University of Michigan - Dearborn: College of Engineering & Computer Science

When:		December 8, 2009, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Where:		BorgWarner Auditorium IAVS
About:		Symposium on Materials for Lightweight Vehicles The Center for Lightweighting Automotive Materials and Processing (CLAMP) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn is organizing a one-day Symposium on Materials for Lightweight Vehicles on December 8, 2009. The purpose of the Symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners for discussions on the recent status/outcome/applications of some of the current R&D efforts on lightweighting automobiles. It will also provide a forum for exchanging information, expressing views, and developing dialog on the future research needs of structural automotive materials. The Symposium will include a few invited presentations, but there will be ample opportunity for the participants to ask questions and engage in informal discussions on related technical issues and concerns. The participants will be engineers, managers, researchers and students interested in gaining knowledge on research being conducted at automotive companies, national labs, universities and material suppliers/ organizations. The invited presentations will encompass various material disciplines such as steel, aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, polymer matrix composites, etc. One of the objectives of the Symposium will be to promote \\\"interdisciplinary\\\" thinking for vehicle weight reduction. This is a free event; however, to plan for the meeting and meals, pre-registration by December 2 is required. Please indicate your interest in attending the symposium by either calling Sherry Boyd at 313-593-5582 or sending an e-mail with your name, company affiliation and contact information to sjboyd@umich.edu. Following is a tentative list of speakers and topics. The Symposium will be held in the BorgWarner Auditorium in the Institute of Advanced Vehicle Systems (IAVS) Building on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus. Please refer to the campus location and campus map at http://www.umd.umich.edu/maps_directions/ List of Speakers and Topics: Jody Shaw, US Steel Advanced High Strength Steels Peter Friedman, Ford Motor Company Enabling Technologies for Forming Aluminum Sheet in the Automotive Industry Alan Luo, General Motors Corp. Magnesium Front End Design and Development P.K. Mallick, University of Michigan-Dearborn Current Status of Polymer Matrix Composites in the Automotive Industry Raj Mohan Iyengar, Severstal Steel Properties Enabling Safe and Durable Vehicles Tsung-Yu Pan, Oakland County Community College and Mike Santella, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dissimilar Material Joining for Lightweight Vehicles To register for the Symposium on Materials for Lightweight Vehicles, mail in the registration form to: Interdisciplinary Programs University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Road, 116 MSEL Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 You may also register by sending your information either via email to sjboyd@umich.edu Or by calling either Prof. P. K. Mallick at 313-593-5119 or Ms. Sherry Boyd at 313-593-5582 Symposium on Materials for Lightweight Vehicles Registration Form I (We) intend to attend the Symposium on Automotive Materials. Name(s): ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Company Name: _________________________________________________________________ Company Address: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Telephone No: ________________________________ Fax No: __________________________________ Email: _________________________________________________

The Society of Women Engineers welcomes all students and faculty to a
presentation by Susan Cischke, "Succeeding and Advancing in a Large Company,"
on Tuesday January 25th, at noon, in Kochoff Hall A of the UC. Appetizers will
be provided.

Susan Cischke is the Vice President of Environmental and Safety Engineering at
Ford Motor Company, and prior to that she was the Senior Vice President of
Regulatory Affairs and Passenger Car Operations at DaimlerChrysler. Time for
questions will follow the presentation.

The college's Center for Engineering Education
and Practice is hosting this conference to
provide a forum to discuss the different
approaches employed by faculty members from
universities across the nation to incorporate
aspects of engineering practice into their
classrooms and curricula.

Engineering educators interested in the work
being done at other schools to acquaint students
with engineering practice, and engineers and
managers from industry engaged in collaborative
work with universities are encouraged to attend.

For more information, please contact
kimski@engin.umd.umich.edu.