Grand Opening of the University of Alberta Canadian Centre for Welding & Joining
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The American Welding Society Alberta Section is pleased to host Prof. Patricio Mendez from the University of Alberta (UofA) to discuss the latest developments on welding teaching and research at the new Canadian Centre for Welding and Joining (CCWJ) at the UofA. This dinner meeting will take place immediately following the grand opening of the Welding Laboratory of the CCWJ. This lab is based on a $1M facility funded by the Faculty of Engineering of UofA and $500K in equipment loaned or donated by industrial partners and government grants including Lincoln, Miller, Praxair, Hitachi, LJ Welding, JV Driver, and NSERC.
With approximately $14 billion per year of existing activity, Alberta is quickly becoming one of Canada’s major metal manufacturing centres. Tens of billions of dollars are being spent in both the oil sands and conventional oil and gas sectors each year. In response to the unprecedented demand placed on local manufacturers, Alberta’s metal fabrication companies are looking to new and innovative practices.
The CCWJ was created around the Weldco/Industry Chair in Welding and Joining. The creation of this unique chair, currently standing at $3.5 million in pledges, was led by the Weldco Companies together with Acklands Grainger, Canadian Welding Bureau, CESSCO, Lincoln Electric, Metal Fabricators & Welding, Miller Electric, Hobart Bros., Suncor, Syncrude, and the Government of Alberta.
Our Guest Speaker: Dr. Patricio Mendez (Professor – University of Alberta)
Prof. Patricio F. Mendez joined the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in January 2009. He is the inaugural Weldco / Industry Chair in Welding and Joining, as well as the Director of the Canadian Centre for Welding and Joining.
Prof. Mendez holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Materials Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His areas of research and teaching focus on welding and materials processes and their mathematical modeling including heat transfer, fluid flow, phase transformations, and their simultaneous interactions. Before joining UofA in 2009, Prof. Mendez was taught and researched on physics of welding, casting, and phase transformations at Colorado School of Mines, and before then he was a consulting engineer for two years at Exponent Inc. In 1995 Mendez co-founded Semi-Solid Technologies Inc. in Cambridge, MA where he participated in the invention and development of an aluminum casting process that was licensed to manufacture OEM engine parts for the Ford Focus between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
WHERE:
University of Alberta ETLE Building - Solarium (2nd Floor)
(Use Windsor Car Park, off 116th Street)
TIMES:
5:30 – Reception
6:00 pm – Dinner (Buffet Style)
7:00 pm – Presentation
COST:
Members $25.00
Non-Members $30.00
Student Members $10.00
Student Non-Members $15.00.
All members of AWS, CWA, ASM, NACE, SME and ASME will be charged as members. Cash or cheque only please.
REGISTRATION:
Please confirm your attendance before May 3, 2010 by contacting:
(780) 422-4757 or by E-mailing Ken Nelson at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Please state name(s), company, phone number and member affiliation when registering.
If interested in attending the Grand Opening of the Welding Laboratory on May 5, 4:00 - 5:30, please send e-mail to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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