SAMPE Journal - July/August 2011 - 71

LinkedIn Technical Community

John Green, SAMPE Secretary GSG, Inc.

As many of you know, in the last few years SAMPE developed an ever growing number of virtual Technical Communities on the LinkedIn professional networking website, replacing the old Technical Committees. The goal of these Technical Communities is to: •Allow posting of technical discussions and news in specific areas of Materials and Process Engineering •Promote technical interchange in specific areas of Materials and Process engineering •Serve as a knowledge-based on-line forum with instant access to industry experts •Allow SAMPE’s technical leaders serve the technical community, and to find authors for SAMPE conferences In addition to the general SAMPE LinkedIn group for all things M&P, there are thirteen LinkedIn Technical Community groups in specific technical areas listed below, seven US and three European chapter groups, a student group, and a SAMPE Women’s Forum. We encourage you to join the groups that interest you, and then participate by posing technical questions to the community, connecting with SAMPE acquaintances and colleagues, and reading or posting information about emerging technology breakthroughs, interesting journal articles, upcoming conferences and events, jobs, and discussion forums. Check the sites often for updates. If you see a need for a new Technical Community, contact the SAMPE International Secretary and we will investigate adding it. To join the SAMPE group or any of the Technical Communities: •Join LinkedIn (You may already have.) •On your professional page, select “Groups” from your navigation menu on the left. •Select the “Groups Directory” tab and search under Keyword “SAMPE”. •Or, skip steps after “Join LinkedIn” and go to http://www.linkedin.com/directory/groups/ Then simply go to any SAMPE group and join. Once you have joined a group, jump into an existing discussion or start your own. The SAMPE LinkedIn groups are intended to be used exclusively for technical discussions and news related to the field of Materials and Process Engineering. In order to keep the Technical Communities professional and uncluttered with spam, we have asked the managers to monitor the postings and we ask all participants to keep all advertisements on the Promotions tab and all recruiting on the Jobs tab. In order to prevent the dissemination of proprietary or export controlled information, we ask than when posting discussions the participants be mindful of any restrictions their employer and their country may have on information exchange. SAMPE LINKEDIN TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES – AND THEIR MANAGERS
Adhesion Tech Community - Kay Blohowiak and Anthony Nguyen Design & Analysis Tech Community - Brad Lucht Energy Applications Tech Community - Steven Rodgers Marine Applications Tech Community - Manager Needed Nanotechnology Tech Community - Joseph H. Koo Nondestructive Evaluation Tech Community - Brad Lucht Out-of-Autoclave Cure Tech Community - John Russell Resins Tech Community - LaNetra Tate and Yuntao David Li Space Applications Tech Community - Tracy Colwell Testing Tech Community - Brad Lucht Thermoplastic Composites Tech Community - Nick Titchenal and Arnt Offringa Tooling Tech Community - Robert Stratton and Linda Clements Transportation Applications Tech Community - Manager Needed

OTHER SAMPE LINKEDIN COMMUNITIES – AND THEIR MANAGERS
SAMPE – John Green SAMPE Benelux - Marcus Kremers Student Community - Anthony Vizzini SAMPE Europe - Ramon Terrones SAMPE Iberica – Francisco Fernandez Sanchez Women’s Forum Sub-group - Maureen Foley

SAMPE CHAPTER LINKEDIN SUB-GROUPS – AND THEIR MANAGERS
BW Chapter Sub-group – Guarav Nilakantan Carolinas Chapter Sub-group – Jim O’Donnell DFW Chapter Sub-group – Scott McKee Great Lakes Chapter Sub-group – Chris Morin
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NorCal Chapter Sub-group - Chris Deininger South Texas Chapter Sub-group – Shean Dalton Wichita Chapter Sub-group – Brad Lucht
http://www.linkedin.com/directory/groups/
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