, focused on the specific design of a machine element. Topics
have spanned the spectrum of mechanical engineering and have also
included aspects of bioengineering, electrical engineering,
manufacturing, and cost analysis. In the past two years they have
provided solutions to industry clients induding Caterpillar Inc., John
Deere, Boeing, Visteon, NASA, U.S. Air Force, OSF St. Francis Hospital,
ASHRAE, Winzeler Gear, Copeland, and a large theme park in central
Florida.

Dr. Morris has been a professor at Bradley since 1997. Before teaching,
Dr. Morris worked for 7 years as a Principle Technical Specialist and
Scientist in the Advanced Systems and Technology-Phantom Works at
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories
in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Morris has a strong interest in teaching the next
generation of engineers as well as providing them with excellent
research opportunities.

Lunch Meeting Tuesday December 6

Alibre Design: Low Cost Parametric Solid Modeling / Product Development Software

Paul Grayson
Founder and Chairman of the Board and
Scott Erickson, Alibre Inc., Richardson, TX  .

Date/Time: Tuesday December 6, 2005, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A/B
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Scott Erickson, Alibre Inc., Richardson, TX  

Alibre Inc. is a company originally founded to harness Internet technology for distributed product design teams.  Alibre Design is a low cost, yet full featured, parametric solid modeling system with associative 2D drafting similar to products such as SolidWorks, Solid Edge, AutoDesk Inventor,and Pro/E.  Alibre Design also provides integration for NC machining and finite element engineering analysis programs.  

In the talk Paul and Scott will discuss the unique business plan and growth of the company, including:
* Founding the company in 1997 -- original vision
* Corporate development -- Solution Partners, Consultants, Resellers
* The 3D CAD "landscape" and how Alibre Design fits in
* Product development methods
* Future Plans and Goals  

After the talk, Scott will be available to provide product demonstrations and answer any technical questions about Alibre Design. For further information or to register for a free 30-day evaluation version of Alibre Design, please visit www.alibre.com.

Lunch Meeting Wednesday November 2

Application of Large-Eddy Simulations of Industrial Effluents for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Systems

David S. DeCroix, PhD.

D-5: Nuclear Design and Risk Analysis

Date/Time: Wednesday November 2, 2005, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A/B
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Plume and industrial effluent modeling is an area our team has been actively involved in for a number of years.  Most recently we have developed modeling tools that are being used for hyperspectral sensor analysis.

The plume modeling codes predict the concentration and temperature of a release as a function of space and time as the effluent flows in and around buildings and obstacles.  Two main codes are being actively developed, one a fast running urban dispersion model that couples a mass consistent wind model with a Lagrangian dispersion code that computes mean wind and effluent concentrations.  The other is a large-eddy simulation code that provides high spatial and temporal resolution of instantaneous concentrations and temperatures, including turbulent fluctuations, simulating realistic variability in the effluent dispersion.  Once the plumes have been modeled for a specific site, an invariant chemical composition is assumed at the effluent source location, and the plume model concentrations are scaled appropriately for a given flow rate.  A composite spectrum is defined using existing libraries of individual gas spectra for the portion of the spectrum.  From the resultant plume simulations, we have the concentration and temperature of the effluent gas has a function of three-dimensional space and time.  We then compute the plume radiance and transmittance for the assumed gas mixture, and superimpose this "flattened" plume over the site.  We then compute the effect of the surface materials and their radiance and transmittance through the plume and atmosphere to a hyperspectral (or multispectral) instrument.

In the presentation  I  will show several simulations of plumes, will show how these plumes would look as seen by a hyperspectral instrument and will discuss the effects of steady state and temporally evolving plume concentration and radiance on the sensors minimum detectable quantity.

Bio:  David DeCroix received a BSME (May 1985) and MSME (December 1986) from Bradley University.  He then worked in the aerospace industry at Rockwell International, North American Aircraft Division in the advanced design aerodynamics group.  While at NAA he was involved in wind tunnel testing and computational fluid dynamics in the design of advanced concept vehicles.  In 1994 he took an educational leave of absence and was accepted into the atmospheric science doctoral program at North Carolina State University.  He came to LANL in 1999 as a GRA, became a postdoc, then a staff member in 2003.  At LANL he works in the Decision Applications division, group D-5, Nuclear Design and Risk Assessment, where he is the Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerosol Transport Team Leader.  He works on general CFD problems and turbulent transport and diffusion, particularly in the urban atmospheric boundary layer.

October Dinner Meeting: Fuller Lodge, Saturday, October 15th

Flyer: Schmitt_Flyer.pdf

Former Senator and Astronaut

Harrison H. Schmitt

“ Return to the Moon ”

 

Fuller Lodge, Saturday, October 15th
SOCIAL TIME: 5:00-5:30 DINNER: 5:30-6:15
LECTURE: 6:15-7:15

COST: $13 for members and guests, $17 nonmembers

MENU : Southwest Stuffed Chicken Breast, BBQ Beef Brisket, Rice Pilaf, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, Roll. Cash bar available ( beer and wine ).

RSVP by October 12 to Brian Smith, bsmith@lanl.gov, or phone 665-2666.

Seating is limited so please make plans early!

Sorry, autograph requests cannot be honored on this evening..

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Sponsored by the Northern New Mexico Section of ASME

Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Int'l presents its GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE LEVEL II - Extended Principles

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION:
September 21, Wednesday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
September 22, Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

The classroom is located in the Research Park (Motorola) Bldg. TA-3-4200, Room 203A.

Register early because we limit the class to 20 participants.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualification ASME Y14.5.2. Tony has over 30 years of professional experience applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to complex design problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Level II (GD&T, Level II) is a two-day course that addresses the extended principles of GD&T, including design and inspection considerations. Students will focus on design intent, basic calculations for inner and outer boundaries, applications and max/min between features.

See GD&TWebAdLevelII.doc for all of the details.

• contact Anne Browning, preferably at
  nnm-asme@cybermesa.com, or by phone at 505-470-7379 between 9 and 5 for questions. Please leave a message

Lunch Meeting Tuesday September 6

IAEA Unattended Monitoring Systems

Date/Time: Tuesday September 6, 2005, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Room
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

This talk will introduce you to the concept of unattended monitoring systems as employed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It will also briefly touch on policy and financial drivers for this technology. It will also cover the worldwide application, goals, objectives, design philosophy, and some of the technologies currently in use.

Mark J. Schanfein, Safeguards Systems, N-4, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mark has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science. He first joined the IAEA's Secretariat in 1978 where he served 4 years as an inspector within the Department of Safeguards and as a Group Leader implementing the first geographical team approach to safeguarding nuclear complexes including low enriched and MOX fuel fabrication facilities, reprocessing, research reactors, and research labs. From August 2000 to 2004, Mark returned to the IAEA as the Unit Head of the Unit for Unattended Monitoring System (UMS) in the Section for Installed Systems in the Department of Safeguards, while maintaining inspector status for short term assignments. He managed a team of scientists, engineers and technicians supporting over 90 fielded systems installed worldwide, carried out the design and testing of new systems, and managed the multi-million dollar UMS R&D program.

Between these IAEA tours, Mark was at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He held three main positions while there. In his first job, he had oversight responsibility for all technical aspects of domestic safeguards at LANL including all destructive and non-destructive measurement of nuclear materials and all personnel and vehicle portal monitoring. In the second, he was responsible for all non-destructive nuclear material measurements at the LANL Plutonium Facility and the Chemical and Metallurgical Research Facility including research into difficult to measure matrices. Just prior to leaving he was the Lead Project Leader responsible for a multi-million dollar research and development program for domestic safeguards in support of the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex.

Currently Mark is the Deputy Group Leader in N-4, Systems Studies, and is contributing to two projects. One is to leverage IAEA technologies into domestic safeguards (in this regard, Mark recently received approval from TA-55 management to start the first such modern installation in the Plutonium Facility). The other is as the technical coordinator for safeguards in the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative.

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION:
August 2, Tuesday 8:00 to 12:00 noon
August 3, Wednesday 8:00 to 5:00 PM
August 4, Thursday 8:00 to 12:00 noon

The classroom is located in the Research Park (Motorola) Bldg. TA-3-4200, Room 203A. directions: dirnsAug05.doc

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor, Tony Cimabue, is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional certified by ASME in accordance with the qualification ASME Y14.5.2. Tony has over 30 years of professional experience applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to complex design problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in private industry.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: "Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing" (GD&T) provides the basis for defining and communicating engineering design specifications. This course focuses on methods to improve communication among engineers, designers, manufacturing and inspection. The 16-hour course is a complete and thorough introduction to the ASME Y14.5M Standard and includes practical application exercises. This course is geared to those individuals with little to moderate experience with GD&T.

See GD&T1CurrentWebAd.doc for all of the details.

Lunch Meeting Wednesday June 1

Enhancing Quality of Life in Los Alamos: The Civic Center Project

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 12:00-1:00
Location: Otowi Cafeteria Side Room C
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

Speaker: Sid Singer. See Sid's Bio.

Almost the entire public quality-of-life infrastructure in Los Alamos was
built by the Atomic Energy Commission and transferred to Los Alamos County
and the Schools by the mid-1960s. Much of that infrastructure is now
obsolescent, perhaps even obsolete, and is increasingly unable to satisfy
the needs of Los Alamos today. The Civic Center is an ambitious project
intended to restore the heart and spirit of community life in Los Alamos
by building downtown a large banquet hall with attendant meeting rooms, a
700 seat performing arts center suitable for a broad variety of public
event that would be attractive to people of all ages and interests, and a
concessions building that would house an Internet Café and a 12 lane
bowling center.

The talk will briefly summarize how the project started and how it came to
have its proposed features. Mainly, we will describe the results of the
preliminary design, the cost estimate, and how the project is proposed to
be financed. We will close by offering some opinions as to why the
project is important to the future of Los Alamos.

Lunch Meeting Thursday May 5

When: Noon - 1:00, Thursday, May 5, 2005
Where: LANL, TA-3, Bldg 261 (Otowi Building), Cafeteria Side Rooms
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own

TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ON THREE SPACECRAFT: GENESIS, SCIM, AND THE 2009 MARS ROVER

Roger Wiens, Space Science and Applications, ISR-1, Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANL has played, and is playing, key roles in instrumentation on a number of NASA planetary exploration spacecraft. Just last year the GENESIS mission returned samples (albeit somewhat broken!) containing solar wind collected in space over a period of two years. The SCIM mission was to collect samples of the Mars atmosphere and atmospheric dust during a Mach-27 pass through the Mars atmosphere, to return theses samples to Earth. SCIM went through a detailed feasibility study in 2003, and although not selected at that time, it may still be selected for flight. LANL is also building a suite of instruments for the next Mars rover, to be launched in four years. I will touch briefly on each of these three missions and their technical challenges.

LANSCE Tour April 29, 2005, 2:30-5:30 PM

2:30 PM - Meet in the TA-53 Building 1 Lobby (this is the first building you come to on the left)
2:40 - 3:15 PM - Presentations: LANSCE Overview (Walt Barkley) and Mechanical Engineering (Systems - Walt Barkley, and Design - Jim O'Hara)
3:30 - 4:00 PM - Building 3J to meet Keith Stephens (he will be the tour guide) - will also have the Ion Source Physicist (Gary Rouleau)
4:10 - 5:00 PM - Building 849 for the Central Control Room and walk to Proton Radiography
5:00 - 5:30 PM - End of mesa for Gamma Ray telescope (Jim Wren of ISR-1 will show us this unique device)
5:30 PM - End of Tour

ASME distinguished lecturer April 15 2005

See pdf flyer for more details.

Where: Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos
When: Friday April 15
Social Time: 6:00-6:30
Dinner: 6:30-7:15
Lecture: 7:15-8:00
Cost: $13 for members and guests, $17 nonmembers
Menu: Almond Mango Chicken or Raspberry Pork, Rice Pilaf, Twice Baked Potatoes, Garden salad

SR-71 Blackbird - An Engineering Marvel

The world's fastest and highest flying aircraft was conceived as early as 1958 by the renowned aircraft engineer, Kelly Johnson. Built in total secrecy, the first Blackbird flew on April 26, 1962. When cruising at over 2,100 mph, with skin friction temperatures reaching 700 degrees Fahrenheit, the SR-71 performed at its best!. Col. (Ret) Richard Graham flew the Blackbirds for seven years on reconnaissance missions. The presentation includes two short videos, one on the SR-71, and another honoring Kelly Johnson.

ASME Distinguished lecturer Richard H. Graham, Col., USAF (Ret) flew the Blackbirds for over seven years on operational reconnaissance missions. He was selected to be the Squadron Commander of the SR-71 unit in 1980 and eventually became the Wing Commander at Beale AFB, which included both the SR-71 and U-2 aircraft. With over 15 years of experience with the SR-71 program, he is uniquely qualified to talk on the capabilities of the SR-71.

Northern New Mexico Section of ASME Int'l presents its
GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE
Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications

DATES, TIMES AND LOCATION:
April 12, Tuesday 8:00 to 12:00 noon
April 13, Wednesday 8:00 to 5:00 PM
April 14, Thursday 8:00 to 12:00 noon

The classroom is located in the Research Park (Motorola) Bldg. TA-3-4200, Room 203A.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: "Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing" (GD&T) provides the basis for defining and communicating engineering design specifications. This course focuses on methods to improve communication among engineers, designers, manufacturing and inspection. The 16-hour course is a complete and thorough introduction to the ASME Y14.5M Standard and includes practical application exercises. This course is geared to those individuals with little to moderate experience with GD&T.

See GD&TWebAd1.doc for all of the details.

Lunch Meeting Friday March 25

When: Noon - 1:00, Friday, March 25, 2005
Where: LANL, TA-3, Bldg 261 (Otowi Building), Cafeteria Side Rooms
Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own
No RSVP required

Development and implementation of a failure design criteria for blast loaded confinement vessels

This presentation focuses on the development and implementation of a failure design criteria for blast loaded confinement vessels, including rules and requirements that will be incorporated in the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code. Emphasis is placed on the High Explosve (HE) detonation-induced impulse loading, producing a highly dynamic response, with a non-linear strain field. The failure design criteria is presented, which uses a modification of current ASME Code Section III, Division 1, Appendix F rules, relative to plastic tensile instability. A strain-based, rather than a stress-based, approach is presented for ASME Code, Sec. VIII, Div. 3 adoption.

Ed Rodriguez, Technical Staff Member , Los Alamos National Laboratory. Ed is a long term ASME member and very active in the Codes community contributing to the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

Lunch Meeting Tuesday March 1

When: 11:30 - 12:30, Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Where: LANL, TA-3, Bldg 261 (Otowi Building), Cafeteria Side Room A
Lunch: Buy at cafeteria or bring your own
No RSVP required

Material Test Station (MTS) at LANSCE Area A

Rick Wood
Technical Staff Member
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The proposed Material Test Station (MTS) for LANSCE will provide the first fast neutron irradiation capability in the US since the shut down of the FFTF and EBR-II sodium-cooled fast reactors. It will enable development of materials and nuclear fuels for advanced reactors for many future applications, including waste transmutation, breeder reactors, and NASA nuclear-powered deep-space probes.

Engineering Evening February 24

To volunteer, contact Snezana Konecni at konecni@lanl.gov or 505-665-5546.

The Materials Science & Engineering 2005 demonstrations evening is going to be held Thursday, February 24 from 4-7 PM at the Los Alamos High School DECA Cafeteria (same place as last year). Set-up will start at 3:30 PM and we should be all cleaned up by 8 PM.

Last year, we had 250 students K-12 and 30 adults. This year we are working with the LANL Community Outreach Office to contact students, colleges/universities and "tech companies" in the region. We estimate about 150-300 people. In order to handle this many visitors, we will need help with the demonstrations.

GD&T Level II (Extended Principles): February 15 & 16, 2005.

This two-day course looks at the extended principles of GD&T including design and inspection considerations. Students will focus on design intent, basic calculations for inner and outer boundaries, applications and max/min between features.
Class full, registration closed.
NOTE: Workbook is required for this class, but those who took the GD&T Fundamentals class with Tony in November or previously may reuse the workbook from the Fundamentals class.
For those in the class, see GDTLIIFeb05.doc for details.

GD&T Fundamentals: April 12(AM only), 13(all day), & 14 (AM only), 2005. Registration information will be available about mid-February.

For LANL people, see LANL training webpage on GD&T classes for possible future classes.

NOVEMBER ASME GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING (GD&T) COURSE:

CLASS FULL: Interest has been very high and the November class for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GDT), Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications, is now full. You may apply for one of the winter or spring classes and we will put you on the waiting list. Tony Cimabue is planning to teach a GDandT Level 2, or advanced class, in February 2005, and he plans another GDT fundamentals class in early spring, possibly April. Contact Anne Browning at nnm-asme@cybermesa.com (18 October 2004).

For those that missed the first class, we are repeating the "GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING and TOLERANCING COURSE: Fundamentals, Interpretation and Applications" on November 8, 9, and 10. See GDTclass_Nov.pdf for details. Register soon because the last class filled up. Payment due by October 29. For LANL people, please allow time for getting your check processed.

Download GDTclass_Nov.doc (Word document instead of pdf) if you want to fill in the registration form and email it in.

OCTOBER Dinner Meeting

When: Wednesday October 27, 20
Where: Los Alamos Research Park, Room 203B (Next to Hot Rock's Java Cafe

A History of the Baca Location No. 1

In "Valle Grande, A History of the Baca Location No. 1," Craig Martin tells the story of the Valles Caldera National Preserve from the creation of the Baca Grant to the establishment of the preserve.

Craig Martin is the author of 17 books on outdoor recreation and local history in northern New Mexico. He was a co-founder of the Volunteer Task Force, a non-profit group responsible for continued community-based recovery and education projects following the Cerro Grande Fire. He is currently the Open Space Specialist for Los Alamos County.

October Lunch Talk

Charles Farrar of ESA-WR will tak on "Structural Health Monitoring: Current Status and Future Directions".

When: Friday, October 1, 2004
Time: 12-1 pm
Where: Otowi building (TA-3) Side Room A-B, Los Alamos National Laboratory, open to all

The process of implementing a damage detection strategy for aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering infrastructure is referred to as structural health monitoring (SHM) and this presentation will provide an overview of this subject. Here damage is defined as changes to the material and/or geometric properties of these systems, including changes to the boundary conditions and system connectivity, which adversely affect the system's performance. The SHM process involves the observation of a system over time using periodically sampled dynamic response measurements from an array of sensors, the extraction of damage-sensitive features from these measurements, and the statistical analysis of these features to determine the current state of system health. For long term SHM, the output of this process is periodically updated information regarding the ability of the structure to perform its intended function in light of the inevitable aging and degradation resulting from operational environments. After extreme events, such as earthquakes or blast loading, SHM is used for rapid condition screening and aims to provide, in near real time, reliable information regarding the integrity of the structure.

To begin, the term damage will be defined and it will be shown that currently damage identification is implemented on three different length scal