EVENING COURSES FOR NON-METALLURGISTS
MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENTISTS
Are you looking for an opportunity for you, your colleagues and your employees to improve your understanding of some aspect of Materials Science, Materials Engineering or the materials industry?
If so, ASM Boston would like to help, by offering 2-hour one-evening courses designed for non-scientists. These evenings are fun, and are a great way to raise enthusiasm and motivation at a work-place.
"We did this last year at Instron and had attendees from the sales group, technical support, and manufacturing. They felt the new knowledge would be incredibly valuable for the future internal interactions at Instron as well as their interactions with customers. A great value for sure!"
-Jim Ritchey
If you can provide a suitable venue, and believe at least 6 people would be interested, contact Peter Jepson.
Fees vary with the cost of course materials, but are typically $20 per person.
Leaders: Jim Scutti, FASM, and Peter Jepson
Mr. Scutti has served in Failure Analysis, R&D, production support and program management capacities in his 30 years in industry. For 10 years as Technical Director at MMR in West Boylston, MA, Mr. Scutti analyzed failures and recommended solutions to make clients’ products safer, more reliable, and higher-performing. He received both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from MIT in Materials Science & Engineering/Metallurgy. Mr. Scutti was an editor and author for the 2002 edition of the ASM Handbook Volume 11 Failure Analysis and Prevention.
Peter Jepson graduated in Materials Science from Cambridge University. He worked in the gas-turbine industry for 24 years, then in the refractory metals industry for 12. Though he wishes it had not been necessary, he has spent a lot of time on failure analysis, particularly relating to aero-engine parts, and he used the results of those analyses to recommend design improvements
The following subjects have been suggested, but with all the talent available among ASM Boston members, a course on just about any materials-related subject could be arranged.
Materials Specifications
They may look dry-as-dust, but Materials Specifications are a vital part of all drawings and all purchasing contracts. If you design things, or make things, or purchase materials, or test them, you have probably encountered Materials Specifications, and wondered about the peculiar way they are written. If you would like to understand what should be included in these documents and what should not, why they are written the way they are, and how they should best be used, here’s your chance to find out!
Failure Analysis
Have you ever looked at the remains of something broken and asked yourself “What happened?” Have you ever wondered how experts go about figuring out why a bridge collapsed, or why a computer failed?
Come and learn the basics of how materials specialists answer those questions: what they look for, what techniques and equipment they use, and the various mechanisms of fracture: illustrated with some curious cases from the leaders’ experience.
Microstructures: learn why metallurgists care so much about what they can only see in a microscope, and pick up some of the jargon.
A journey through an aircraft engine: from inlet to exhaust, learn what materials are used in gas-turbine parts, and why, and some of the processes used in their manufacture.
The ever-shrinking world of integrated circuits: an overview of the materials and amazing processes used to make the devices which are at the heart of all modern electronics.
What’s it made of?: an introduction to the many methods of chemical analysis used in metallurgical industry today, including a few words about why sometimes results should not be taken too literally.
Non-Traditional Machining: everybody knows about lathes and milling machines: but EDM, ECM, water-jets and lasers can do all sorts of neat tricks.
Designing with Stainless Steel: a description of the various types of stainless, their advantages and disadvantages, and characteristics which designers should keep in mind: with particular reference to medical devices.
Heat Treatment: why do metallurgists insist on heating and cooling things over and over again? Learn why heat-treatments are essential for so many metals, ferrous and non-ferrous, and what the various processes are used for.
Be Strong: there are many terms relating to strength of materials. Learn to distinguish between hardness, stiffness, toughness, ultimate strength, yield strength, fatigue strength, creep strength and the rest of them. The tests used to determine each property will be described.
From Rock to Metal: a quick tour around the world of extractive metallurgy will reveal how many different methods are used to extract the various metals.
Are you looking for an opportunity for you, your colleagues and your employees to improve your understanding of some aspect of Materials Science, Materials Engineering or the materials industry?
If so, ASM Boston would like to help, by offering 2-hour one-evening courses designed for non-scientists. These evenings are fun, and are a great way to raise enthusiasm and motivation at a work-place.
"We did this last year at Instron and had attendees from the sales group, technical support, and manufacturing. They felt the new knowledge would be incredibly valuable for the future internal interactions at Instron as well as their interactions with customers. A great value for sure!"
-Jim Ritchey
If you can provide a suitable venue, and believe at least 6 people would be interested, contact Peter Jepson.
Fees vary with the cost of course materials, but are typically $20 per person.
Leaders: Jim Scutti, FASM, and Peter Jepson
Mr. Scutti has served in Failure Analysis, R&D, production support and program management capacities in his 30 years in industry. For 10 years as Technical Director at MMR in West Boylston, MA, Mr. Scutti analyzed failures and recommended solutions to make clients’ products safer, more reliable, and higher-performing. He received both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from MIT in Materials Science & Engineering/Metallurgy. Mr. Scutti was an editor and author for the 2002 edition of the ASM Handbook Volume 11 Failure Analysis and Prevention.
Peter Jepson graduated in Materials Science from Cambridge University. He worked in the gas-turbine industry for 24 years, then in the refractory metals industry for 12. Though he wishes it had not been necessary, he has spent a lot of time on failure analysis, particularly relating to aero-engine parts, and he used the results of those analyses to recommend design improvements
The following subjects have been suggested, but with all the talent available among ASM Boston members, a course on just about any materials-related subject could be arranged.
Materials Specifications
They may look dry-as-dust, but Materials Specifications are a vital part of all drawings and all purchasing contracts. If you design things, or make things, or purchase materials, or test them, you have probably encountered Materials Specifications, and wondered about the peculiar way they are written. If you would like to understand what should be included in these documents and what should not, why they are written the way they are, and how they should best be used, here’s your chance to find out!
Failure Analysis
Have you ever looked at the remains of something broken and asked yourself “What happened?” Have you ever wondered how experts go about figuring out why a bridge collapsed, or why a computer failed?
Come and learn the basics of how materials specialists answer those questions: what they look for, what techniques and equipment they use, and the various mechanisms of fracture: illustrated with some curious cases from the leaders’ experience.
Microstructures: learn why metallurgists care so much about what they can only see in a microscope, and pick up some of the jargon.
A journey through an aircraft engine: from inlet to exhaust, learn what materials are used in gas-turbine parts, and why, and some of the processes used in their manufacture.
The ever-shrinking world of integrated circuits: an overview of the materials and amazing processes used to make the devices which are at the heart of all modern electronics.
What’s it made of?: an introduction to the many methods of chemical analysis used in metallurgical industry today, including a few words about why sometimes results should not be taken too literally.
Non-Traditional Machining: everybody knows about lathes and milling machines: but EDM, ECM, water-jets and lasers can do all sorts of neat tricks.
Designing with Stainless Steel: a description of the various types of stainless, their advantages and disadvantages, and characteristics which designers should keep in mind: with particular reference to medical devices.
Heat Treatment: why do metallurgists insist on heating and cooling things over and over again? Learn why heat-treatments are essential for so many metals, ferrous and non-ferrous, and what the various processes are used for.
Be Strong: there are many terms relating to strength of materials. Learn to distinguish between hardness, stiffness, toughness, ultimate strength, yield strength, fatigue strength, creep strength and the rest of them. The tests used to determine each property will be described.
From Rock to Metal: a quick tour around the world of extractive metallurgy will reveal how many different methods are used to extract the various metals.
Past Courses:
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April 23, 2013 - "Mysteries of Metal Powders"There’s a lot more to powders than meets the eye. How they’re made affects their properties, and their properties affect their behaviour when they’re consolidated. Some of those properties are hard to measure, and don’t have counterparts in bulk metals, so the meaning of quoted properties may be obscure. Let the mysteries be revealed!
Saint-Gobain 9 Goddard Road, Northborough, MA 01532 (Map) Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:00 Registration and MANDATORY SAFETY VIDEO FOR VISITORS 5:30 Course Begins 7:30 Course Concludes Fee $20, payable by check or cash upon entry To register (by April 19): Saint-Gobain employees: E-mail Paul Thibeault Others: E-mail Peter Jepson |
Instructors:
David Main and Peter Jepson David Main graduated with a B.Sc. from the Colorado School of Mines and a M.Sc. from Northeastern Univ. He has over 30 years of metallurgical experience mostly working with metal powder processes. These experiences include the carbon thermic reduction of refractory metal powders, processing mechanically pressed steel and brass powders, elemental alloying of titanium powers into a net shape and production of Metal Matrix Composites. He has extensive experience in the use of vacuum furnaces to process refractory metals and titanium alloys. Additionally, he is experienced in the use of reducing environment furnaces to process steel and brass components. Dave has taught a Graduate level course at Northeastern University in powder metallurgy. Peter Jepson has recently retired from a career as a metallurgist. After being awarded an M.A. degree in the Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, England, he worked in the Gas Turbine industry for over 20 years, helping to make aero engines more reliable and more fuel efficient, and then, for over 10 years, in the Refractory Metals industry, involved in the development of tantalum products for applications in electronics. Every new computer has some tantalum in its integrated circuits, and much of that tantalum was processed by methods developed by him. He also has experience in managing industrial Research and Development. His teaching experience includes 2 years teaching Materials Science at university level, and many short courses in industry and ASM. |