just saw documentary "secrete of tuxedo park" few days ago...  
wonderful team work of physicist....
On Jan 19, 2018, at 2:26 PM, David Hillman wrote:

> Here is the Element Quiz Question (let's see who is fast):
>
> The Question:
> This element is named after a pioneer in quantum physics, also  
> known as
> "the father of the atom".  Which element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Bohrium (Bh)! As with several of the transactinide  
> elements
> (elements 104-113) there was quite a dispute who was the first to  
> discover
> bohrium. In the end, the IUPAC named element Bohrium in honor of Niels
> Bohr, the "father of the atom". Niels Bohr was an amazing physicist  
> with
> quite the life story. One interesting fact:  In April 1940, early  
> in the
> Second World War, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark.[ To  
> prevent
> the Germans from discovering Max von Laue's and James Franck's gold  
> Nobel
> medals, Niels Bohr had George de Hevesy dissolve them in aqua  
> regia. In
> this form, they were stored on a shelf at the Institute until after  
> the
> war, when the gold was precipitated and the medals re-struck by the  
> Nobel
> Foundation.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils and he will  
> get the
> services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Fred - let me know  
> where you
> are located so the boys can get on the road.
>
> Fred just beat Doug with the correct answer! And yes, since Doug  
> submitted
> two responses, his half fractional element submission was not  
> reviewed by
> EQAB.
>
>
> 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
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 13 No Quiz,
> Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 16 John Maxwell
> Week 17 Leland Woodall
> Week 18 Leland Woodall
> Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 20 Robert Kondner
> Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
> Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
> Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
> Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 28 Leland Woodall
> Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 30 Leland Woodall
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> Week 33 Leland Woodall
> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem
> Week 38 Leland Woodall
> Week 38 Tom Carroll
> Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 40 Leland Woodall
> Week 41 Tom Carroll
> Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 43 Joyce Koo
> Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> Week 45 Leland Woodall
> -You're a good guy, Frank.  I can use them both to help me prepare for
> Christmas.  I'm so far behind it's not even funny!
>
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> - Leland,  take 'em both, I have to travel next week and the boys  
> can be a
> pain when by themselves (like getting into mischief)
>
> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems
> - Oh goody, plenty of microsections to do on some long term thermal  
> cycle
> samples so that will keep them busy for the week. And a happy new  
> year to
> all in TechNet land.
>
> Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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