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CHAPTERS IN THE NEWS
San Diego Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The 75th anniversary celebration of the San Diego
Chapter was held on April 19 at the historic Cosmopoli-
tan Hotel in Old Town San Diego. ASM President Bill Fra-
zier attended the event and gave an overview of “Additive
Manufacturing: A Disruptive Technology.” He also awarded
a special ASM coin to Professor Ken Vecchio, University of
California, San Diego for his long and continuing service to
the Chapter, students, and community.
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Mohawk Valley Highlights Quantum Dots
ASM’s Mohawk Valley Chapter together with ASME’s
local chapter hosted Dave Socha, research technologist
at Indium Corp., Clinton, N.Y., at its March dinner meeting.
Socha gave a presentation on quantum dots, an emerging
technology that uses different size nano-spheres to create
various colors from a single color light wave, as from an
LED. This emerging technology will soon be incorporated
into high-end television screens, giving them more richly
colored images. It is also being considered for solar cells
and other light-emitting and light-absorbing ultra-efficient
photovoltaic devices.
Happy Anniversary, San Diego!
Chapter Chair Juan F. Preciado and ASM President Bill Frazier.
From le , Bob Whitney, Dave Socha, and Jim Fesko.
Hartford Holds Student Night
In April, the Hartford Chapter hosted its annual Stu-
dent Night. As part of the evening’s festivities, Alpha Sigma
Mu CT Alpha Chapter inductees were recognized for 2017.
From left, Harold Brody, Steven Churchill, Drew Cietek,
Claudia Chavez, Keara Frawley, Andrew Nguyen, Michael
Gingrave, and Carl Rizzo.