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April Meeting Notice - Awards Night
Dr. Mark F. Smith, Enabling Science and Technologies for National Security Applications
Date:Tuesday- April 8th, 2008
Meeting Location:Rulloffs Restaurant - 411 College Ave., Ithaca, NY <607) 272-6067
Time: 5:30-6:00PM:Social Hour
6:00-7:00PM:Dinner
7:00-8:00PM:Guest Speaker
8:00-8:15PM:Awards
Price:$15 Active Members & Guests / $12 Faculty & Retirees /$5 Students
Menu:Norwegian Salmon Provencal
Black Angus Sirloin grilled to order
Pacific rim grilled chicken
Pasta, Pasta, Pasta egg linguini w/marinara or roasted red pepper parmesan galic cream sauce also with vegetables, chicken or salmon
Crab cakes sandwich
Strawberry fields salad
Reservations:RSVP by April 4th, 2008 to Jane Canfield, IMR Test Labs.
Phone: 607-533-7000
Email: jcanfield@imrtest.com
Summary of the Presentation:
Advancements in science and technology are playing an important role in the battle to enhance the safety and security of our nation. This presentation discusses some unclassified examples of national security related research and development activities at Sandia National Laboratories, with special emphasis on the role of materials science and technology. Advances in materials and process science are enabling new high-technology local and remote sensors that will enhance our security by improving our ability to rapidly and inexpensively detect and identify potentially hazardous materials.Hi-tech solutions are also being developed to render biological and chemical
hazards harmless and to safely disable explosives. This national security oriented presentation should be of interest to non-technical guests (spouses, parent/student night) as well as those engaged in materials related professions.The PAN Disruptor, developed at Sandia to safely disable explosive devices, was successfully used at the cabin of the Unabomber.
Biography of ark F. Smith:
Dr. Mark Smith is deputy director of Sandia National Laboratories Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology Center, Albuquerque, N.M. This 300-person center annually conducts nearly$60 million of R&D to support various national security programs. He joined Sandia in 1981.Since 1993, Dr. Smith has also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at New Mexico Tech University. Before moving into technical management at Sandia in 1999, Dr. Smith was best known for his pioneering work in thermal spray technology. ˙He was recently inducted into the Thermal Spray Hall of Fame, founded by the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS). Dr. Smith received his graduate and undergraduate degrees at Iowa State University. His father, Prof. John F. (Jack) Smith, is a retired professor of metallurgy and former department chair at Iowa State, who remains active with ASM as editor of Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. Jack and Mark are among the few living pairs of father-son Fellows of ASM. Mark Smith has a 30+ year record of service to ASM. He was one of a small group of thermal sprayers who approached ASM in the mid 1980s to form the Thermal Spray Technical Division (TSD), which later became the ASM Thermal Spray Society during his term as TSD Chairman. He was subsequently elected to an unprecedented three terms (nine years) on the TSS Board, and helped to start the National Thermal Spray Conference, which later became the International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC). Dr. Smith was also the founding chairman of the Editorial Review Committee for the TSS Journal of Thermal Spray Technology.