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2010 USAMP-AMD Lightweight Materials and Enabling Technologies Symposium

Presented by the United States Automotive Materials Partnership – Automotive Metals Division

Lightweighting Automotive Metals and Enabling Technologies Symposium (LAMETS)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm  (Click here to register online)

Location:
United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR)              (Map and driving directions)
1000 Town Center, Suite 300
Southfield, Michigan

Click here for a complete listing of presentation abstracts/agenda.

Planned 2010 Project Presentations/Presenter(s)

Morning Sessions 8:00-12:00P

Rooms 4-6 (Capacity 70)

8:00-8:15  Introductions

8:15-8:30
AMD 309 – Aluminum Automotive Closures Panel Corrosion Test Program
Janice Tardiff (Ford)

8:30-9:00
AMD 603 - Mg Front End Design and Development (MFEDD) Phase I. Design and Feasibility Study
Alan Luo (GM)

9:00-9:30
AMD 604 - Mg Front End Research and Development (MFERD) Phase I. Enabling Technology Development
Alan Luo (GM)

9:30-10:00
AMD 702 and 703 - Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for Mg International Pilot Project
Mei Li (Ford)

10:00-10:15  BREAK

10:15-10:45
AMD 704 - Development of Steel Fastener Nano-Ceramic Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Magnesium Parts
Dick Osborne (GM)

10:45-11:15
AMD 904 - Magnesium Front End Research and Development (MFERD) Phase 2 Technology Development and Demonstration
Alan Luo (GM)

11:15-11:45 LUNCH

11:45-12:15
AMD 905 - Optimization of High-Volume Warm Forming for Lightweight Sheet Alloys
Ravi Verma (GM) / Peter Friedman (Ford)

12:15-12:45
AMD 1001 - Corrosion Inhibiting Electrocoat Systems
Yar-Ming Wang (GM)

12:45-1:15
AMD 1003 - Global Vehicle Assessment
Shawn Morgans (Ford)

1:15-1:30 BREAK

Afternoon Sessions 1:30-3:30

Rooms 4-6 (Capacity 70)

1:30-1:45
AMD 304 - Magnesium Powertrain Cast Components
Bob Powell (GM)

1:45-2:00
AMD 410 - Powder Metal Performance Modeling of Automotive Components
Shekhar Wakade (GM)/Paulo Rosa

2:00-2:15
AMD 405 - Improved Automotive Suspension Components Cast with B206 Alloy
Dick Osborne (GM)/McCarty

2:15-2:45
AMD 601 - High Integrity Magnesium Automotive Castings (HI-MAC)
Dick Osborne (GM)/ Penrod

2:45-3:00
NDE 901 - Reliability Tools for Resonance Inspection of Light Metal Castings
Martin Jones

3:00-3:15
NDE 1002 - Shearographic Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Spot Welds for Lightweighting of the Vehicle
Martin Jones

3:15-3:30  Closing Remarks

(Click here to register online)