My list for these guys is extensive, so I certainly hoped they rested up over the weekend. They'll be doing mostly new model qualifications and updating supporting documentation. They'll be strain gaging, performing cross sections, and verifying a new selective soldering process. They'll also be assisting with the development of a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program, and then investigating ways to improve the reporting of performance metrics to senior management. We're looking at a minimum of 10 hour days, depending upon how fast their short little legs can move. They may have wished they'd scheduled vacation for this week! Leland -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz A Day Early - the Answer Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer: The Question: This element plays a critical role in neutron radiography. This element is sometimes used to support rare earth phosphors that luminesce because it will not "quench" their intense colors. What element is being described? The Answer: The element is Gadolinium (Gd)! A screen of Gd is used to trap the neutrons in neutron radiography allowing an image to be produced. Gd is the odd rare earth element as it does not absorb light in the visible spectrum making it "colorless". Other rare earth elements have vivid colors. Gadolinium is used in magnetic data storage discs and is used to regulate neutron activity in reactor cores. There were lots of quiz answer responses but the quiz winner is Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc., and he'll get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have: Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM - conducted REACH material testing Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich - had an epic journey of travel Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global - unknown Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab - unknown Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon - Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division - unknown Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits - unknown Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch! Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg! Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted Bev shoveling snow Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs - assisted with reflow profiling Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his cousin Kloumpios Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving electrochemical migration failures Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen bomb Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits - unknown Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi - assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired - assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking Week 28 Nigel Burtt - abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS - unknown Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 - assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing - assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC - assisted with lab testing - assisted with tin whisker investigations Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired - attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered" solutions Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya - unknown Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - assisted with ??? Everyone have a great weekend! Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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