First meeting of the season: Fellows Night

Please join us for our first technical meeting of the year on September 17, 2009, at Rothchild Catering & Conference Center. Say hello to our new chapter officers for this year: , Beth Armstrong, Beth Matlock, Anthony Belvin, and Reeshema Burrell.

Daniel Dennies will be giving a presentation titled Design Challenges of the International Space Station
Assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) sprang to life in 2000 with multiple launches of the United States Space Shuttle fleet and Russian launch vehicles. This activity included the arrival of the first crew, Expedition One, on 2 November 2000. The presentation covers system and partner information concerning the International Space Station Program, the current status of the ISS assembly, and some of the major design challenges of this self-contained system, including gravity, power, air and water.

About the speaker . . .

Daniel P. Dennies, FASM

Dr. Daniel P. Dennies is a Technical Fellow for the Boeing Company and has 30 years experience as a metallurgist and performing failure investigations. He authored the book "How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation," released in September 2005. The majority of his career has been in the aerospace industry working on projects such as the Space Shuttle Main Engine, the National Launch System, the National Aerospace Plane, expendable launch systems like Delta and Titan, B1, C-17, the International Space Station, and, most recently, proprietary projects and the Ares program. He has been a member of ASMI for 32 years and is a 2002 ASM Fellow. He is also the recipient of the 2004 Allan Ray Putman Award from ASMI. Dan received the 2005 Orange County Engineering Council Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award. He is also a 1999 honoree of the coveted NASA Silver Snoopy Award. He was a founding Materials Mentor for the Eisenman Materials Camp for Students in 2000 and has attended a Materials Camp for Students as a Materials Mentor each year since. He is the originator and coordinator of the Materials Camp for Teachers in LA, which was started in 2004. Dan is active on the local level as member of the LA Chapter executive board. He is also active on the national level as a Board of Trustee for the ASMI Society and a past Board of Trustee for the ASMI Education Foundation. Dan has a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, an MS in Materials Engineering from USC and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from University of California at Davis. In addition, he has an MBA from Pepperdine University and he is a California State Registered Professional Engineer.

Make your reservation

Please RSVP by filling out this form, or contacting our Meeting Registration Chair, Jun Qu, by e-mail or phone at 865.576.9304. We must have an accurate count of attendees by COB on Friday, September 11th, so please make your reservation on time if you plan on attending dinner. (Please RSVP even if you are not planning on eating dinner so we can arrange for enough chairs. Thank you.)

Our price structure is unchanged! The normal meeting price is still just $20!!! The technical portions of our meetings are free to all, of course, but we do need to charge if you plan on joining us for the accompanying dinners. Students are completely free, if they register for the meeting on time—still $5 otherwise. And season passes—which are valid for the 6–7 planned normal technical meetings this season*—will still be available for the same price as last year: $75—still a great deal! Finally, on Fellows Night only, ASM Fellows may register for $15.

Footnotes

* Season passes are not valid for Industry Night or the Educational Symposium.

Venue
Rothchild Catering & Conference Center
8807 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37923
phone: 865.690.0103, 800.654.5938
fax: 865.690.0149
e-mail
map & directions
Agenda

5:30 PM Reception (cash bar)

6:30 PM Dinner

7:30 PM Presentation

Cost (dinner)

$20 Members & Guests

$15 ASM Fellows

Free to students with on-time reservation

$5 for students with no or late reservation

Season Passes will be available for $75