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Hartford Celebrates Student Night and
Materials Camp
Alpha Sigma Mu, CT Alpha Chapter 2015 Inductees
were recognized on April 28 during the Hartford Chapter’s
Student Night.
On April 20, 66 students and seven teachers from four
Connecticut high schools that focus on engineering, sci-
ence, and math attended the 2015 Hartford Area Materials
Camp. UConn Material Advantage Chapter students served
as group guides.
Houston Honors Past Chairs
The Houston Chapter held its annual event honoring
past chairs and their spouses on March 3 at the Post Oak
Grille. The guest speaker was Chelsea Dacus who gave an in-
teresting talk on the Glassell Gold Collection of the Museum
of Fine Arts Houston.
From left to right: H.D. Brody (chapter advisor), WilliamMasinda,
MatthewMckinney, Rebecca Stern, Aliya Carter, Yasemin Kutes,
John Corsi, Sapna Gupta, John Scovill, Gabrielle Charno,
Rishabh Jain, and Dr. Amber Black.
Students fromWilbur Cross and Hyde High Schools in New
Haven, Hartford Public High School, and University High School
for Science and Engineering.
First row, from right to left: Joel Russo, Marco Deuterio, Michael
Pendley, Bob Badrack, David Fitzgerald, Mike Andrus, and
WilliamHowie. Second row, from right to left: Bill Bailey, George
Sellnau, Edgar Zapata, John Starkweather, and Robert Koester.
Gujarat Hosts Plasma Technology Seminar
On March 27, the Gujarat Chapter helped organize
a one-day seminar on “Industrial Applications of Plasma
Based Technologies” with the Institute for Plasma Research
and the Gujarat Council of Science & Technology in Gujarat,
India. The seminar was sponsored by the Department of Sci-
ence & Technology, Government of India, and included 45
participants from a wide range of industries.
Milwaukee Holds H.R. Bergmann Seminar
The Milwaukee Chapter held its 57th annual Bergmann
Memorial Seminar on April 14 at the Milwaukee School of
Engineering’s Alumni Partnership Center in the historic
Blatz Brewery building. The seminar covered “Understand-
ing Material Concerns in Component Design” and featured
speakers from both academia and industry.
Iowa State Students Visit Capitol Hill
Gujarat Chapter volunteers, from left to right: Nirav Jamnapara,
Ms. Shital, and Ragesh Bateriwala.
From left to right: Travis Myers, Ben Church, Don McCann, Gov-
indarajan Muralidharan, Nick Sonnentag, Dan Kiedrowski, and
JimMyers.
Iver Anderson, FASM, and students from Iowa State University
took part in the annual Material Advantage Congressional Visits
Day in Washington. The program is designed for students to
meet with their representatives to discuss the importance of
materials science funding.