Last updated Friday June 26,2009.
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Piedmont Chapter Hosting CMI Class
The Piedmont Chapter is sponsoring the upcoming CMI Mold and Coremaking Materials and Methods Course on August 18 – 20, 2009
in Charlotte, NC.
Click here to download the flyer for the class.
FEF Endowment Campaign
The FEF, (Foundry Educational Foundation) has entered the first major campaign in its 60-year history.
The $7.5 million "Casting Our Future NOW" endowment campaign was launched in January 2008 with more than
$2.5 Million pledged as of October 10, 2008.
FEF's mission is to support partnerships among students, educators and industry in order to assure a steady
supply of outstanding graduates in metal casting engineering. For more information, click the link below or go
to the FEF website at www.fefinc.org
Click here for a short article about FEF and
the new endowment program.
From the Chairman
As the AFS year comes to a close with the May meeting I would like to
thank all of the individual members and the companies who support the
chapter for their continued support. AFS Birmingham is the best chapter in
the country. Your participation in attending meetings, the Southeastern
Regional and CMI courses is the reason we stand out as the model for
many other chapters across the country. I also want to thank the AFS
members who volunteer their time to serve on the Board of Directors and
on the committees established by the Board of Directors. A lot of hard
work and detailed planning is required to keep the Chapter running and
those who volunteer for the committees do a fantastic job. If you would
like to volunteer to be on a committee next year email John Kersh and let
him know how you would like to serve.
This past year we completed the purchase of the Foundry in a Box from
FEF and Dave Hughes worked out the finer points of making the
presentation go smoothly. So far the presentation has been given about a
half dozen times to various student groups and organizations. I hope this
tool will continue to help us present the metalcasting industry to middle
school and high school students as an exciting career option whether they
choose to pursue Engineering, Business or Vocational careers. This year
we also continued to reach out to the students at the Universities in the
AFS Birmingham area. Molly Cameron again took the lead in organizing
the scholarship process and this year we awarded two scholarships funded
by an FEF endowment. We also held a joint student night with all three
Universities and hosted the first ever AFS Birmingham Casting
competition; April Pitts organized the event and I hope it will be the first of
many. The students from Mississippi State, Alabama and UAB continue
to participate in chapter activities and the quality of their efforts is great
encouragement for the future of our industry.
I have truly enjoyed serving as Chairman this past year and look forward to
being a part of AFS Birmingham for many more years to come.
Brian Floyd, Chairman
