NEXT MEETING

Wednesday January 19, 2022, 7:00-8:30PM (EST)
featuring

Dr. Paul Verghese 
Senior Managing Engineer
Exponent Natick, MA

"Investigating Glass
​and Ceramic Failures​"

The application of fractography to failure analysis investigations involving material cracking often generates new and useful information regarding causation. In many cases aspects of component design, material selection, manufacturing, and use history can be ruled in or out, yielding a richer understanding of why fracture occurred. The practice of fractography and its scientific underpinnings are broad, but there are many nuanced differences between its application to different material classes. This talk will review fractography of brittle materials, with a focus on glass and ceramics.
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NOTE: This presentation is held in conjunction with the ASM Central MA chapter, and registration can be made at www.asm-ma.org.
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Dr. Paul Verghese, is a materials engineer at Exponent, Inc, where he consults to a number of industries and stake holders on component performance, reliability, and failure involving glass and ceramics. Prior to joining Exponent in 2006, he worked in reliability, manufacturing, and design of electronic devices for the communications and diagnostic sensor markets. 

The 100th anniversary of the Boston Chapter was Feb. 15, 2020, with a celebration planned for ​May 2022. This has been postponed due to COVID-19. We will be posting articles and photos from our past as well as updates about this momentous celebration!

"A special thank you goes out to Instron, JEOL, Dynamet Technology, Surmet, and Thermo Fisher Scientific for supporting this year's Materials Experience"

Sustaining Members of the Boston Chapter

Our 2021-2022 Officers:

Chair: Dr. Caitlin Walde
Vice Chair: Dr. Krassimir Marchev
Secretary: Dr. Hugues “H” Francois-Saint-Cyr
Treasurer: Dr. Santosh Jha

For full bios, please see our Elections Page
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    January 2022 Talk Registration -
    Must register by NOON on January 18, 2022

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For an annual contribution of $200, sustaining members of the Boston chapter get to:
·       Show their logo on our web site home page and link to our web site
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For the application form, see the Web Site of ASM International.  From the selections just below the logo choose Membership, and on the drop-down menu select Membership Detail.  On the right side of this page a series boxes appears; open the Chapter Sustaining Membership box (third box down) to submit the application form. You can also click here to reach directly this location.

The payment of the fee yields $110 to the Boston chapter.  Please contact Tom Auten when you join as a Sustaining Member at t_auten@yahoo.com.  We are sincerely grateful.

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