Penn State Student Chapter Tours Electroceramics Plant
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Penn State Student Chapter Tours Electroceramics Plant Paid Sliva MRS Student Chapter President Pennsylvania State University The Penn State Student Chapter, in conjunction w i t h the June business meeting, was given a plant t o u r of a local electroceramics company. State of The A r t , Inc., located in State College, PA, specializes in the production of a broad range of thick film chip resistors and other thick film products. Don Hamer, founder and president of the company, along w i t h several o t h e r employees, provided the chapter members w i t h an in-depth look at the w i l l fabrication of thick film chip resistors f r o m designing the circuitry to quality control and applications. The plant tour of State of The A r t , Inc. represents just one of the many m o n t h l y programs that the Penn State Student Chapter has offered d u r i n g its first six months of existence. O n an ongoing basis, the C h a p t e r is p r o v i d i n g a s u r v e y of materials science by offering a series of laboratory visits w i t h i n the University. The Chapter has toured the. bioengineering, physics, h o l o g r a p h y and nonlinear optics laboratories as well as the University nuclear research reactor. T h e laboratory visits have included various experimental demonstrations w i t h accompanying lect u r e s f r o m d e p a r t m e n t a l f a c u l t y and students. The goal of the Penn State Student Chapter is to promote the exchange of ideas of students, faculty and employees w i t h an interest in any aspect of materials science. W i t h that goal in mind, the Penn State Student Chapter, chartered at the
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Penn State Student Chapter attendees at the State of The Art, Inc. Plant Trip. Paul Sliva, Chapter president (kneeling-left); Don Hamer, State of the Art president; Rich Legg, production control manager (2nd row, second and third from the right); Art Hammer, computer programmer; Bill Hewel, quality control manager (3rd row, first and second from the right). photo by Phillip
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1985 MRS Fall Meeting, has since g r o w n to well over 60 members. A t present, the membership consists primarily of graduate students attracted f r o m a variety of disciplines t h r o u g h o u t the University. Departments represented include: Architectural, Electricaland Nuclear Engineering, Physics, C h e m i s t r y , Geochemistry, Polymer Science, Ceramic Science and Solid State Science. Faculty advisors, Gary Messing (Ceramic Science and Engineering) and Rustum Roy (Solid State Science) and Ernie H a w k (Science, Technology and Society) also serve to continue the distinct interdisciplinary approach of the Penn State Student Chapter.
C h a p t e r plans to see the U n i v e r s i t y ' s computer-aided design workshop, the polymer science and structural wood labs, and hear lectures on ancient ceramics and the design and use of materials in sculpture. T h i s summer the Student Chapter w i l l be visiting the Ceramic Research Center and M u s e u m of the C o r n i n g Glass W
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