Tour of ISP Chemicals & Meeting Date Change

In lieu of our March 25th meeting at Burgess & Niple, we have the exciting opportunity to tour the ISP Fine Chemicals plant here in Columbus on April 1st. The scientists and researchers at their Columbus operation are experts in producing complex synthetic and organic chemicals and polymers used in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, personal care, and other fine chemical markets.

The evening will begin at 6:00 pm at the ISP plant and conclude by 8:00 pm. Please arrive promptly since the program will begin on time. Parking is located in the front of the building. Also, since this is an operating plant, safety, security, and dress guidelines must be followed. Therefore, be sure to wear closed toe shoes and no sleeveless shirts in order to tour the plant. Hard hats and safety glasses will be provided.

We ask you to RSVP to Brian Moore no later than March 28th if you plan on attending. Also, if your parents plan to attend, indicate that in the RSVP.

Lastly, the plant is located at 1979 Atlas Street, Columbus, OH 43228 (click link for map).

I look forward to seeing you all on April 1st.

Explore OSU Scott Laboratory

We will gather at 6:00 pm at the USUAL place, Agricultural Engineering, with pizza in room 100, 590 Woody Hayes Dr., Columbus, OH 43210-1058. Please park ONLY in the parking spaces labeled "C/Student." Please sign in.

Promptly at 6:30 pm we'll take a campus bus to the new state-of-art Mechanical Engineering Scott Laboratory, 201 West 19th Avenue. There is NO parking on main campus, so make sure you catch the bus ride over--or be prepared to walk east on Woody Hayes for about 1/2 mile to main campus...

The group will split and rotate through several activities--you will be able to participate in all segments of the evening.

You will see the machine shop Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine and rapid prototyping. You will machine your own Ohio State logo in plastic, and learn about how computers aid in manufacturing. You'll also get a demo on how the rapid prototyping machine works.

You'll look at the walking treadmill room and equipment, and see video of the robot actually walking on the treadmill. You'll get a quick tour of computer labs, stadium classroom, lounge, and instructional labs, and so on...

You'll learn how the design process works and how Mechanical Engineers are involved. Pogo sticks will be the subject of this discussion. You'll learn how engineers move frequency peaks around to make music more clear and sound better.

By 8:20 we should be back on the campus bus to arrive at Ag Engineering at 8:30 pm.

Please send an e-mail reply gecik.1@osu.edu that you will be attending the meeting by Tuesday afternoon, 11 March 2008, so that we may order pizza and arrange tour groups.

See you on Tuesday evening!