Wow...Iowa has a whole university to teach statue building? Impressive!! I can imagine the team mascot..."Go Pigeons!! We will crap on you!" Lloyd Duso Plant Manager Diamond-MT (814) 535-3505 www.Diamond-mt.com On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 8:41 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 < > [log in to unmask]> 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] > > >