Metal Processing Institute
Advanced Casting Research Center

ACRC Winter Meeting

December 3-4, 2003
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Campus Center Odeum A/B

Agenda

December 3, 2003
TimeEvent
7:30 a.m.

Registration / Continental Breakfast
8 a.m.

Welcome and Update on MPI Developments
Diran Apelian, Director MPI

 

Update from ACRC Steering Committee
Jim Van Wert, Chair
8:15 a.m.

Introduction of New Members
John Jorstad, Direct-at-Large
8:30 a.m.

Overview of ACRC Research Portfolio
Makhlouf Makhlouf, Director ACRC
8:45 a.m.

Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure in Aluminum-Silicon Casting Alloys
Sumanth Shankar
9:30 a.m.

Operating Mechanisms During Dynamic Loading of Al Cast Components - Final Presentation
Diana Lados
10:15 a.m.

Break
10:30 a.m.

Microstructure Evolution in Magnesium Cast Alloys
Yancy Riddle
11 a.m.

Optimization of Heat Treatment Using Fluidized Bed Reactors
Sujoy Chaudhury
11:40 a.m.

Casting of Wrought Alloys - A New Development
Diran Apelian
12 noon

Lunch Odeum B (Campus Center)
1 p.m.

Slurry-Ready SSM: CRP (Continuous Rheoconversion Process)
Matt Findon, Qingyue Pan
1:20 p.m.

AIB2 Grain Refined SiBloy®: Thixocasting/Slurry-Ready Route
Qingyue Pan
1:40 p.m.

Rheological Measurements
N. (Peng) Tonmukayakul
2 p.m.

Modeling and Prediction
Andreas Alexandrou, University of Cyprus
2:20 p.m.

ACRC Focus Group Meetings

2:30 - 4 p.m.

Operating Mechanisms During Dynamic Loading of Al Cast Components
Fred Major, Peg Jones (Co-Chairs)
Diana Lados, Diran Apelian
Hagglund Room

 

Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure Aluminum-Silicon Casting Alloys
Ray Donahue (Chair)
Sumanth Shankar, Makhlouf Makhlouf
Odeum A
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.

Microstructure Evolution in Magnesium Cast Alloys
Gary Ruff (Chair)
Yancy Riddle, Makhlouf Makhlouf
Odeum A

 

Optimization of Heat Treatment Using Fluidized Bed Reactors
R. (Babu) DasGupta (Chair)
Sujoy Chaudhury, Diran Apelian
Hagglund Room
6:30 p.m.

Reception
Beechwood Hotel
363 Plantation St., Worcester (505) 754-5789
7:30 p.m.

Dinner
December 4, 2003
TimeEvent
7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Odeum A
8 - 9:30 a.m.

SSM Project Focus Group
Steve Udvardy (Chair), Andreas Alexandrou, Diran Apelian, Qingyue Pan, N. (Peng) Tonmukayakul, Matt Findon
Hagglund Room

 

NDE of Oxides in Al Castings
Diran Appelian, Diran Apelian, Reinhold Ludwig, Altin Pelteku Chair (TBD)
Odeum A

 

Al Alloy Development
Makhlouf Makhlouf, Libo Wang, Sumanth Shankar, Diran Apelian, Chair (TBD)
Odeum B
9:45 - 10 a.m.

Break
10 - 11:30 a.m.

Report From Focus Groups
Odeum A/B

  • Operating Mechanisms During Dynamic Loading of Al Cast Components. Peg Jones and Fred Major, Co-Chairs
  • Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure During Solidification of Hypoeutectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys
    Ray Donahue, Chair
  • Microstructure Evolution in Magnesium Cast Alloys
    Gary Ruff, Chair
  • Optimization of Heat Treatment Using Fluidized Bed Reactors
    Babu DasGupta, Chair
  • SSM (DOE) Project
    S Udvardy, Chair
  • NDE of Oxides in Al Castings
    Chair (TBD)
  • Al Alloy Development
    Chair (TBD)
11:30 a.m.

Adjourn
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