darn...the security clearance took extra 1 min?  must be a long  
record of my historical back ground check... Too bad, I was goingto  
donate  both to Wayne to fix the damage done by all the Ga discovery  
team.
On Mar 30, 2018, at 1:59 PM, David Hillman wrote:

>  Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element will melt in one's hand due to body heat. This element is
> truly "exotic" as it can form monovalent, divalent and trivalent  
> compounds.
> This element is a  non-toxic, environmentally friendly alternative to
> mercury for thermometer and dental amalgam applications. This element
> expands upon solidification from its liquid state. This element is  
> widely
> used in the electronics industry. Which element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Gallium (Ga)! Gallium is one of 4 elements non- 
> radioactive
> metals (with caesium, rubidium, and mercury) that are known to be  
> liquid
> at, or near, normal room temperature. Of the four, gallium is the  
> only one
> that is neither highly reactive (rubidium and caesium) nor highly  
> toxic
> (mercury). Gallium liquid expands by 3.1% when it solidifies.  Gallium
> arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) used in electronic  
> components
> represented about 98% of the gallium consumption in the United  
> States in
> 2007. About 66% of semiconductor gallium is used in the U.S. in  
> integrated
> circuits (mostly gallium arsenide), such as the manufacture of  
> ultra-high
> speed logic chips and MESFETs for low-noise microwave preamplifiers  
> in cell
> phones.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Scott Decker, UTAS and will get the services
> of Clumpy
> and Kloumpios for the week. Scott and Joyce Koo both submitted the  
> first
> correct responses but per the firewall stamp, Scott beat out Joyce  
> by 1
> minute.
>
> EQAB is still reviewing Wayne's submission of Gallium as his  
> rationale for
> the element's origin is a tad bit different than the historical  
> record.
> Their ruling on the validity of Wayne's response is pending a data  
> request
> from the Soviet Union National archives which is never a fast  
> process (Doug
> can vouch for that).
>
>
> 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
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems
> Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils
> Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 49 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> Week 49 Leland Woodall
>
> Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> - They can help me this week prepare for Valentine's Day.  I'm sure  
> they
> are great cooks!!  They can also babysit my daughter. (Should I trust
> them?) I can also use some assistance with my Apex preparations and
> meetings as well as for wafer and substrate packing for the show.   
> Too bad
> I couldn’t have them for setting up our booth in a couple of weeks.
>
> Week 51  Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> - I have a hectic week ahead, and I can really use help from the  
> boys.  I
> don't know much about their computer skills, but I need to carry  
> out lot of
> simulation work.  Since the work is mostly routine, I am sure they  
> can pick
> it up fast.  Then there are ESD measurements to be done. Since we are
> closed on Monday, they can enjoy long weekend with their families,  
> and show
> up on Tuesday.
>
> Week 52 Leland Woodall
> -  I'm going to have the boys to review the new IATF 16949  
> standard, and at
> the end of the week they can give me their take on how we're going  
> to make
> the transition from TS.  This will be an arduous task, as they  
> usually get
> to just play while they're here.  This time it's gotta be straight-up
> work.  I've already apologized to them in advance...
>
> Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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