cesium Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:24 AM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > [log in to unmask] >