Northern Indiana ASHRAE

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are well into March madness. St. Patrick's Day is rapidly approaching. That means that we should maybe start up our meetings again? I hope some of you will be able to spare an evening or a lunch time to come back and join us this month. This moth we are following a university theme.

SOUTH BEND LUNCH MEETING - March 19

For those of you in the South Bend area, Professor Edward Maginn (http://www.nd.edu/~ed/Home.html) from the venerable institution of Notre Dame will be speaking. Professor Maginn holds a Doctorate from UC, Berkeley. He started out at Proctor and Gamble after getting his BS from Iowa State. He has taught at Notre Dame since 1995. During this time he as received several awards including Teacher of the Year in 2006.

Professor Maginn will present on "Applications for Ionic Fluids - CO2 capture, absorptive cooling and waste heat utilization." Ionic liquids (http://www.nd.edu/~ed/Ionic_Liquids.html) are a fascinating class of materials. They are defined as pure salts whose melting point is below 100 C. Often, the melting point of an ionic liquid is well below room temperature. These substances typically exhibit a negligible vapor pressure and have high thermal stability. They can be designed to have excellent solvation properties for gases, polar species, aromatic molecules and polymers. Prof. Maginn and his team are investigating ionic for use in a number of applications. He will present on some applications as they pertain to fighting the global warming crisis and new possibilities in the HVAC industry.

CALUMET DINNER MEETING - March 26

For those of you in the Calumet area, we will be holding our meeting at Pudue University Calumet. At the university, they have a rapidly growing and active ASHRAE student chapter. As a professional chapter, we are supporting them as much as we can. Part of our support is in sponsoring their student memberships. We would also like to show them our support by holding a meeting on their turf, so to speak. The students will present on their current chapter activities. One of the more exciting projects the student chapter is involved in is developing an HVAC lab for the University.

Everyone is free to come to these meetings. Please come and invite friends as well.

Please RSVP by Monday, March 16

It is very important that you RSVP for the Purdue Calumet function. This dinner will be less flexible than our typical meetings at Margaritas. There are only 12 openings for non-students, so please RSVP quickly. Please note the dinner meeting date is different than our typical meeting.

Lunch Meeting - March 19

Cost: $15 (includes lunch)
Check-in: 11:30 am - Noon EDT
Lunch/Program: Noon - 1:00 pm EDT

Tippecanoe Place
620 W. Washington St.
South Bend, IN

Dinner Meeting - March 26

Cost: $20 (includes dinner)
Check-in: 5:30 pm - 6:00 CDT
Dinner/Program: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

PUC Conference Center (http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/thecenter/location.html)

2300 - 173rd st.

Hammond, IN