ACRC 2008 Winter Meeting
December 3, 2008
Campus Center, Odeum A
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Rd
Worcester, MA, 01609
Meeting Minutes
ACRC 2008 Winter Meeting Minutes (338KB PDF)
Agenda
ACRC 2008 Winter Meeting (336KB DOCX)
Registration
Members (48KB PDF)
These forms can be filled out electronically and then returned to mrp@wpi.edu
| Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Time | Event |
| 7:45 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Update on MPI Developments Diran Apelian, Director, MPI |
| 8:15 a.m. | Update from ACRC Steering Committee Steve Udvardy, Chair, ACRC Steering Committee |
| 8:30 a.m. | Overview of ACRC Research Portfolio Makhlouf M. Makhlouf, Director, ACRC |
| 8:45 a.m. | Microstructure Evolution during Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Casting Alloys Ning Sun |
| 9:15 a.m. | Characterization of Alloy Castability – (i) Fluidity
Brian Dewhirst |
| 9:45 a.m. | Characterization of Alloy Castability – (ii) Hot Tearing Shimin Li |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Improving Aluminum Casting Alloy and Process Competitiveness Animesh Mandal |
| 11:00 a.m. | Evaluation of Distortion and Residual Stresses during Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys W. Chang-Kai (Lance) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Controlled Diffusion Solidification – Fundamentals and Mechanism Kimon Symeonidis |
| 11:45 a.m. | Aluminum Nano-Composites for Elevated Temperature Applications
Cecilia Bogonova |
| 12:00 p.m. | Innovative Semi-Solid Metal (SSM) Processing Diran Apelian |
| 12:10 p.m. | High Integrity Magnesium Auto Castings Jay Keist, Diran Apelian |
| 12:15 p.m. | Aluminum Die Casting Alloys Libo Wang |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch - Odeum B (Campus Center) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Break Into Focus Group Meetings (in Campus Center) |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Improving Aluminum Casting Alloy and Process Competitiveness Odeum A Room (Makhlouf) |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Microstructure Evolution During Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Casting Alloys Mid-Century Room (Apelian) |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Evaluation of Distortion and Residual Stresses during Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys Odeum A (Makhlouf) |
| 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Characterization of Alloy Castability – Fluidity and Hot Tearing Mid-Century Room (Apelian) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Report Back by All Focus Groups Odeum A |
| 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. |
Reception and Dinner |
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