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Eighth Meeting:
--Wednesday, April 1st,2015
ISA CLEVELAND SECTION PROGRAM
SEE NEWS FOR 2015-2016 OFFICIER CANDIDATES
Wednesday April 1st, 2015
1 PDH
Certificate will be provided
Topic:
Science Fair Students Awards
NORTHEASTERN OHIO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
AWARD WINNERS AND THEIR PROJECTS
About the Award Winners:
Andrew Repasy - 8th grade
St. Angela
Merici Elementary, Fairview Park, Ohio
“Electromagnetism”
Grace
Nemeckay - 12th grade
Mentor High
School – Mentor, Ohio
“An OPC
System Testing the Likelihood of Cystic Fibrosis From a Sweat Sample;
Design and
Verification”
CONGRATULATIONS!
ISA CLEVELAND SECTION AGENDA
Dinner
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Social and Science Fair
Exhibit Preview
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
ISA Cleveland Section
Officer Nomination Voting
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM
President-Elect---
Jim Valli
Treasurer---Scott
Kuntz
Secretary---Bill
Cutter
Delegate---Mike
Coughlin
President
---Dale Reed (Elected last year)
Science Fair Winner
Award Presentations & Project Descriptions
7:15 PM – 7:30: PM
Speaker:
John Harkness
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Materials and Processes
in the Manufacture of Civil War Small Arms
1 PDH Hour will be
awarded for this meeting
About
the Topic:
The
features, performance and reliability of the Civil War era US Springfield and
British Enfield rifle-muskets are briefly discussed.
The “American System” of wood- and metal-working technology that enabled
the mass production of military small arms with fully interchangeable parts in
American and British arsenals ca. 1840-1865 is described using period
illustrations. This technology is
contrasted to the non-interchangeable “Craft Systems” employed in the US and
Britain ca. 1800. Results of
metallurgical examinations of selected components of original US Springfield and
British Enfield rifle-muskets give insights to the materials, metal working
processes and heat treatments available to mid-19th Century arms-makers engaged
in the interchangeable "American System” of manufacture.
The rifle-musket is shown to have been a value-engineered arm that
employed low cost materials and metallurgical treatments, yet was capable of
incredibly robust performance under combat conditions.
Example antique rifle-muskets will be displayed.
The life span of the muzzle-loading percussion rifle-musket in military
service was short – introduced in the early 1850’s, then replaced by
single-shot, metallic cartridge breechloaders in the late1860’s.
About
the Speaker:
Mr. Harkness holds BS and MS Degrees in Metallurgy from Case Institute of
Technology and Case Western Reserve University, respectively, and is a Fellow of
the American Society for Materials International (ASMI).
He retired in 2011, after 33 years, from the position of Principal
Scientist, Alloy Research and Development, at Brush Wellman Inc. (now Materion)
in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. His
research interests there included Cu-Be and other Be-containing alloy
development, raw material and component parts fabrication technology, new
products and physical metallurgy.
He is co-inventor on several US and foreign patents for lean, low cost,
high performance Cu-Be alloys; has written extensively on the performance
attributes of Be-containing alloys and has contributed to articles on Cu-Be and
other Cu alloys in the ASM Handbook
series. He is a Past Chairman of
the Cleveland Chapter ASMI.
Mr. Harkness is also a life-long student of military history and technology.
He is Past President of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table, a member of
the Company of Military Historians and the Ohio Gun Collectors' Association, a
former Civil War and Revolutionary War re-enactor and has shot original Civil
War small arms with live ammunition extensively in target competition in the
North-South Skirmish Association.
Location:
Harry's Steak House
5664
Breaksville Rd.
Independence, Ohio
216-524-5300
Menu:
Roast Sirloin of Beef, Chicken Picata, Baked Au Gratin Potatoes, Marinara
Pasta
Including Garden
Salad, Rolls & Butter, Vegetable, Assorted Pastries, Coffee, Tea and Pop
Cost and Reservations:
Members $25/person for
Dinner, Non-Members: $30/person for
Dinner
Full-Time Students
$10.00/person for Dinner
Please call Harriet
Radvansky at 216-408-6013 or email:
hradvansk@gmail.com no later than Monday, March 30th.