Metal Processing Institute
Particulate Materials Research Center

Materials Modeling to Accelerate & Improve Material Processes & Products Materials Modeling

May 26, 2005
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Olin Hall 107

Agenda

TimeEvent
7:45 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Campus Center, Front Entrance Lobby

8:15 a.m.

Welcome
Provost Carol Simpson (WPI)

8:20 a.m.

Opening Remarks
Diran Apelian (MPI/WPI)

8:30 a.m.

The Accelerated Insertion of Materials: A Competitive Advantage in a Global Economy
Rollie Dutton (Air Force Research Laboratory)

9:10 a.m.

Survival of the Useful - Evolution of Material Behavior Modeling and its Impact on the Turbine Engine
John Schirra (Pratt & Whitney)

9:50 a.m.

Computational Materials Engineering: from design to implementation.
Charles Kuehmann (QuesTek Innovations)

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:50 a.m.

A Framework for Accelerated Insertions of Materials with Applications
Peter Finnigan (General Electric Global Research)

11:30 a.m.

Development and Application of Material and Process Modeling Tools for Titanium Component Affordability
David Furrer (Ladish Company, Inc.)

12:30 p.m.

Lunch
Campus Center, Odeums A & B

2:00 p.m.

Sloan Industry Centers: Linking Scholarship to Industry Practice
Frank Giarratani (University of Pittsburgh)

2:30 p.m.

Progress on Macro and Micro Modeling of Solidification Process of Casting
Baicheng Liu (Tsinghua University)

3:10 p.m

Modeling Powder Metallurgy Processes Considering History and Multiscale Effects
Paul Wang (Mississippi State University)

3:10 p.m.

Wrap-up

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn

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