LOL - that is just spell check helping me out. Same issue as "bear versus bare" hands.............. Dave On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 7:41 AM, Douglas Pauls < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > The first question I would ask is where is this Iowa Statue University you > speak of. Must be one of the half-fractional Iowa Universities. > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer > Rockwell Collins > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 7:03 AM David Hillman <david.hillman@ > rockwellcollins.com> wrote: > >> The Question: >> This element is one of the Rare Earth Elements (REEs) so like most of the >> rare earths, it forms trivalent ions with fluorescent properties and is >> used as phosphors in various applications. Researchers at Iowa Statue >> University/Ames Laboratory are using compounds containing this >> element investigating its giant magnetocaloric effect for magnetic >> refrigeration near room temperature, which could provide significant >> efficiency and environmental advantages over conventional refrigeration >> methods. This element is also used in nuclear marine propulsion systems as >> a burnable poison. What 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 >> 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 >> Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital >> Week 52 Leland Woodall >> Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS >> Week 54 Leland Woodall >> Week 55 Tom Carroll, Boeing >> Week 56 Mordechai Kirshenbaum >> Week 57 Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp >> Week 58 Leland Woodall >> Week 59 Drew Meyer, Benchmark >> Week 60 Leland Woodall >> Week 61 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly >> Week 62 Leland Woodall! >> Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly >> Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing >> Week 63 Tom Granat >> Week 64 George Wenger >> >> Week 65 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc >> - Since the boys are probably tired from all the work George made them >> do, >> they can join me for the week at Sunset Beach on the Monterrey Bay. Pure >> relaxation on vacation. Maybe they can convince the local raccoons to stay >> out of my camp. We’ll have some great games of Cards Against Humanity with >> them. >> >> Week 66 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp >> - Good timing. We just purchased another oven and I can use the help >> getting ready to take delivery >> >> Week 66 Leland Woodall >> - assisted with ???? >> >> Week 67 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems >> - While I am on leave, guys can spend whole week trying to tidy my >> desktop...hope they can finish before I'm back! >> >> Week 68 James Head >> - It appears that Clumpy and Kloumpios brought the rain with them after >> we've had several weeks of dry and hot weather. I've been keeping them >> busy >> all week with some Orcad layout work with a brief excursion to take my two >> year old daughter to Mini Professors to learn about friction whilst >> constructing a hover craft out of an old CD, balloon and the top of a >> washing up liquid bottle. I caught them trying to violate the second law >> of >> thermodynamics but managed to stop them in time before they could give >> Louise bad ideas. >> >> Week 69 ???? >> - assisted with ???? >> >> >> >> I hope everyone has a awesome week! >> Dave Hillman >> Rockwell Collins >> [log in to unmask] >> >