Innovate or Die
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Abstract
The pace of innovation is accelerating in every field. This presentation will follow one engineer/ entrepreneur's fifty-year arc through the materials field and the technical and commercial breakthroughs observed and participated in.
That path has led from the earliest digital process controllers to additive manufacturing, life-cycle analysis, integrated computational materials engineering, and AI. It is no embellishment to say that we must continually innovate, or die.
Speaker Biography
John (Chip) Keough has degrees in Mechanical and, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, from the University of Michigan, where he is an Adjunct Professor in MSE. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and an ASM Fellow.
He has 50 years of industrial experience with specialties in heat treatment and metal casting. He holds twelve materials-related patents.
He is currently Proprietor of his consultancy, Joyworks LLC, Chairman of LightSpeed Concepts, Managing Trustee of Keough Ventures, and a Trustee of the Keough Family Foundation.
Location and Time
Pietra's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
9045 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
December 3, 2025 at 6:00pm.
PLEASE RSVP by December 3, 2025 by emailing asmrockymountain@gmail.com!
Meeting Schedule
5:30-6:00pm – Executive Committee Meeting
6:00-6:30pm – Social Time
6:30-7:15pm – Dinner
7:15-8:00pm – Speaker Presentation
DEC 2025 ASM Rocky Mountain Newsletter