The Wonders of Materials Science!

Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur | Kurdish American Education Society via iKurd.net

From discovery of copper, gold, silver and bronze making to the iron age in the ancient in Northern Mesopotamia (see Ergani Copper Mine, in Amida in Northern Kurdistan), and the discovery of Natural Magnet by a Greek Shepherd named Magnes (thus the name Magnet), materials science and its technological products and applications has come a long way.

It has transformed the civilizations, by engaging the many bright minds of scientists and societies from the past to the modern era. Leading to the practice of alchemy and chrysopoeia to the tabulation of chemical elements in the periodic table and by mixing, melting and alloying of elements, materials science has become one of the key cornerstones of the modern-day global economics.

The transition from the old Bronze Age to the Iron Age brought great advances in tool making and manufacturing technologies of the past. The next leap in the material science of today is based on the patterning of nature’s design by the emerging technique known as nano-technology.

Building up of new materials one atom at a time that are light weight, strong and smart, with directional physical, chemical and mechanical properties, promises to be the scientific innovation of the future.

This method of material building is the next frontier in Materials Science and Engineering breakthrough with myriads of applications and business opportunities. To hear more about this fascinating field of science, we invite you to a KAES meeting on Sunday, April 24th, at 233 Harrison Ave, Claremont, CA 91711.

Speaker:
Dr. Armanj Hasanyan, Post Doctorate Graduate,
California Institute of Technology
Board Member, KAES

We looking forward to welcoming your participation.
For further information please contact KAES Program Committee at: [email protected]

Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur, the President of Kurdish American Education Society, Los Angeles, U.S.