I will be happy to take reservations for the virtual presentation Monday, Nov. 13th at 7:00 pm EST for an Archaeometallurgy Study of Ancient North‐African Iron‐Base Artifacts. Please email deguisbert@aol.com for the link.
Speaker: Dr. Nihad Ben Salah
Date: Monday, November 13, 2023
Time: Login 6:45 PM, Presentation 7:00 PM
Duration: Approximately one hour; questions and answers to follow
Registration: Please contact David Guisbert at deguisbert@aol.com by November 13, 2023.
Meeting login information will be sent to all who register.
Abstract:
The metallurgical study of metallic artifacts from the central‐east coast of Tunisia, dated, for some, to the 10th century, and others to the Punic‐Roman transition era, will be presented. The focus will be on a 10th century iron‐base nail, which study revealed its possible processing to provide the needed properties in construction and will unfold useful information on the "technology" that was mastered at that time.
About the speaker:
Dr. Nihad bin Salah has academic experience of 15 years as professor and research lab director in Metallurgy and Materials at the school of Engineering of Tunis (Tunisia) and 20 years in the aircraft industry in Canada and France. She worked as Chief Metallurgist and R&D manager at Heroux Devtek‐ Landing gears, and R&D Materials Engineering Specialist at Pratt & Whitney Canada, then in France at Safran Tech (Safran Group R&T Centre) as R&T Manager in advanced processes. Since
January 2020 she founded her own consulting enterprise (NBS‐Materials & Processes Consulting) with consulting contracts for the aircraft industry. She was involved in the Quebec academic environment (Canada) for more than 2 years at Polytechnic Montreal as research assistant and the Center of Technology in Aerospace as scientific director. Her work through the years was mainly focused on surface engineering and new manufacturing processes development and their impact on components integrity. She has done some archaeometallurgy work for Tunisian Museums on artifacts dating back to the Roman‐Phoenician eras. She has supervised Bachelor engineering
students as well as Master and PhD degree students for projects related to several industries (aircraft, energy, automotive), and managed several research teams in the academic and industrial environments. She has a PhD degree in Corrosion Science and a DSc (Doctorate ès‐Science) in Materials Science. For more information on her field of expertise, please follow this link to her company website: https://www.nbsmpconsult.com/en/ask‐me‐about.
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David Guisbert
Associate
Quality Associates Metallurgical Services
Niles MI
(574) 485-9359
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