[Fornlist] lunch/lecture by Vinod Sikka - REVISION , "The Impact Of Materials Developed at ORNL On The Local and National Economy" @1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike

[Bob Costner]

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and certainly
very salient and topical program:

June 18, 2008 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture
"The Impact Of Materials Developed at ORNL On The Local and National
 Economy"
Dr. Vinod Sikka, Director of Product Development, Nanotechnology Division, 
of Ross Technology-Oak Ridge

Abstract:
The presentation will discuss specific examples of alloys developed at ORNL
and the commercialization efforts for these alloys at a number of companies 
around
the country.

Wed.  18 June 2008: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike    see directions below

Speaker's bio below.

Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 and includes at least 2 choices of
hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice of iced tea or hot
coffee,
and choice of dessert.

As always, registered professional engineers who attend shall receive
one (1) PDH certificate.

                           NOTICE - NOTICE

Members wishing to submit renewal dues by mail
can make a check for $20.00 payable to FORNL
and mail it to:

Treasurer, Friends of ORNL
214 Park Lane
Oliver Springs, TN 37840

Non-members who wish to join should also mail a
check for $20.00 payable to FORNL and mail it to
the same address. [Note that the dues cover the
fiscal year starting on October 1 of each year.]
Non-members should also submit the following information:

Name
Mailing address
e-mail address (if applicable)

                           NOTICE - NOTICE
MONTHLY AGENDA:

11:00 am Socializing and coffee
11:30 am Lunch served
11:50 am Annual Meeting
12:00 noon Lecture begins
12:45 pm Q&A
1:00 pm Adjourn

HEADS UP:
July 16 - - Tilden Meyers describes programs underway at the Oak Ridge
Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division Office, Tilden is the Acting
Director Fed-Ex NOAA/ARL/ATDD NOAA/ATDD

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION

Our meeting location is the white-colored
building at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)
between Taco Bell and Applebee's
at the intersection of the Turnpike and
Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).

At the south-west corner of the white-colored building
there is an entrance with a canopy.
Caution - - there is an additional entrance with
a canopy close by  - - the entrance we use is that
closest to the Jameson Inn.  The glass door is identified as
"The University of Tennessee  - University Outreach &
Continuing Education."

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Sikka was employed with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for 34
years and his last
post at ORNL was as Manager of Research and Technology Development in the
Materials
Science and Technology Division. Currently he is Director of Product
Development,
Nanotechnology Division, of Ross Technology-Oak Ridge, a new start-up
company originally
out of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sikka got his Ph.D. in 1973 in Materials Science from the University of
Cincinnati. His
expertise at ORNL ranged from the development of new materials to the
transfer of technology to
industry. He has published over 200 papers and articles and has given
hundreds of presentations
on various topics. Dr. Sikka has won countless numbers of awards over the
years. Some of these
awards include ten Research & Development Magazine 100 Awards, this year's
UT-Battelle
Inventor of the Year Award, and the 2007 Science and Technology award. He
also holds 41
patents.

-
Robert Costner
http://www.fornl.org