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Previous Meetings 2009

February 26, 2009 Luncheon	Seals – The Weakest Link?	Ron Edwards Product Specialist Greene, Tweed and Company, Oilfield Group
March 26, 2009 Luncheon	The Incarnation of Natural Strength; Titanium's History, Properties and Applications	Chris Caldwell, P.E. Product Technology Manager RTI Energy Systems
April 30, 2009 Luncheon	Stress Concentrations & Stress Singularities	Glenn Sinclair Groves-Hodge Professor of Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University
May 28, 2009 Luncheon	News from Texas State Board of Engineers	David Howell, P.E. Director of Licensing Texas State Board
October 20, 2009 Luncheon	3D Printing Technology Review	Corey A. Bower Applications Support Specialist Texas Engineering Systems

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Tuesday
October 20, 2009 Luncheon

3D Printing Technology Review

with

Corey A. Bower

Applications Support Specialist
Texas Engineering Systems

Processes and technology will be outlined to show advantages and disadvantages of various 3D model printing systems (typically used for rapid prototyping) characteristics, such as relative material and machine costs, machine sizes and weight considerations, fabrication time, model durability, health hazards such as noise, odors, and vibration, equipment location issues (inside offices or the need to locate in a machine shop), power requirements. Materials reviewed include powdered metals, corn starch, wax, plastics and even chocolate. A rather simple “Technology for the masses” equipment and materials approach is presented with an operational review and demonstration on how the technology is used.

When & Where :

Stress Engineering Services' NEW Conference Center in Building #2
13610 Westland East Blvd, Houston

Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!

Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.

Click here for directions. .

If you would like to be placed on an e-mail update list, just send Wendy Davis a note and you will get timely reminders each month of the upcoming meeting with details of the topic and speaker.

Tuesday October 20, 2009

11:30 am     Lunch served

11:45 am     Announcements

12 noon     Presentation begins

1:00 pm     Official Meeting Closes

A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :

Corey Bower is an Applications Support Specialist at Texas Engineering Systems in the Houston office. He serves their customer base through Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), and Product Data Management (PDM) integration support, rapid prototyping implementation and service, instructional services with custom course development, and application support for the sales staff. He is certified by their vendors in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), technical expertise in software and hardware servicing, and instructional techniques.

Corey earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University. He has experience in Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FEMA) and has a strong background in instructional machining methods for automotive applications His work at Texas Engineering Systems includes training and support of SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Product Data Management, 3D Via Composer, and Stratasys 3D Printing Systems.

Texas Engineering Systems is located in Northwest Houston

www.TexasEngineering.com

For questions regarding this meeting presentation please reach Corey at:
713-735-3295
corey@texasengineering.com

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Thursday
May 28, 2009 Luncheon

News from Texas State Board of Engineers

with

David Howell, P.E.

Director of Licensing
Texas State Board

This presentation will update you on recent changes to professional engineering laws and rules, important issues related to engineering practice and ethics, and other issues related to being a Professional Engineer in Texas.

David Howell will bring us recent news about the issues we all have interests in. Bring your questions and opinions to share with everyone.

If you need to contact David, he may be reached at 512/440-3054 or via email at david.howell@tbpe.state.tx.us .

Additional information is found online at these web sites:

When & Where :

Stress Engineering Services Conference Center
13800 Westfair East Drive, Houston

Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!

Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.

Click here for directions. .

If you would like to be placed on an e-mail update list, just send Wendy Davis a note and you will get timely reminders each month of the upcoming meeting with details of the topic and speaker.

Thursday May 28, 2009

11:30 am     Lunch served

11:45 am     Announcements

12 noon     Presentation begins

1:00 pm     Official Meeting Closes

A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :

David Howell is the Director of Licensing for the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. He has nineteen years of engineering experience working for the state of Texas, three of them with the Board. As the Director of the Licensing Division, he oversees the review of all applications and renewals from engineers seeking to be licensed professional engineers in the State of Texas as well as process of all firm registrations to assure they are in compliance with the board rules.

The Licensing Division also implements the continuing education program to ensure that licensed professional engineers meet the required continuing education credits.

David has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas, El Paso.

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Thursday
April 30, 2009 Luncheon

Stress Concentrations & Stress Singularities

with

Glenn Sinclair

Groves-Hodge Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University

Stress concentrations are common failure sites in engineering. Given an accurate determination of the stress concentration factor involved together with relevant companion testing, it is possible to begin to predict such failures and so design to prevent them. Some fairly readily-applied approaches for making sufficiently accurate determinations of stress concentration factors via finite elements will be suggested.

Stress singularities likewise signal potential failure locations. Their accommodation in design procedures takes more effort. In the first instance it is essential to recognize their presence rather than mistakenly view them as a stress concentration. Thereafter, there are really but three approaches that may be adopted to try and ensure structural integrity: to dispense with any detailed stress analysis and rely on experimental testing; to apply a generalized fracture mechanics approach and take the coefficient of the singularity as the damage controlling parameter; or to improve the modeling so that the singularity is removed and physically-sensible stresses result. Various means will be put forward for recognizing stress singularities as well as for obtaining physically-sensible stresses at erstwhile singular points.

When & Where :

Stress Engineering Services Conference Center
13800 Westfair East Drive, Houston

Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!

Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.

Click here for directions. .

If you would like to be placed on an e-mail update list, just send Wendy Davis a note and you will get timely reminders each month of the upcoming meeting with details of the topic and speaker.

Thursday April 30, 2009

11:30 am     Lunch served

11:45 am     Announcements

12 noon     Presentation begins

1:00 pm     Official Meeting Closes

A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :

Glenn Sinclair is currently the Groves-Hodge Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at Louisiana State University. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics at University of Auckland (1967), followed by B.E., Engineering Science, also at University of Auckland (1969).
He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics at California Institute of Technology (1972).

A more complete summary of the teaching, research and consulting experience for Dr. Sinclair may be downloaded in this pdf file by clicking Vita for Dr. Sinclair.

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Thursday
March 26, 2009 Luncheon

The Incarnation of Natural Strength; Titanium's History, Properties and Applications

with

Chris Caldwell, P.E.

Product Technology Manager
RTI Energy Systems

As a mechanical engineer what comes to mind when you think of titanium? An exotic “space age metal" used for spacecraft, aircraft and jet engines? Maybe an expensive "high performance metal" used on luxury sports cars, golf clubs, mountain bikes and other consumer products? Well...you're half right!

Titanium, however, is not exotic or expensive. In fact, the minerals containing titanium make up almost 25% of the earth's crust. This presentation will explore the birth of the titanium industry, where we are today and where we're heading. We'll cover titanium's mechanical properties, how to design with titanium, and review recent applications for titanium in the energy market.

For more on-line information, please check these sites...

When & Where :

Stress Engineering Services Conference Center
13800 Westfair East Drive, Houston

Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!

Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.

Click here for directions. .

If you would like to be placed on an e-mail update list, just send Wendy Davis a note and you will get timely reminders each month of the upcoming meeting with details of the topic and speaker.

Thursday March 26, 2009

11:30 am     Lunch served

11:45 am     Announcements

12 noon     Presentation begins

1:00 pm     Official Meeting Closes

A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :

Chris Caldwell is the Product Technology Manager for RTI Energy Systems and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas in 1995. Chris began his career with Deaton Engineering (Austin TX) providing product design and finite element analysis to clients in industries such as medical device, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and defense. He then joined NASA contractor SPACEHAB (Houston TX) in their Flight Hardware Team working on equipment for the International Space Station, later becoming their Engineering Manager.

In 2002, Chris joined RTI International Metals to build an engineering department within their Energy Systems subsidiary (Houston TX) with a focus on bringing titanium products to the energy market. In his current position he holds both technical and commercial responsibility for their titanium product lines. Chris lives in Dallas TX with his beautiful wife, 2yr old daughter and a baby boy due this spring.

RTI International Metals®, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading U.S. producer of titanium mill products and fabricated metal components for the global market. Through its various subsidiaries, RTI manufactures and distributes titanium and specialty metal mill products, extruded shapes, formed parts and engineered systems for aerospace, industrial, defense, energy, chemical and consumer applications for customers around the world.

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Thursday
February 26, 2009 Luncheon

Seals – The Weakest Link?

with

Ron Edwards

Product Specialist
Greene, Tweed and Company, Oilfield Group

As End Users and Equipment Manufacturers are being challenged with using or designing equipment for extreme applications the question must be asked,” Are you still using the same sealing technology or design criteria as before?” This presentation will discuss, from a seal designer’s perspective, how you can be better prepared.

When & Where :

Stress Engineering Services Conference Center
13800 Westfair East Drive, Houston

Cost: Free Admission, and Brown Bag lunch is $12 with reservation. Membership Not Required. Bring a Guest!

Reservations Requested. Please contact Wendy Davis at 281-890-8441.

Click here for directions. .

If you would like to be placed on an e-mail update list, just send Wendy Davis a note and you will get timely reminders each month of the upcoming meeting with details of the topic and speaker.

Thursday February 26, 2009

11:30 am     Lunch served

11:45 am     Announcements

12 noon     Presentation begins

1:00 pm     Official Meeting Closes

A few notes about our Distinguished Speaker :

For the past 20 years Ron Edwards has been a Product Specialist for Greene, Tweed and Company Oilfield Group specializing in seals, thermoplastics and composites. He holds a bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. His interests include trying to keep up with two grandchildren, woodcarving and sporting clays.

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Your suggestions and assistance are welcome. Contact Rafik Boubenider

Executive Committee for Northwest Houston Sub Section

The officers for the 2007 operating year for the Northwest Houston Sub Section of ASME are:

Chair: Dr. Rafik Boubenider

Vice-Chair: Jackie Smith, P.E.

Secretary: Ramon San Pedro, P.E.

Treasurer and Webmaster: Richard Boswell, P.E.

Arrangements: Wendy Davis

Programs : Julian Bedoya

Unless noted, all may be reached at 281-955-2900.

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