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components. It also operates a large computer-sewice division. McDonnell Douglas, with 72,000 employees, has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri and major facilities in southern California; Tulsa, Oklahoma; central Florida and Toronto, Canada. Its products are sold throughout the world.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westinghouse Electric Corporation operates in four broad areas: defense, energy, industry and construction, and broadcasting and cable. The company provides such products and services as radar and other defenseelectronics systems; equipment for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity; industrial controls including robotics, motors and circuit breakers; and Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc. [Group W). Westinghouse is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA and maintains manufacturing plants and offices worldwide. The company employs approximately 127,000 people.

Measurements Group, Inc. Measurements Group, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets products dedicated to experimental-stressanalysis testing. The Group consists of the Micro-Measurements, Instruments, Photolastic, and Education Divisions, all of which are located at the company’s world headquarters facility near Raleigh, NC. The facility also houses a specially designed Technical Training Center. An additional strain-gage-productionfacility is located in Romulus, MI. Branch offices of the Group are maintained in Munich, West Germany and Paris, France. An extensive Technical Data Mailing Program is maintained as well as a full-time staff of technical specialists for customer consultation.

McDonnell Douglas Corporation McDonnell Douglas Corporation designs and builds a highly diversified range of aerospace products, including airliners, military-transport aircraft, fighter and attack aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, computers and electronic

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countries. Alcoa Laboratories employs 1150 people.

Allison Gas Turbine DivisionGMC The Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors Corporation is a leading producer of turbine engines ranging in size from 300 to 8000 horsepower for commercial, military and industrial needs worldwide. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, the Allison Division employs approximately 7000 people of which over 1000 are engineers and other professionals. This technical team represents a wide range of disciplines applied to all aspects of product research, deslgn, development, application and support. The Indianapolis facilities include a 60-acre under-roof manufacturing plant and an adjacent 21-acre underroof research and development center.

AT &T Bell Laboratories AT &T Bell Laboratories conducts research and development in microelectronics, software systems, digital systems, and photonics-all basic technologies of the ‘Information Age.’ AT&T Bell Laboratories works closely with its parent company, AT&T, to produce a number of innovations, such as new lightwave transmission systems, digital and analog microwave radio systems, mobile radio systems, and packet switching networks. The company is headquartered in Murray Hill, N J .

Avco Lycoming Stratford Division Aluminum Company of America The Aluminum Company of America (AlcoaJ produces and fabricates aluminum, which the company uses to solve many basic engineering problems-whether in energy, transportation or consumer goods. Alcoa and its subsidiaries also operate shipping and rail lines, and manufacture and sell building and automotive products, closures, and electrical-conductor and automotive products. Headquartered in Pitt4>urgh, PA, the company operates 53 plaits Ir, 1.5

Avco Lycoming Stratford Division is one of the leading gas-turbine-engine manufacturers in the world. The company offers a variety of both military and commercial engines used for powering helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, tanks and naval vessels. Located on South Main Street, Stratford, CT, the Division’s sales and services reach a worldwide market.

Babcock & Wilcox Rahcock R Wilcox, a McDermott

company, is a leading manufacturer of specialty engineered industrial products and materials for use in three major fields: energy systems, engineered materials and process control. The company also supplies fossil-fuel, steam-generating systems and associated equipment, and specialty steel tubing. Babcock & Wilcox maintains more than 30 operating faciiities worldwide as well as a Research and Development Division headquartered in Alliance, O H .

Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bethlehem Steel Corporation is the nation‘s third largest integrated-steel company engaged primarily in the production of steel and steel-related products. Its Homer Research Laboratories, located in the headquarters community of Bethlehem, PA, are staffed by more than 350 engineers, scientists and technicians. The corporation is broadenmg new technology development with an emphasis on new-materials research and newproduct development. Bethlehem intends to maximize its human and physical technical resources to place the corporation in the forefront of technological development in its areas of interest.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited WHEL) is involved in the design, manufacture, erection and commission of equipment for fossil-, nuclearand hydroelectric-power generation; industrial-power requirements; and transportation. The wide range of Products supplied by BHEL includes turbo-alternator sets, steam generators, hydroelectric sets, nuclear-power sets, and traction motors for locomotives. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company includes four major manufacturing plants, many smaller plants throughout India and a Corporate Research and Development Division in Hyderabad. Major offices are located in 15 Indian cities as well as in London and MOSCOW.

BLH Electronics BLH Electronics, a leader in strain-

gage technology, produces force transducers, microprocessors, and equipment for the process-control industry. A list of particular products includes strain gages and accessories, standard and custom designed; straingage transducers for weight and force measurement to 1.5 million pounds; and instruments and systems for complete tumkey applications in process control. BLH headquarters are located in Waltham, MA. The company also has affiliated operations in West Germany and sales-services operations in major cities throughout the world.

advance the state of the art of polymeric, metallic and ceramic composite materials. It has three broad objectives: to conduct basic research in composite materials; to provide avenues for technology transfer between university, government and industrial research groups; and to train students for work in the composites field. The group includes: 20 Colleges of Engineering faculty members, 10 research professional engineers, 40 graduate students and 25 undergraduate laboratory technicians.

The Boeing Company

Comlng and its subsidiary companies comprise a worldwide, hgh-technology organization with 48 plants and 54 offices. Coming competes in four broad business sectors: specialty glass and ceramics [the company’s h s t o r i d base), consumer housewares, laboratory sciences, and telecommunications. Binding these four sectors is the ‘glue’ of technology-Coming’s research laboratory, estahlished in 1908. Coming spends annually on research and development, as a percentage of sales, double the average rate for all manufacturing industry in the U.S. Some 1,500 scientists, engineers and support personnel are now employed at the company’s research and development centers in the United States, fapan and France.

The Boeing Company is a leading producer of commercial jet transports and a supplier of some of the U.S.’s major defense systems. Boeing provides the nation with missiles, avionics systems and military aircraft to meet national-security needs. The company’s major production facilities are located in Washington, Kansas and Pennsylvania. It has a work force of 100,000 employees and offers its services to over 1800 customers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

Caterpillar Tractor Co. Headquartered in Peoria, IL, Caterpillar is the world’s largest manufacturer of earthmoving, construction, and materials-handling machinery and equipment, and a major producer of diesel, natural gas, and turbine engines. Its products include tracktype tractors, track and wheel loaders, motograders, track and wheel excavators, wheel tractor-scrapers, and offhighway trucks. Caterpillar maintains 16 manufacturing plants in the U.S. and 12 in various other countries, including Great Britain, Brazil, France and Australia.

Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware The Center for Composite Materials, located in the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering, is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the evolution of the science and technology necessary to

Corning Glass Works

Deere & Company Deere & Company manufactures productivity and quality products for farming, construction and lawn care particular products include tractors, combines and lawn mowers The company also offers services in finance and insurance Deere & Company maintains corporate offices in Moline, IL as well as 11 manufacturing plants at various locations in the U S , mainly in the Midwest It also has regional offices and manufacturing facilities throughout the world

Eaton Corporation Eaton Corporation manufactures advanced-technology products for industry in two categories vehicle

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components, and electrical and electronic systems and components. The Physical Measurements Section of Eaton’s Electronic Instrumentation Division offers products designed to measure and monitor strain, force, load and pressure. The section is comprised of the Strain Gage and Transducer Unit near Marina Del Ray, CA and the Lebow Products Operation in Troy, MI. Eaton maintains 150 facilities on 6 continents, employing 40,000 people.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Through extensive research and experimentation, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has developed many hardy synthetic substances, such as nylon, neoprene [synthetic rubber), Teflon, Kevlar, Mylar and Kalrez perfluoroelastomer. Du Pont has also taken great strides in the field of fiber optics and is attempting to stake out a solid position in shortand medium-distance transmission fields. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE and maintains a research organization of 4OOO scientists and engineers working at 72 laboratories in the U.S. and overseas.

h o n Research &a Engineering Co. A wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Corporation, Exxon Research and Engineering Co. [ E R h E J has its principal research center at Clinton Township, NJ. Here, scientists from many disciplines pursue the development of improved products and processes, advanced environmental and energy technology, and fundamental research. The engineering divisions of ER&E at Florham Park, NJ help convert research findings into commercial reality, conduct engineering research and development, and provide design, project management and consulting services to Exxon affiliates throughout the world.

General Dynamics Corporation General Dynamics Corporation is a leading American defense contractor, producing such military equipment as hghter aircraft, nuclear submarines, missile systems and battle tanks. It 40

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is also a commercial company, manufacturing space-launch vehicles and computer-output equipment, among other products. General Dynamics concentrates on five major fields: aerospace and electronics technology, military land systems, shipbuilding, information systems, and natural resources and construction materials. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, the company is composed of 14 divisions and subsidiaries and employs 97,000 people in 48 states and 45 foreign countries.

General Electric Company General Electric Company is the world’s largest supplier of electrical goods and services. Corporate headquarters are located in Fairfield, CT. G.E. manufactures products at 217 plants in 33 states in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and at 116 plants in 24 countries outside the U.S. The company is divided into sectors which provide power systems, industrial products, natural resources, services and materials, technical systems and consumer products.

Grumman Corporation Grumman Corporation designs and produces U.S. military aircraft, aircraft components, space-related systems and services, electronic systems; refurbishes aircraft; and provides technical support and subcontracting services. Grumman’s current aircraft production includes the F-14 Tomcat, A-6E Intruder, EA-6B Prowler, E-2C Hawkeye, C-2 Greyhound and EF-111 tactical-jamming aircraft. Headquartered in Bethpage, NY, Grumman presently employs approximately 30,000 people.

Instron Corporation Instron Corporation produces a full line of materials-testing instrumentation ranging from tensile testers for quality assurance to computer-controlled, multiaxial tebt systems capable of accurately simulating the in-use environment of the most complex material5 and structures In addition, the company often proiiuccs CuStoiii systems to meet speLitic 1itt(1> W i t h

over 900 employees, Instron is headquartered in Canton, MA and maintains sales and service centers throughout North America and Europe, and in Japan and Australia.

IBM Corporation IBM Corporation is a leading supplier and innovator of computers, word processors and copiers. IBM has many subsidiaries, including IBM World Trade Center/Middle East/Africa Corporation; Science Research Associates, Inc.; and IBM World Trade Corporation, Headquartered in Armonk, NY, IBM has branches in principal cities worldwide and factories in Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Vermont and Canada.

Kelsey-Hayes Automotive Group The Kelsey-Hayes Automotive Group manufactures products for automotive, agricultural and industrial applications. Products include wheels, disk brakes, drum brakes, front-hub assemblies, electromechanical sensors, automotive-engine blocks and other engine components, iron castings, and precision aluminum die castings. The Group operates manufacturing facilities which conduct fabricating, casting and machining operations throughout North America. Headquarters are located in Romulus, MI.

Kobe Steel, Ltd. Kobe Steel Ltd., one of the world’s top 20 iron and steel producers, is also one of Japan’s most diversified corporations. With its wide range of nonferrous metals and industrial and construction machinery as well as its expertise in plant engineering and technical assistance, the company contributes to key industries throughout the world. Established in 1905, Kobe Steel now employs about 28,900 people. Its major offices are located in Tokyo and Kobe, Japan.

Kyowa Electronic Instrument Co., Inc. Kyowa Electronic Instruments Co., hc. offers such products as strain gages, strain-gage-based transducers, strain amplifiers, signal conditioners, instrumentation-data recorders, oscillographs, data loggers and dataacquisition and processing systems. Headquartered in Chofu City, Tokyo, Japan, the company employs 570 people and maintains an overseas sales network with 40 sales agents. By expanding its overseas business, Kyowa hopes to contribute to the worldwide development of science and technology.

Motion Analysis Corporation Motion Analysis Corporation is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, with sales offices across the nation. Motion Analysis has merged computer and video technologies to produce the Expertvision system, a microcomputer-based system that analyzes a broad range of movements in applications ranging from automotive and aerospace to quality control and physical test labs. The nonintrustive system is used effectively for studies in vibrational analysis, relative motion, kinematics and fluid/windflow dynamics.

MTS Systems Corporation MTS Systems Corporation produces electrohydraulic systems for materials, vehicles and structures testing; pressurization, vibration and motion simulators; shock-test systems; and crash simulators. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, the company operates worldwide, maintaining sales and services offices in North America as well as many in Europe and the Far East. MTS. Systems Corporation employs about 1100 people.

Newport Corporation Newport Corporation, with its roots at the California Institute of Technology, has grown from a modest beginning to become a substantial company with numerous capabilities. Newport offers a wide range of products, including vibration-isolation

systems, positionmg equipment, lasers and electro-optical components, fiberoptics components, optical components, electronic instruments and devices, and holographic products and services, with net sales of $27,000,000. Constantly expanding, the company currently employs 220 persons, including nine with PhD degrees on the technical staff. Newport’s 100,000-sq-ft office and manufacturing facilities are located at 18235 Mt. Baldy Circle, Fountain Valley, CA 92728-8020.

Ometron Inc. Ometron Inc. provides sales and services of the SPATE 8000 noncontact stress-analysis sytem in the US.and Canada. Other world sales are handled by the Chislehurst, England office. The unique SPATE 8000 is used by many corporations in the aerospace and automobile fields, as well as at universities. The system recently won the prestigious Queens Award in England.

systems, Optron has been a leader in noncontacting displacement sensing for more than 25 years. Optron’s two product lines include the Model 3OOA digital camera which uses a 1024element photodiode array. The second product line is the Optron Series 5000 which utilizes a special photomultiplier tube and state-of-the-art servoelectronics.

Pacific Instruments, Inc. Pacific Instruments manufactures strain-gage/transducer signal-conditioning amplifiers, systems, and transient data recorders for aerospace and industrial applications. Located in Concord, 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, CA, the company has 65 employees. Products are sold through engineering representatives in the U.S. and abroad. Staff engineers are available for application assistance. Pacific publishes regular application notes on various signalconditioning subjects.

PCB Piezotronics, Inc. Optim Electronics Corporation Optim Electronics Corporation produces and markets static-dynamic, as well as transient, integrated dataacquisition and control systems. The company also designs, produces and sells software and hardware for these systems. Optim representatives service approximately two-thirds of the U.S. The Company also has an overseas market in Europe, Asia and Africa, serviced by an Optim facility in Stuttgart, Germany. Due to the company’s rapid growth-it has doubled its numbers in the past three yearsOptim has moved to a new, larger world headquarters fachty in mtown, Maryland.

Optron Corporation Optron Corporation, located at 30 Hazel Terrace, Woodbridge, CT, is a manufacturer of electro-optical measurement systems. All sales and services are made through the corporate headquarters with the assistance of exclusive representatlon around the world. As the originator of commercially available electro-optical

PCB is an independent U.S.-owned manufacturer of quartz dynamicmeasurement instrumentation. PCB manufactures a complete line of quartz pressure, force, shock and vibration sensors with or without built-in electronics. This year, the company is doubling its facility and increasing production capacity to maintain the ‘quick delivery’ reputation for which it is known. A new laser welder and sixth precision NC lathe have been put into service. PCB products are produced and tested under an approved quality-control system based on MIL standards. In addition to worldwide representatives, PCB maintains a staff of experienced factory applications engineers to provide customers with direct support-a necessity in the field of dynamic measurements.

PSE&G Research and Testing Laboratory The Research and Tcsring Laboratory ot the PSE&C Research Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Experimental Techniques

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provides a broad range of qualitycontrol and technological-testing engineering services. Services are offered in the following areas: metrology, vibration analysis and dynamic balancing, sound-level surveys, strain gaging and structural analysis, corrosion mitigation and protective coatmgs, environmental-ra&ological analysis, chemical analysis, metallurgy, nondestructive testing, materials inspection, plant-energy audits and plant emissions, and effluent analysis. Located in Maplewood, NJ, the laboratory employs over 200 technicians, engineers and scientists.

Regie Nationale des Usines Renault France’s largest industrial group, Regie Nationale des Usines Renault produces and markets automobiles on five continents. Eleven plants operate in France. Twenty-seven operate abroad. The company’s main production unit is located in Billancourt, France. Renault also manufactures commercial vehicles, three tons and over, at a production unit in Lyons, and sports cars at a unit in Dieppe. Additional products include farm and forestry machinery, lowand medium-powered engines, pumping and generating sets and carrier transports.

Rockwell International Corporation

industrial use. The company‘s transducers and compatible electronics products measure displacement, dimensions, acceleration, velocity, slope, tilt, grade, angle, liquid level, fluid pressure, force and weight. Schaevitz also offers complete systems and custom-engineered instruments. The company is headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ.

Specialty Measurements, Inc. Specialty Measurements, Inc. is a professional engineering firm offering expertise in general experimental stress analysis. The firm’s emphasis is on field-test support, often conducted under adverse conditions. Custom load-cell design, residualstress measurements, specialized dataacquisition systems and experimental testing are among the services provided to a wide range of clients in the United States and abroad. Recent projects include a 300-channel, 12week test program on a container ship, and load tests on the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges in New York City. Specialty Measurements, Inc. is headquartered in Pittstown, NJ,

Stress Engineering Services Ltd. Stress Engineering Services Ltd. is a consulting group which offers customer assistance with stress and strain problems. The company is located in Bath, England.

Rockwell International Corporation is a major multi-industry company applying advanced technology to a wide range of products in its automotive, aerospace, electronics, generalindustries and A-B industrial automation businesses. Rockwell’s corporate offices are located in Pittsburgh, PA and El Segundo, CA. The corporation‘s product lines include aircraft, space vehicles, propulsion systems, and products and components for the utilities and oil, gas and nuclear industries, as well as a wide range of electronic and automotive products.

Technische Advies-En Handelsboro J.J. Bos B.V. is a sales and consulting company for instruments and test systems to measure and simulate field loading and service conditions. In the supply of equipment, J.J. Bos represents a number of well-known manufacturers in the field of experimental stress analysis. The company is located in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands and has been a corporate member of SEM since 1980.

Schaevitz Engineering

Teledyne Engineering Services

Schaevitz Engineering is a leading manufacturer of electromechanical instrumentation for laboratory and

Tdedyi-ie Engineering Services ITES! is a consii!!ir,g f i r m v*.hich provides a wide rangc 0 1 engineciinXj :lianag~-

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ment and technical-support services in such fields as material testing, metallography, nondestructive examination and experimental stress analysis. Specialized tests performed on servohydraubc machines, involving programmed cyclic loads and test temperatures from -425°C to 12000~ can be tailored for individual client needs. TES is headquartered in Waltham, MA and has facilities in Hayward, CA and Marion, CA.

Wartsila Research Services Wartsila Research Services is a department within the Wartsila Group, one of the largest industrial companies in Finland, with more than 30 production plants. Located in Helsinki, Wartsila Research Services supplements the Group’s research and product-development resources, provides first-class research services in its own special fields and acts as a middleman for universities, research centers and the Wartsila Group units. The research company’s special fields include stress and strain measurements and calculations; design and manufacture of measurement systems and transducers to meet the client’s special needs; technical physics and mathematics; and electronics, measurement and control techniques.

Weir-Jones Engineering Consultants Ltd. Weir-Jones Engineering Consultants Ltd., located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, provides specialized research, development, design, production, installation and implementation services. WJEC operates in the fields of data acquisition, structural and geophysical instrumentation, rock mechanics, ice-force measurements, marine investigations and groundcontrol engineering. Investigations and testing are performed by the company both in the laboratory and on job sites in Canada, the United States and abroad. WJEC services broadly based geotechnical, s t x u c t d , petroleum, pipeline and mining consultants; naval architects; governmental and international agencies as well as multinational resourced e v d u p mc n t companies.

EDUCATIONAL AND NONPROFIT MEMBERS These universities, associations and government agencies possess a high degree of interest in the experimentalmechanics field. Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment Located at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Medley, Alberta, the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment [AETE) is the designated Flight Test Agency for the Canadian Forces. The AETE staff of 350 mditary and civilian members is engaged in test activities related to the acceptance of new or recently modified aircraft and simulators, the conduct of flight-load and vibration surveys, the development and assessment of new aircraft systems, and the expansion of aircraft flight envelopes. The AETE Aircraft Structures and Mechanics (ASM) section designs and structurally clears for flight test airframe modifications and instrumentation installations intended for the measurement of loads, stresses and vibrations, and directs structural-test projects including flutter flight testing.

Associacao Portuguesa de Analise Experimental de Tensoes Associacao Portuguesa de h a l i s e Experimental de Tensoes is a Portuguese nonprofit-making cultural and scientific association for persons interested in scientific and technical cooperation in structural mechanics, particularly experimental Stress analysis. The first group of its kind in Portugal, APAET holds monthly meetings and has organized an experimental-stress-analysis group. The Associacao is headquartered at the Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil.

Association of American Railroads The Association of American Railroads is a nonprofit trade organization

that serves as a prime source of information on the nation‘s railroads system. AAR conducts research, publishes extensively and holds meetings on the subject. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Association has many officesthroughout the U.S. A A R ’ s many departments include Research and Test, Intermedia Policy Studies, Legislative, Economic and Finance, Operation and Maintenance, Law, and Information and Public Affairs.

Battelle Memorial Institute Battelle Memorial Institute, a contract research and development organization, works toward the advancement of science through technological innovation and educational activities. Major research areas include engineering mechanics, manufacturing technology, advanced materials, information systems, electronics, national security, biology, and chemistry. Battelle’s research activities range from modest, short-term problem-solving investigations to longterm, multidisciplinary, multimilliondollar programs. Battelle’s headquarters are located in Columbus, OH. The company also includes Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratones.

The Catholic University of America Located in Washmgton, D.C., C.U.A. is sponsored by the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States as a national university and center of instruction and research. The School of Engineering and Architecture offers programs in chemical, civil, elecmcal, mechanical and biomedical engineering, as well as architecture. The University has outstanding programs in fluid and solid mechanics and experimental stress analysis.

Cement and Concrete Association An independent, nonprofit organiza-

tion, the Cement and Concrete Association offers cement and concrete users technical information and advice based on the work of its own research station combined with wide practical experience and information gained on a worldwide basis. Headquartered at the Wexham Springs estate in the South Buckinghamshire countryside, the Association also runs the Fulmer Grange Training Centre and publishes books, reports, proceedings and periodicals.

Lehigh University

Brown University is a private institution in Providence, RI with about 5400 undergraduates and 1200 graduate students. The engineering course programs include biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, materials and mechanical engineering, as well as engineering mechanics. Theoretical and experimental research projects in solid and structure mechanics are conducted. The engineering programs are supported by strong offerings in related science departments includmg applied mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry and geology.

Located on a 700-acre wooded campus in Bethlehem, PA, Leh& University is comprised of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Engineering and Physical Sciences as well as a School of Education. The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences has departments in chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, computer sciences and electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and mechanics, metallurgy and materials engineering, and physics. Graduate research work may be pursued in the College’s various departments or in its 11 interdisciplinary centers and 9 institutes.

Carleton University

Purdue University

Carleton University has been a corporate member of SEM since 1971 The school is located in Ottawa, Canada.

Purdue University, located on a 1556acre campus in West Lafayctte, IN, is a publicly supported land-grant university Purdue has a reputation

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for having awarded more bachelor degrees in engineering than any other college. It offers a popular five-year cooperative-education program in engineering. The university also offers courses in agriculture, forestry, pharmacy and technologies.

Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories serves as a prime contractor to the U.S. government's Department of Energy on a no-profit, no-fee basis. As a systems engineermg laboratory responsible for the nonnuclear portions of nuclear-weapons systems, Sandia is primarily concerned with national security-developing and maintaining the scientific and engineering expertise that will assure the viability of the U.S. nuclear ordnance. Sandia also has a large-scale pulsed-power program and is engaged in solar energy, combustion and geo energy research. Headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, Sandia employs about 8,400 people. Sandia is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Technologies, Inc.

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas, a landgrant institution under the control of Arkansas's Department of Higher Education, consists of five campuses with a total enrollment of 24,900. The University's College of Engineering has six fully accredited engineering departments and is located on the main campus in Fayetteville. The College offers courses leading to BS degrees in agriculture, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering. It also offers both MS and PhD degrees. The College of Engineering's Engineering Experiment Station is currently conducting over 50 research programs.

University of Texas The University of Texas is a statewide system with 14 components in Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Houston, Odessa, San Antonio and Tyler. Some courses offered by the university cover architecture; civil, electrical, industrial, 44

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mechanical and metallurgical engineering; forestry; geography; and home economics.

University of Thessaloniki, Polytechnical School The University of Thessaloniki, Polytechnical School first joined SEM as a corporate member in 1967. The school is located in Thessalonilu, Greece.

University of Washington The University of Washington is a state university located on a 680acre campus on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The College of Engineering has been a major unit of the University since 1899 and presently enrolls about 3500 students. Undergraduate and graduate study is offered in aeronautics and astronautics; bioengineering; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mining, metallurgical, ceramic, nuclear and ocean engineering; as well as computer science; scientific and technical communication; and social management of technology. The university is made up of 16 colleges and schools serving about 35,000 students.

SPONSORS These individuals support the services of SEM professionally and financially. A. W. Bloedel

Cessna Aircraft, Inc. Wichita, KS W. Bruce Davey Stress Analysis Services Medina, OH S.J. Green Terra Tek, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT J. Ketchman AMF, Incorporated Stamford, C T

A.J. Kurtz

Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. Ridgefield, NJ R.G. Sharp Beech Aircraft Corp. Wichita, KS Felix Zandman Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Malvern, PA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech, a land-grant university, enrolls 21,000 students on a 2,600acre campus with 100 major buildings in Blacksburg, VA. Known for its premier programs, the University is comprised of eight colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences, Architecture and Urban Studies, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Human Resources, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. The University also directs a cooperative education program involving approximately 1,000 students and 400 organizations in business, industry and government located in 32 states.

For information regardi n g corporate membership i n the Society for Experimental Mechanics, contact K.A. Galione, SEM managing director, at 7 School Street, Bethel, CT 06801. (203)790-6373.