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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Next Meeting
ASM-Lehigh Valley Chapter Meeting
Past Chairman's Night
Thursday, September 9, 2010
TITLE:
"Supply Chain Sustainability—Rare Earth Metals"
SPEAKER:
Peter Dent, Vice President of Business Development for
the Electron Energy Corporation
LOCATION:
Da Vinci Science Center,
Cedar Crest College, Allentown
(see below for directions)
SCHEDULE:
5:30-6:30 Social Hour and Registration, Science Center will be open
6:30 Dinner
~7:30 Presentation from Peter Dent
Make a reservation through the website or by calling Keith Hill at 610-208-2929. Please note that reservations should be made no later than Friday, September 3rd, 2010. If you make a reservation and cannot make the meeting, please call or email Darwin Evangelista at 610-562-6673 or darwin_evangelista@brushwellman.com before the meeting. LVASM gets charged for the cost of the meal for all no shows.
LOCATION:
Da Vinci Science Center
Cedar Crest College
3145 Hamilton Blvd
Allentown, PA 18103
Ph: (484) 664-1002
DIRECTIONS:
From the Lehigh Valley - Points East or West
Take Route 22 to the Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn left at the top of the exit on to Cedar Crest Blvd. Follow Cedar Crest Blvd. to traffic light at Hamilton Blvd. (King George Inn). Turn left onto Hamilton Blvd. and follow to U-turn for Hamilton Blvd. Bypass. Bear left onto the bypass and follow to parking lot entrance on the right.
From Reading
Take US 222 North, it will turn into Hamilton Blvd. when approaching Allentown. Follow Hamilton Blvd. For approximately 1.5 miles, past intersection with Cedar Crest Blvd. (King George Inn) to U-turn for Hamilton Blvd. Bypass. Bear left onto the bypass and follow to parking lot entrance on the right.
MENU CHOICES:
Buffet including:
Pulled Pork
Honey Dipped Chicken
Vegetable Lasagna
Mashed Potatoes with gravy
Tossed Salad
Green Beans Almondine
Open bar serving wine, beer, and soft drinks
(Coke, Diet Coke, and Sprite) is also included.
COST:
$25 for members and their guests
$20 for students & retired members
Attend 5 meetings and get your 6th free!!
ABSTRACT:
Rare earth elements are ubiquitous in many civilian, green energy and military technologies , including traveling wave tubes. China has become the dominant source of rare earth elements over the last two decades who now supply 97% of the worlds rare earth oxides and nearly 100% of the pure rare earth metals. Fortunately, non-Chinese rare earth mining and metal production interests are moving forward with vigor in the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa. In addition, the US government is engaged in developing a sustainable rare earth supply chain. This talk will provide a global context of the rare earth supply chain situation and private and public efforts underway to develop viable, long-term non-Chinese sources.
BIO:
Dent's 20 year background in magnetics began in engineering for a subsidiary of Intermagnetics General Corporation in closed and open cycle cryogenic refrigerators supporting low and high temperature superconductive magnets for MRI, semiconductor and research applications. He was National Sales Manager for Lakeshore Cryotronics, specializing in cryogenic and magnetic measurement instrumentation and systems. As Business Development Manager at Everson Tesla, Bethlehem, PA, Dent managed select projects and marketing and sales of large, high field, specialty coil wound resistive and superconducting magnets and systems. Peter is former President/CEO and Trustee of Leonardo da Vinci's Horse, Inc which gifted a 24 foot tall bronze horse sculpture based on the designs of Leonardo da Vinci to the Italian people in 1999 in Milan with a smaller replica placed in Vinci. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown. Since joining EEC in 2003, Dent has led the company's business development efforts in rare earth magnets and their applications, including commercialization and applications development of government sponsored research. Dent has co-authored several papers on superconducting magnets for particle accelerators, 60T quasi-continuous magnets, magnetically confined fusion power program components, rare earth permanent magnet materials, design and applications. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University from 1981.
The Da Vinci Science Center:
The Da Vinci Science Center is an independent non-profit organization that promotes
hands-on science learning through inquiry, highlights vibrant and important career opportunities in science available to every young person, and encourages all people to be curious and creative in the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci. The Da Vinci Science Center stresses the inquiry method. Utilized by scientists and recognized as the most effective way to learn, the inquiry method encourages questioning, experimenting actively, observing, communicating results, and connecting all knowledge.
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RESERVATIONS
Make a reservation through the website or by calling Keith Hill at 610-208-2929. Please note that reservations should be made no later than one day before the event date. If you make a reservation and cannot make the meeting, please call or email Darwin Evangelista at 610-562-6673 or darwin_evangelista@brushwellman.com before the meeting. LVASM gets charged for the cost of the meal for all no shows.
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