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Meyer Tool Attends the 2011 Cryogenic Engineering and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (CEC-ICMC 2011)
Ed Bonnema
June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011
Spokane, Washington was the venue for the 18th Joint Cryogenic Engineering and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (CEC-ICMC 2011). The amazing hydraulic power of the Spokane River falls, located within walking distance of the conference location, complemented the concentrated brain power present at the conference.
Spokane, despite the rainy weather, was a great host. The conference was, as usual, professionally run by Centennial Conferences. The convention center, located in the heart of the downtown area, was within walking distance of a variety of delicious restaurants, an eclectic book store, and the Centennial Trail which wandered along the Spokane River, past the spectacular falls, quiet fishing spots, through Gonzaga University and back to the conference hotel.
This conference, relatively small with less than a thousand attendees, lent itself to great interactions between suppliers and end users during and outside the exhibit hall. Many of the attendees and exhibitors have been coming to the conference for decades, and, as always, it was a pleasure to catch up with our CEC-ICMC friends and colleagues.
Despite the uncertainty of the Federal Budget process, we spoke with many researchers and engineers with projects nearing the hardware building stage. With the exception of the designated times when attendees were at the Conference’s oral presentations, our Exhibit was humming with activity. Many times more people were dropping by than we could handle at once. Our apologies if during one of these times we were unable to speak with you. Feel free to contact us.
On Wednesday afternoon I presented our Meyer Tool poster, “Heat Shields: Materials and Cost Considerations”. We’d like to especially thank Meyer project engineer and PhD Mike Seely for his significant work on this. It was exciting to see the genuine interest the paper generated among the attendees. This topic has obviously struck a chord with those involved in building cryostats and cryomodules. My only regret is that we could not spend more time discussing the details within the limited time allowed. So stay tuned to the newsletter as we promise to expand on this topic in the future.
Though this was the 18th bi-annual CEC-ICMC, I first attended in 1991 when the host city was Huntsville, Alabama. Though Meyer Tool has been present at all subsequent conferences, I have missed only two since my 1991 initiation: 1995 in Columbus, Ohio and 1999 in Montreal, Quebec. My favorite venue without a doubt was Anchorage, Alaska in 2003. The conference dinner on the coastal train was a spectacular event. It seems Alaska was most everyone’s favorite location, so CEC-ICMC is planning a 10th anniversary return north for the conference in 2013. With another successful CEC-ICMC behind us, we are very much looking forward to the next two years of collaboration with all of you until we gather again.
So, until then, happy cryogenic engineering and see you in Anchorage!
Spokane, despite the rainy weather, was a great host. The conference was, as usual, professionally run by Centennial Conferences. The convention center, located in the heart of the downtown area, was within walking distance of a variety of delicious restaurants, an eclectic book store, and the Centennial Trail which wandered along the Spokane River, past the spectacular falls, quiet fishing spots, through Gonzaga University and back to the conference hotel.
This conference, relatively small with less than a thousand attendees, lent itself to great interactions between suppliers and end users during and outside the exhibit hall. Many of the attendees and exhibitors have been coming to the conference for decades, and, as always, it was a pleasure to catch up with our CEC-ICMC friends and colleagues.
Despite the uncertainty of the Federal Budget process, we spoke with many researchers and engineers with projects nearing the hardware building stage. With the exception of the designated times when attendees were at the Conference’s oral presentations, our Exhibit was humming with activity. Many times more people were dropping by than we could handle at once. Our apologies if during one of these times we were unable to speak with you. Feel free to contact us.
On Wednesday afternoon I presented our Meyer Tool poster, “Heat Shields: Materials and Cost Considerations”. We’d like to especially thank Meyer project engineer and PhD Mike Seely for his significant work on this. It was exciting to see the genuine interest the paper generated among the attendees. This topic has obviously struck a chord with those involved in building cryostats and cryomodules. My only regret is that we could not spend more time discussing the details within the limited time allowed. So stay tuned to the newsletter as we promise to expand on this topic in the future.
Though this was the 18th bi-annual CEC-ICMC, I first attended in 1991 when the host city was Huntsville, Alabama. Though Meyer Tool has been present at all subsequent conferences, I have missed only two since my 1991 initiation: 1995 in Columbus, Ohio and 1999 in Montreal, Quebec. My favorite venue without a doubt was Anchorage, Alaska in 2003. The conference dinner on the coastal train was a spectacular event. It seems Alaska was most everyone’s favorite location, so CEC-ICMC is planning a 10th anniversary return north for the conference in 2013. With another successful CEC-ICMC behind us, we are very much looking forward to the next two years of collaboration with all of you until we gather again.
So, until then, happy cryogenic engineering and see you in Anchorage!
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool and Lance Cooley, Fermilab, discuss Lance's poster "Mechanical polishing SRF extremely smooth SRF cavity and cavity coatings" at the Wednesday morning poster session.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool and Eric Sun, JLab, at Eric's poster "Cryogenic system design of 11 GeV/c super high momentum spectrometer superconducting magnets at Jefferson Lab." Meyer Tool has built three out of the six cryostats discussed in the poster. The remaining three are in process at Meyer Tool.
Meyer Tool's bustling booth.
At the Meyer Tool poster on Wednesday afternoon, Eileen Cunningham, Meyer Tool, Mike O'Toole, ANL, Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool and Stuart Koch, Amuneal.
Heavy traffic at the Meyer Tool Poster. Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool discusses his poster presentation "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations" presented during the Wednesday afternoon poster session "Thermal Insulation Systems II" to a growing crowd.
Technical details being examined at the Meyer Tool Poster "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations" at the CEC-ICMC 2011.
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Mark Kedzie, ANL, Mike O'Toole, ANL and Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool, discuss Mark and Mike's poster presentation "Design and development of a new SRF cavity cryomodule for the ATLAS intensity upgrade." Meyer Tool is presently building the cryomodule assembly presented in this poster.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool and Tom Nicol, Fermilab, discuss Tom's poster "Mu2e production solenoid cryostat conceptual design" at the Wednesday morning poster session.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool discusses his poster presentation "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations" presented during the Wednesday afternoon poster session, "Thermal Insulation Systems II". Speaking with Ed is Stuart Koch of Amuneal.
An animated crowd discusses the Meyer Tool poster presentation, "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations" in a display of intense interest that surprised Meyer Tool's Ed Bonnema and Eileen Cunningham.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool answers a question about his poster presentation "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations," presented during the Wednesday afternoon poster session "Thermal Insulation Systems II".
Ed Bonnema takes a short breather from his busy poster presentation with Bill Schwenterly ORNL.
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Mike O'Toole, ANL, Mark Kedzie, ANL, Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool, and Eileen Cunningham, Meyer Tool at Mark and Mike's poster presentation "Design and development of a new SRF cavity cryomodule for the ATLAS intensity upgrade", Meyer Tool is presently building the cryomodule assembly presented in this poster.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool discussing their upcoming oral presentations with S.V. Lomte of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology and C.L. Gogte of Marathwada Institute of Technology at Meyer Tool's booth during the industrial exhibit.
Ed Bonnema, Meyer Tool explains his poster presentation "Heat Shields: Material and Cost Considerations" presented during the Wednesday afternoon poster session, "Thermal Insulation Systems II" to a growing audience.
At the Linde booth: Klaus Ohlig, CEO of Linde Kryotechnik, Joanne Rodden, Linde USA, Jurgen Clausen, Director of Sales and Marketing Linde Kryotechnic, John Urbin, Business Unit Manager Linde Cryogenics and Eileen Cunningham, President of Meyer Tool.
Theresa Boehl, Werner Huget and Laurie Huget of the Cryogenic Society of America with Eileen Cunningham of Meyer Tool. The CSA table was located at the entrance to the Industrial Exhibits at CEC-ICMC2011.
Ting Xu and Jonathan Demko of ORNL with James Fesmire of NASA Cryogenic Test Laboratory at CEC-ICMC 2011.
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