News & Press Archives

2006

CHTE to Host ASM Heat Treating Society Vacuum Carburizing Regional Symposium (September, 2006)
CHTE Awarded Patent for Carbon Probe (September 2006)
Future Technology in Die Casting [PDF] by John Jorstad (September, 2006) Provided courtesy of the North American Die casting Association
The 9^th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites [PDF] (September, 2006)
The 8^th International Summer School on Aluminum Alloy Technology (August, 2006)
Eck Industries, Inc., Specialists in Aluminum Castings, Joins ACRC (August, 2006)
Diran Apelian Receives the Acta Materialia, Inc. J. Herbert Hollomon Award (August, 2006)
CHTE Announces New Board Chair (July, 2006)
Mechanical Engineering Department Names Sisson Outstanding Advisor of the Year (June, 2006)
Rogers Corporation Joins ACRC (June, 2006)
Richard Sisson Named to Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering Excellence (May, 2006)
Shuhui Ma Receives the Best Paper Award (May, 2006)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees for 2006 (May, 2006)
Diran Apelian Recognized with the Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship Award (April 2006)
Diran Apelian Named TMS Fellow (March, 2006)
Souheil Benzerrouk Winner of GRAD 2006 (March, 2006)
Makhlouf Makhlouf Receives the Hall/Heroult Scientific Merit Award (March 2006)
Metal Processing Institute Newsletter [PDF] (March, 2006)
MPI Welcomes Cymat and Spirol (February, 2006)

2005

Improving the Heat Treating Process (October 2005)
Sumanth Shankar: Innovative Solutions in Aluminum Casting (October 2005)
MPI Announces New Chairs (October, 2005)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees (April 2005)
Diran Apelian Receives TMS' 2005 Light Metals Technical Service Award (February 2005)
Dr. Yancy W. Riddle joins UCT Coatings as V.P. of Technology (February 2005)
Diran Apelian delivers talk at the Symposium on Materials and Critical Societal Issues at the Materials Science & Technology 2004 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2005)
MPI Announces New Chairs for 2005 (January, 2005)

2004

MPI Delegation Visits China's Research and Educational Centers in Metal Processing (December 2004)
National Research Council of the National Academies Publishes Book on Accelerating Technology Transition (December 2004)
WPI's Diran Apelian Delivers ASM/TMS Distinguished Lecture In Materials and Society (November 2004)
Sumanth Shankar Joins McMaster University as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and the Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing (September 2004)
Two L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines Students Study at WPI as Part of an Exchange Agreement with MPI (September 2004)
Strategies for Metal Processing Industries: Competing in Today's Global Economy (September 2004)
The World of Metal to be Explored in Summer Program (June 2004)
Several ACRC Members Contribute to High Integrity Aluminum Die Casting Book Published by NADCA (April 2004)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees (March 2004)
Apelian Selected as APMI Fellow (February 2004)
MPI Announces New Chairs for 2004 (January 2004)

2003

Apelian to Head National Research Council Workshop (November 2003)
Apelian Participates in GM Powertrain 2003 Advanced Materials Conference (November 2003)
WPI and Higgins Armory Museum to Share in $300K Grant (October 2003)
ACRC Welcomes the International Copper Association (ICA) as Its Newest Member (July 2003)
Ray H. Witt Receives Honorary Doctorate at WPI's 2003 Commencement (May 2003)
Vinendra Warke Receives Sigma Xi Award (May 2003)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees (April 2003)
Diana Lados Selected to Receive CPMT Axel Madsen Award (April 2003)
Powder Metallurgy Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to be Named in Honor of Morris Boorky (March 2003)
MPI Faculty to Speak at the first Light Metals Technology (LMT) Conference in Australia (March 2003)
J. Fred Major Named 2002-2003 ASM Canada Council M. Brian Ives Lecturer (February 2003)
Forecast 2003, Heat Treating Progress, Vol. 3, Number 1, January/February 2003. pp. 30-49. 14MB PDF file (February 27, 2003)
Ray Witt to Receive the 2003 AFS Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal (February 3, 2003)
Tom Prucha to Receive 2003 AFS Award of Scientific Merit (February 3, 2003)
INTERMET Names Thomas E. Prucha Vice President, Technical Services (February, 2003)

2002

Dr. Gary Ruff Elected President and COO of Intermet (December 2002)
Sisson Named ASM Trustee (September 2002)
Apelian Welcomes Five New Companies (September 2002)
Apelian Selected for Teaching Award (July 2002)
Governor Bob Taft speaks with Surface Combustion CEO Bill Bernard (October, 2002)
WPI Team to Work on ATP Award on Innovative Quenching (June 2002)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees (May 22, 2002)
Read Rep. McGovern's Remarks (March 13, 2002)
U. S. Representative James McGovern to Lend Support for Energy-Efficient Industries of the Future (February 2002)
Joint Effort of TA Instruments and MPI will Make State-of-the-Art Rheometric Techniques Available to the SSM Industry (January 2002)

2001

Jim Van Wert Elected Chair of ACRC Steering Committee (December 2001)
New Book on the Science and Technology of Semi-Solid Metal Processing (December 2001)
ACRC Selected For A Major Award To Develop Low Cost and Energy Efficient Methods for the Manufacture of Semi-Solid (SSM) Feedstock (September 25, 2001)
PMRC Develops Crack Detector and U.S. Patent Issued (September 2001)
New Book on Aluminum Die Casting Alloys (115KB PDF file) (August 2001)
Material Connexion and The Metal Processing Institute (MPI) Establish A Strategic Alliance (July 30, 2001)
CHTE Selected For Two Major Awards To Advance The Knowledge Base In Heat Treating (July 30, 2001)
Professors Apelian and Makhlouf Visit Aachen University of Technology (July 27, 2001)
Gary Ruff Receives Prestigious Industry Award (May 17, 2001)
Andreas Alexandrou's Textbook on Fluid Mechanics, Published by Prentice Hall, has been Printed (April 10, 2001)
"Understanding, Control, and Optimization of the Quenching Process" 96KB PDF file (March, 2001)
OIT'S Wall of Fame Recognizes MPI Members (March 29, 2001)
Deepak Saha Selected For Award (March 27, 2001)
ACRC Announces Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awardees (March 8, 2001)
An Initial Microstructural Analysis of A36 Steel from WTC Building 7 (Linked with permission from Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)

2000

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