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"Light the Fire Within," the theme for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, may have had special meaning for some thermal processing engineers. When the torch relay reached Salt Lake City's Rice-Eccles Stadium for the February 8 opening ceremonies, and members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team touched the torch to the base of the 130' tower holding the triangular glass Olympic cauldron, flames shot up through tumbling water to light the winter sky for miles. You - the process engineer - probably questioned the mechanics inside while those around you marveled at the sculpture's outer beauty.