5:30 Social Hour

6:30 - 7:30 Dinner

7:30 - Speaker : Dr. Daniel P. Dennies, FASM
Trustee (2006-2009)

Dr. Daniel P. Dennies is an Associate Technical Fellow for the Boeing Company and has 27 years experience as a metallurgist and performing failure investigations. He authored the book "How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation," released in September 2005. The majority of his career has been in the aerospace industry working on projects such as the Space Shuttle Main Engine, the National Launch System, the National Aerospace Plane,expendable launch systems like Delta and Titan and, most recently, the International Space Station.

He has accumulated a large amount of experience with a wide variety of materials, processes and test mechanisms through his association with the design and manufacturing aspects of these programs. Dr. Dennies broadened his manufacturing experience and industrial knowledge by working in the forging industry and the raw material industry.

He has been a member of ASM International for 29 years and is a 2002 ASM Fellow. He is also the recipient of the 2004 Allan Ray Putman Award from ASM. Dan received the 2005 Orange County Engineering Council Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award. He is also a 1999 honoree of the coveted NASA Silver Snoopy Award. He was a founding Materials Mentor for the Eisenman Materials Camp in 2000 and has attended a Materials Camp as a Materials Mentor each year since. He is the coordinator of the Teachers Materials Camp in LA. Dan is active on the local level as member of the LA Chapter executive board. He is also active on the national level as a Board of Trustee for both the ASM International Education Foundation and Society. Dan is also on various national committees.

Abstract

Design Challenges the International Space Station Assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) sprang to life in 2000 with multiple launches of the United States Space Shuttle fleet and Russian launch vehicles. This activity included the arrival of the first crew,Expedition One, on 2 November 2000. The presentation covers system and partner information concerning the International Space Station Program,

the current status of the ISS assembly, and some of the major design challenges of this self-contained system, including gravity, power, air and water.