Inspiring - SAE

materials
SESSIONS
alternative energy sources, reducing in vehicle weight, enhancing
material strength, appearance and functions, increasing the degree
of comfort and flexibility and so on. Almost all the automobile
components can be improved by nanotechnology. This session
presents the latest in automotive applications of nanotechnology
that would pave the road for the future automotive technologies.
Organizers:
Jagjit Nanda, Ford Motor Co.; Gholdm-Abbas Nazri, GM R&D
Center; Minjuan Zhang, Toyota Technical Center USA Inc.
Reliability and Robust Design in
Automotive Engineering: (Part 7 of 15)
Reliability Testing and Design of Experiments
This session presents papers on recent development of reliabilitybased
fatigue damage model, determination of statistical fatigue
properties, models to account for loading variability, and reliabilitybased
fatigue design methodologies, and reliability demonstration
testing methods.
Organizers:
Runze Li, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Yung-Li Lee, Ming-Wei Lu,
Chrysler LLC
Powder Metallurgy: Showcase of Metal
Forming Design Solutions (Part 1 & 2)
Technological advancements in PM materials and processes
have made it possible to meet the ever-demanding performance
applications of the OEM automotive world. The PM industry
continues to produce state of the art components, while providing
the design engineer a wide range of net-shape metal forming
solutions to meet the future automotive design challenges. This
technical program will focus on technologies to support design
and functional requirements for advanced automotive applications.
Organizers:
James P. Adams, Metal Powder Industries Federation; Eric S.
Boreczky, Hoeganaes Corp.; Russell A. Chernenkoff, Metaldyne
Sintered Components Inc.; Scott Davis, Pmg Indiana Corp.; Shiz
Kassam, Keystone Powdered Metal Co.; John William Von Arx,
Netshape Technologies Inc.
Wednesday April 16
Advances in Light Weight Materials -
Aluminum (Part 1 of 2)
All aspects of aluminum science and technology including,
i) automotive design aspects, ii) manufacturing¿ forming,
machining, and recycling, iii) alloy and composite development,
iv) mechanical and physical properties, v) welding and joining, vi)
wrought aluminum ¿ sheet production, forming, and extrusion, vii)
applications and research, and others.
Organizers:
Sooho Kim, Alan A. Luo, General Motors Corp.
Applications of Advanced High-Strength
Steels for Automotive Structures (Part 1
of 2)
This symposium is to disseminate provides a forum for researchers
and application engineers to disseminate the knowledge and
information gained in the area of high-strength steel applications in
automotive structures, enabling light-weight and durable vehicles
with improved safety.
Organizers:
Jason J. Coryell, General Motors Corp.; Raj Mohan Iyengar,
Severstal North America Inc.
Modeling, Testing and Design of
Materials for Dummies and Structures
for Crash Safety Applications (Part 1 of 2)
This session will discuss recent developments in material models
and tests, seat and occupant system models, and dummies for
impact analysis.
Organizers:
Sheng-Dong Liu, Generalety LLC; Jwo Pan, Univ. of Michigan-Ann
Arbor; Tau Tyan, Ford Motor Co.
Reliability and Robust Design in
Automotive Engineering: (Part 4 of 15)
Methods for Assessment of Reliability and
Robustness
Numerical methods for assessment of reliability and robustness
are presented in this session. Design of tests for reliability
estimation is also discussed.
Organizers:
Zissimos Mourelatos, Oakland Univ.; Efstratios Nikolaidis, Univ. of
Toledo
Welding and Joining and Fastening
(Part 1 of 2)
This session will address modeling and testing of methods of
welding on a variety of materials and applications.
Organizers:
Sheng-Dong Liu, Generalety LLC; Jwo Pan, Univ. of Michigan-Ann
Arbor; Tau Tyan, Ford Motor Co.
Advances in Light Weight Materials -
Aluminum (Part 2 of 2)
All aspects of aluminum science and technology including,
i) automotive design aspects, ii) manufacturing¿ forming,
machining, and recycling, iii) alloy and composite development,
iv) mechanical and physical properties, v) welding and joining, vi)
wrought aluminum ¿ sheet production, forming, and extrusion, vii)
applications and research, and others.
Organizers:
Sooho Kim, Alan A. Luo, General Motors Corp.
Applications of Advanced High-Strength
Steels for Automotive Structures (Part 2 of
2)
This symposium is to disseminate provides a forum for researchers
and application engineers to disseminate the knowledge and
information gained in the area of high-strength steel applications in
automotive structures, enabling light-weight and durable vehicles
with improved safety.
Organizers:
Jason J. Coryell, General Motors Corp.; Raj Mohan Iyengar,
Severstal North America Inc.
Technical session dates/times subject to change.
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SAE 2008 World Congress 23