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We've got an exciting program planned for this year; hope to see you at one of of our meetings!

Register for meetings with the Chapter Office Contact, Joy Clifford


2011 - 2012
September 14, 2011 Tour of 3M Innovation Center
John J. Warinsky, 3M and longtime ASM member will host the tour and dinner.
John’s presentation on 3M Company is entitled “Connecting curiosity to make progress possible” which includes:
  • Who we are
  • How we work together to achieve more
  • How we continually discover connections, with illustrative product examples
  • How we make progress possible
  • How we enable customer success, with examples from our six market-leading businesses

  • The presentation will be preceded by a tour of the 3M Innovation Center, where hands-on demonstrations of over 30 3M technologies are offered.
    Newsletter - (PDF)
    October 12, 2011 Technical Presentations and Tours
    University of Minnesota
    5:30 - 6:15 Reception

    6:15 - 7:00 Presentations
    Thin Film Solar Cells from Abundant Nontoxic Materials - Professor Eray S. Aydil
    The Importance of Nanostructure in Organic Solar Cells - Professor Russell J. Holmes

    7:00 - 7:30 Tours
    Option 1 - Dept of Chem E and Mat Sci, Amundson Hall, Research and Teaching Labs
    Option 2 - Characterization Facility

    Click Here to Register for October 12, 2011 Meeting

    Directions to Oct 2011 Meeting at UMN (PDF)
    Newsletter - (PDF)
    November 16, 2011 Technical Presentation
    Green Mill-Plymouth
    Dehua Yang, EBATCO Hardness Testing at Macro, Micro, and Nano Scale
    December 6, 2011 Holiday Party (for members and guest)
    Green Mill-Plymouth
    THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES


    Professor James Kakalios, U of M, will present "The Physics and Materials Science of Comic Book SuperHeros"

    6:30 pm - Social
    7:15 pm - Dinner
    8:00 pm - Presentation

    January 18, 2012 Topic: Laser for Materials Processing

    David Plourde and Joel De Kock, Preco

    Green Mill-Plymouth
    February 22, 2012 All Day Seminar, Topic "Materials Characterization"
    Hennepin Technical College
    Brooklyn Park, MN
    more info to come
    March ##, 2012 MinnTS (Technical Sysmposium)
    Medtronic, Fridley

    CLICK HERE for more info
    April 18, 2012 Topic: TBD

    ASM Trustee Green Mill-Plymouth

    May 16, 2011 Rapid Prototyping
    James Mishek, Vista Technologies

    Green Mill-Plymouth



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