MPI Spring Symposium

May 23, 2002
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Campus Center & Olin Hall 107

Agenda

Time	Event
7:45 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.	Welcome and Overview of the Metal Processing Institute (MPI) Prof. Diran Apelian, Director, MPI
8:30 a.m.	Origins and Evolution of Premium Engineered Aluminum Castings Mr. Elwin L. Rooy, Rooy & Associates
9:20 a.m.	Casting Process and Material Development for Highly Stressed Aluminum Engine Blocks Dr. Wolfgang Schneider, VAW Aluminum AG
10 a.m.	Break
10:20 a.m.	Thixocasting of Al-Base Alloys, A Special Research Project (SFB 289) of the German Science Foundation" Professor Peter Sahm, Foundry-Institute, Rhine-Westfalian Institute of Technology.
11 a.m.	Design, Property and Reliability Concerns Mr. Thomas E. Prucha, Intermet Corporation
12 noon	Lunch Campus Center, Odeums B & C
1 p.m.	Presentation of the Merton C. Flemings and Ray H. Witt Awards
1:30 p.m.	Current Products and Future Trends of Aerospace Castings Mr. Rick Wylie/Mr. Gregory Hitchcock, Hitchcock Industries
2:20 p.m.	Key Milestones of the Past - Twenty Years Hence Mr. John Jorstad, JLJ Technologies
3 p.m	Future Advances in Process Simulation and Control Mr. James Van Wert, Amcast Industrial Corporation
3:50 p.m.	Wrap-up
4 p.m.	Adjourn

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