Metal Processing Institute
Particulate Materials Research Center

PMRC Fall Meeting

December 6-7, 2001
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Campus Center - Odeum A

Agenda

Thursday, December 6, 2001
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Registration
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Call to order (U. Gummeson)
Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks, Membership Report, Approval of Minutes of 2001 Spring Meeting
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Report from Steering Committee (S. Narasimhan)
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

MPI Update (D. Apelian)
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Density Distribution in P/M Parts Progress Report (M. Richman/J. Khambekar)
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Density-Conductivity Measurements in Green State P/M Parts Progress Report (R. Ludwig/G. Leuenberger)
5:30 p.m.

Adjourn
6:00 p.m.

Reception and Dinner
Worcester Club
One Oak Street, Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 755-8611
Friday, December 7, 2001
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m.

Call to Order (U. Gummeson)
8:05 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Competitive Analysis of the P/M Industry · PMPA/PMRC Benchmarking and Statistics Project (C. Kasouf)
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Sloan Management Studies
Buyer-Seller Study (C. Kasouf)
Website Quality (E. Loicano)
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Review of P/M Roadmap and ADL Study in Preparation for New Project Selection
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

New Sloan Project Concepts
10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Focus Group Meetings
Project Selection Committee Meeting Peterson Room
Density Distribution in P/M Compacts, Morgan Room (M. Richman, Chair: S. Narasimhan)
Density-Conductivity Measurements in Green State P/M Parts, Taylor Room (R. Ludwig)
Competitive Analysis and Sloan Studies, Odeum A & B (C. Kasouf, E. Loicano, Chair: D. Schaeffer)

12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.

Lunch - Campus Center/Odeum C
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Reconvene (Campus Center/Odeum A & B)
Report Out of Focus Group Deliberations
Old Business/New Business

2:30 p.m.

Adjourn (U. Gummeson)

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