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Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:24 AM, David Hillman <
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> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is a major fire hazard and must be stored in kerosene or an
> inert atmosphere. It will ignite and burn if it comes in contact with skin.
> This element, in its gas form, can be used to make a very accurate gas cell
> clock for GPS applications. This element is produced from ore found
> primarily in two geographic locations: the Italian island of Elba and
> Manitoba Canada. This element is used in brain tumor treatments. Which
> element is being described?
>
> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for
> the week.
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> Week 3 John Burke
> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> Week 8 Leland Woodall
> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>
> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> - Dave, this victory is the capstone, the gilding on my career...end of
> this month I'm officially retiring. Clumpy and Kloumpios help will be
> welcome in clearing out the office. Not sure if I will stick on TechNet or
> not...it's been a big part of my life for most of the past 20 years but I
> may go on to do something completely different.
>
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Sorry for the late reply but I was busy showing Clumpy how to perform an
> FAA Test Setup Conformity for an explosive atmosphere test and then Clumpy
> started to tell me about the new dimensional transport system attached to
> his John Deere tractor. Clumpy said explosive atmospheres were the least of
> their problems during development this new technology. I can report that
> everything is working well with the new transport system. Clumpy arrived
> with a "Poof" in my backyard and he immediately started fishing off my back
> deck, explaining that the new transport system makes him very hungry
> whenever he uses it. Clumpy says that he hopes Kloumpios is having a good
> time with Scott Decker, wherever he is, and that he hopes to stick around
> here for a while since he likes watching new technology being tested.
>
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> -   Sorry for the delay also. I was in a global even for our company and
> also working with Clumpy and Kloumpios to keep them working on the board
> designs I was doing before the event so I could stay in the event. It’s
> never a dull moment in our company and as it turns out, I still needed to
> help them out, but they did get me through until today, Friday so it was
> still all worth it! J It’s pretty amazing that they can adapt to so many
> jobs that they get sent to, I wish I could do everything as well as they
> do, I could be a star! However, that said, I try to under achieve since
> that keeps me out of the lime light and not the spot light or cross hairs…
> :-/
>
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> - The boys can help me to compare a reverse-engineered old multilayer
> layout
> against the x-rays from the original (no data, no schematics, no gerbers at
> all available, but the urgent need for some spare units....), can coil some
> dozens RF toroids and last, but not least (if they aren't allergic against
> cats) can entertain our tomcats* (who are not amused at the ugly wet wet
> thaw here...). I've heard Clumpy and Kloumpios can meanwhile apparate and
> disapparate like Harry Potter, thus there is no need to pick them up from
> the next airport (would be MUC)?
>
> Week 13 No Quiz, the boys were helping Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins, with
> his IPC Hall of Fame Award
>
> Week 14 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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>

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